The Gardens Library

Check it out!

The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Library was established in 1990. The original mission of the library was to collect material related to the major plant collections grown in the Garden and in similar climates. In time, emphasis expanded to include books and journals with information on:

  • botany

  • horticulture

  • gardens and gardening

  • landscaping

  • flower arrangement

  • ethnobotany

  • insects

  • plant pests and diseases

  • plant lore

  • nature crafts

    • Because the Gardens features special plant collections of rhododendrons, heathers and succulents, an effort has been made to collect material on these plants.

    Gardens Members, volunteers and Master Gardeners may check out books, DVDs peridocals, pamphlets and videos for three weeks. Visitors and the general public are welcome to access the collection in-house.

    Visit our Library Catalog to see what is in our collection. To search for a particular subject, use the search box above in the Adobe software to find relevant titles.

    Books of Seasonal Interest for Fall/Winter:

  • Mushrooms and other fungi by Kibby, Geoffrey

  • All that the rain promises and more...: a hip pocket guide to western mushrooms by Arora, David

  • Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi by Arora, David

  • World treasury of mushrooms in color by Dupre, Bernard.

  • The mushroom handbook by Krieger, Louis Charles Christopher and Shaffer, Robert L.

  • The Audubon Society field guide to North American mushrooms by Lincoff, Gary H. and Nehring, Carol

  • The Savory Wild Mushroom by McKenny, Margaret

  • Mushrooms of western North America by Orr, Robert Thomas and Orr, Dorothy B.

  • Simon and Schuster's Guide to mushrooms by Pacioni, Giovanni and Lincoff, Gary

  • The mushroom hunter's field guide by Smith, Alexander Hanchett


    • Library Hours:
    Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
    Saturday - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
    Or by appointment, call 707-964-4352 ext 13.

    The Gardens is closed on New Year's Day, the Saturday after Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

    For more information about the Gardens Library or to donate books to the Library, please contact Kristian Van Wert, Plant Recorder, at 707 964-4352, ext 13.


    NEW IN THE LIBRARY!


    The Master Gardeners Are In! (the MCBG Library!)

    Do you have a gardening question? Ask a Master Gardener!

    Download Additional Information

    Library Catalog (Nov. 08)