ORO House Onsite Garden & Seed Library

This is the current list of all the books we currently have available to for community use. If you’d like to add to our list, scroll to the bottom and you’ll find our wishlist. We also accept donations. If donating please keep the books (in English, Spanish, or other relevant languages) related to the following:

  • Gardening in the Southwest

  • Indigenous/ native plants and uses

  • Mexican/ Sonoran plants and uses

  • West African plants and uses

  • Container gardening

  • Seed saving

  • Herbalism (specifically BIPOC educators)

  • Natural pigments, dyes, art making

  • Small space gardening

  • Low water gardening

  • Aquaponics/ Hydroponics

  • Cookbooks pertaining to indigenous, W. African, Mexican, and vegetarian/ vegan cooking

  • Children’s books related to plants, gardening, the earth, community building, etc.

Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners, 2nd Edition by Suzanne Ashworth , David Cavagnaro, et al.
The Day Broccoli Left the Farm by Sherrel Campbell , Farrawh Charles, et al.
No Dig: Nurture Your Soil to Grow Better Veg with Less Effort by Charles Dowding and Jonathan Buckley
Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple by Jorge Gaviria and Graydon Herriott
Family / Familia (English and Spanish Edition) by Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Pauline Rodriguez Howard, et al.
The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs by Robert E. Gough and Cheryl Moore-Gough
A Modern Herbal (Volume 2, I-Z and Indexes) Book 2 of 2: Modern Herbal | by Margaret Grieve
A Handbook of Native American Herbs: The Pocket Guide to 125 Medicinal Plants and Their Uses (Healing Arts) by Alma R. Hutchens
Seedswap: The Gardener's Guide to Saving and Swapping Seeds by Josie Jeffery
Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest (Herbal Medicine of the American Southwest) by Charles W. Kane
Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre by Brett L. Markham
Edible and Useful Plants of the Southwest: Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona by Delena Tull