Reference Books

Transforming Florida Yards by Amanda Pike a great guide to many plants that thrive in South Florida. One page for each plant along with information on cultural background and culinary uses.

Florida’s Food Forest Cookbook by Amanda Pike a soon-to-be published cookbook featuring 20 of the most popular plants that thrive in South Florida. Includes bananas, papayas, chaya, moringa and others.

Florida’s Edible Wild Plants a Guide to Collecting and Cooking by Peggy Sias Lantz contains description of about 50 plants, including Coontie, Cocoplum, Elderberry, Beautyberry, and Purslane, along with several recipes for making jams, teas, cakes and other food items.

Native Plants for Florida Gardens by Stacy Matrazzo and Nancy Bissett contains over 100 plants and trees native to Florida, most of which will thrive in South Florida’s zones 10-11. Includes size, growing conditions, propogation methods

Compost Everything by David The Good covers why to compost, sheet composting, vericomposting, human waste and manure.

Kiss the Ground by Josh Tickell and Terry Tamminen why we need to change the way we produce and consume food, in order to heal the planet.

Essence of Permaculture by David Holgren Basic description of the 12 permaculture principles.

The Unsettleing of America by Wendell Berry a dense read about how we got to the food system we have and why we need permaculture solutions.