ART’S PASSION
Besides numerous research papers, I have written several books, all of which are in reach of the general public. I’m ctively involved in the protection of all remaining late successional/old-growth forests (LSOG) on federal lands in the Wenatchee Mountain to the Members of the Regional Interagency Executive Committee. And they welcome any monetary donation.
California Serpentines: Flora, Vegetation, Geology, Soils and Management Problems. University of California Press, 1985.
Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, 1st ed. 1982; 2nd ed. 1996.
Natural History of Puget Sound Country. University of Washington Press, 1991.
Geology and Plant Life: The Effects of Land Forms and Rock Types on Plants. University of Washington Press, 2002.
Kruckeberg, A. R., I. Spring, K. Sykes, and C. Romano. 2004. Best Wildflower Hikes Washington (Best Hikes). The Mountaineers Books. Cordee Press, Leicester, England.
Kruckeberg, A. R. 2006. Introduction to California Soils and Plants: Serpentine, Vernal Pools, and Other Geobotanical Wonders (California Natural History Guides). Univ. of Calif. Publs. in Berkeley, Los Angeles, London.
Art’s passion for plants is seen in his four-acre home garden, now incorporated and preserved as the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, in Shoreline, Washington. With his wife Mareen, the garden has become an outstanding botanical collection and has great aesthetic value to the community.