The Naturalist's Notebook is an excellent resource for recording observations for the gardener, the birder, the student, or the senior. Whether you are an experienced journal-keeper or just looking for a better way to record your notes, this book offers the prose, the illustrations, the instructions, and the journal - all in one volume. Continue Reading
This book is a combination love story, horticultural adventure, homestead preservation, and how-to about the triumphs and challenges of gardening from a veteran cut flower grower. It’s filled with colorful, high-resolution photography, appendices of garden plans, and a layman’s explanation of how and why nature works in sync with flowers and vegetables to reduce and eliminate the need for chemical intervention in the garden. I’ve put many of the recommendations to work in my own Continue Reading
In her book, Cultivating Garden Style, Rochelle Greayer breaks each style down to its essential elements, including plant recommendations, as she guides you through building a garden style in an authentic and customized way. Continue Reading
Elizabeth Murphy has taken the pain out of reading and learning about soil. She demonstrates that feeding the soil (that is, feeding the living organisms in the soil) improves the soil, thus producing healthy plants. Continue Reading
Although foodscaping, or edible landscaping, isn’t new, this book opens up new ways of looking at growing plants for food within a typical suburban property. The book covers all the basics, plus provides a detailed description of 40 edible plants that look great in the landscape. Continue Reading
This book from Storey Basics is 88 pages of simple, direct and yet comprehensive text and drawings on the wonderful topic of mulch. For a beginning gardener, it’s got 98% of what you need to know. For an experienced gardener, it’s like a quick refresher course from the local Extension Center. Continue Reading
The Allergy-Fighting Garden by Thomas Leo Ogren is the definitive book on plants, pollen, and allergies in our country. People who suffer from allergies and asthma will find this book to be an invaluable resource when planning and designing their property. Continue Reading
The Right-Size Flower Garden: Simplify Your Outdoor Space with Smart Design Solutions and Plant Choices By Kerry Ann Mendez St. Lynn’s Press Hardcover, 178 pages $18.95 USD Kerry Ann Mendez had beautiful, huge flower gardens and she loved taking care of them with her husband. Then one day he broke his neck. While not paralyzed, […] Continue Reading
Essential Perennials: The Complete Reference to 2700 Perennials for the Home Garden By Ruth Rogers Clausen and Thomas Christopher. Photographs by Alan L. Detrick & Linda Detrick Timber Press Hardcover, 452 pages $29.82 USD This large book looks to be the new encyclopedia for people looking for information on herbaceous perennials. It’s over four hundred […] Continue Reading
Grow a Little Fruit Tree: Simple Pruning Techniques for Small-Space, Easy-Harvest Fruit Trees By Ann Ralph Storey Publishing Paperback, 168 pages $12.79 USD Author Ann Ralph is on a mission: to bring the art and practice of fruit-growing within reach, literally and figuratively, of as many people as possible. Her goal is to show you […] Continue Reading
The Nonstop Color Garden: Design Flowering Landscapes & Gardens for Year-Round Enjoyment By Nellie Neal Cool Springs Press Paperback, 192 pages Available December 14, 2014 $24.99 USD / $27.99 CAD BUY IT ‘The Nonstop Color Garden’ starts with a gallery to inspire you to keep going with the book- those pictures will make you want […] Continue Reading
I’m pleased to announce that we are now publishing information about gardening books! We’ve started with gardening books released in 2014 and are beginning to add books that will be published in 2015. So far, we have many books from Storey Press, Cool Springs Press, and St. Lynn’s Press. We’re adding more books weekly so come […] Continue Reading
