Does anyone know of a reference book that would be especially helpful as I plan a garden on Bowen Island?
Thank you for your question. "Plants of Coastal British Columbia" by Pojar and McKinnon would be a useful reference for Bowen Island. Good Luck!
Plants of Coastal BC is not a gardening book, per se. I think you were thinking of either Trees and Shrubs for Coastal British Columbia Gardens (by Grant and Grant) or Gardening with Pacific Northwest Natives by Kruckeberg.