Gardening Books

Starter Vegetable Gardens, 2nd Edition

Starter Vegetable Gardens, 2nd Edition: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic GardensBy Barbara Pleasant Best-selling gardening author Barbara Pleasant makes organic vegetable gardening easy, fun, and rewarding with detailed planting and care designs for...

Teaming with Fungi

Teaming with Fungi: The Organic Grower's Guide to MycorrhizaeBy Jeff Lowenfels Teaming with Fungi is the first book to accessibly explain the essential symbiotic relationship between soil-dwelling mycorrhizal fungi and plants. “Accomplishes what...

Teaming with Microbes

Teaming with MicrobesBy Wayne Lewis There is an alternative to the vicious circle of chemical fertilizers: to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web—the complex world of soil-dwelling organisms whose interactions...

Teaming with Nutrients

Teaming with NutrientsBy Jeff Lowenfels Teaming with Nutrients will make you a better informed, more successful, more environmentally responsible gardener and will give you a new appreciation for the plants you grow.​“Gets deep into the...

The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Great Vegetables by Lorene Edwards Forkner

Millions of people started vegetable gardening this year for the first time—this beginner-friendly guide offers them all the information they need to do so successfully.“For new and novice gardeners who want a straightforward, unfussy guide...

The Complete Compost Gardening Guide

The Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner Batches, Grow Heaps, Comforter Compost, and Other Amazing Techniques for Saving Time and Money, and Producing the Most Flavorful, Nutritious Vegetables EverBy Deborah L. Martin and Barbara...

The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs

The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs By Robert E. Gough, Cheryl Moore-Gough   Learn how to collect, save, and cultivate seeds from more than 300 types of plants.   Enjoy...

The Creative Vegetable Gardener

The Creative Vegetable Gardener: 60 Ways to Cultivate Joy, Playfulness, and Beauty along with a Bounty of FoodBy Kelly Smith Trimble For decades, gardeners have approached vegetable gardening the same way: planting in square or rectangular...

The Garden in Every Sense and Season

Beginning with the heady blooms of spring and closing with putting the garden to bed in winter, Tovah Martin shares 100 essays that beautifully evoke the sensory experience of being in the garden.“Reminds us that the best way to get to know a...

The Garden Maker's Book of Wonder

The Garden Maker's Book of Wonder: 162 Recipes, Crafts, Tips, Techniques, and Plants to Inspire You in Every SeasonBy Allison Vallin Kostovick The joy and wonder of a garden-inspired lifestyle is captured in this colorfully photographed,...

The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World

By John Forti An A-to-Z compilation of traditional gardening skills and heirloom plants, nostalgically illustrated with wood block art.  “Empowers readers with a toolkit of traditional and sustainable practices for an emerging artisanal...

The Herbal Apothecary

The Herbal ApothecaryBy JJ Pursell A comprehensive and practical reference to using medicinal herbs for natural healing from JJ Pursell, the founder of The Herb Shoppe and one of the leading names in the fields of herbalism and naturopathy. “A...

The Living Soil Handbook

The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower’s Guide to Ecological Market Gardeningby Jesse Frost Discovering how to meet the soil’s needs is the key task for every market gardener. In this comprehensive guide, Farmer Jesse Frost shares...

The Modern Cottage Garden: A Fresh Approach to a Classic Style

The Modern Cottage Garden: A Fresh Approach to a Classic StyleBy Greg Loades This design-forward guide teaches gardeners how to blend the best aspects of two important styles: the traditional cottage garden and the New Perennial movement...

The New Gardener’s Handbook

The New Gardener's Handbook  By Daryl Beyers   From one of the experts at the New York Botanical Garden, this guide shares the science of good gardening in a design-forward, beginner-friendly way that will appeal to new gardeners everywhere...