Native Plant Landscape Designers* and Resources 

Resource for Gardening Questions

Collin County Master Gardeners Association
(972) 548-4232

*This list represents local designers who have become established as specialists in using native and adapted plants for water wise landscaping. It is not intended as a complete listing and will be updated as other businesses are known.


Landscaping with Native, Drought-Tolerant or Adapted Plants Book List

Native Texas Plants:  Landscaping Region by Region, Second Edition, Sally and Andy Wasowski, Lone Star Books, Lanham, New York, Oxford, 1997.

Native Texas Plants:  Maximum Beauty, Minimum Upkeep, Sally and Andy Wasowski, Taylor Trade Publishing, Lanham, MD, 2003.

Plants of the Metroplex, Howard Garrett, Lantana.

Landscape Design Texas Style, Howard Garrett, Taylor Publishig Co., Dallas, TX,  1986

Landscaping withNative Plants of Texas and the Southwest, George O. Miller, Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MN, 2006.

How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest, Jill Nokes, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 2001.

Common Sense Landscaping, Bonnie Arnold Reese, to order call (972) 224-1179.

Perennial Garden Color for Texas and the South, William C. Welch, Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, 1989.

Texas Wildflowers, Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1984.

Wildflowers of Texas, Geyata Ajilvsgi, Shearer Publishing, Fredericksburg, Texas, 1984.

Xeriscape Gardening:  Water Conservation for the American Landscape, Connie Ellefson, Tom Stephens and Doug Welsh, MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1992.