Booklists · Gardening

The over 1,300 entries contained in this resource have detailed information on individual genus and species, including place of origin, hardiness index and growing region, notes on cultivation, and commercial uses. Each page is bursting with beautiful photographs.

Beloved for its well-edited plant selection and trusted advice on choosing and caring for the best plants, this book is an essential addition to gardening collections.

Award-winning gardening writer Graham Rice provides expert advice on transforming dry shade spaces into inhabitable gardens. Readers will learn how to prune for optimal sunlight, how to increase soil absorbency, and how to select the right plants that thrive in dry shaded areas.

An illustrated guide to the hundreds of plants that are so easy to grow in the home garden. This practical book features a comprehensive directory of recommended plants to suit all growing conditions, plot sizes and regions.

Iannotti presents information on 100 of the easiest-to-grow and tastiest-to-eat heirloom vegetables, including �Lucinato� kale, �Turkish Orange� eggplant, and �Apollo� arugula.

The first frost used to be the end of vegetable gardening for the year, but these season-defying techniques are easy to do, affordable, and rewarding for gardeners in any location where frost has traditionally shortened the growing season.

This fully revised and updated 8th edition is the go-to reference for food growers at every level: from home gardeners dedicated to nurturing their backyard edibles in maximum harmony with nature�s cycles, to small-scale commercial producers interested in optimizing soil fertility and increasing plant productivity.

First-rate gardening pros share their expertise on designing a garden of any size, as well as fundamentals about soil, irrigation, pest control, crop rotation, and more. With detailed advice on growing 85 crops, plus sidebars on how to make a garden as attractive as it is productive, readers will delight in finding all the information they�ll ever need on vegetable gardening in one place.

Whether your garden is an alley, a balcony, a rooftop, or just a windowsill, master gardener Rhonda Massingham Hart provides expert advice and shows how easy and fun small space gardening can be.

Longtime urban gardener Alex Mitchell shows how to transform whatever size space you have, from a balcony to a window box, into a profusion of fresh, seasonal produce.

Longtime urban gardener Alex Mitchell shows how to transform whatever size space you have, from a balcony to a window box, into a profusion of fresh, seasonal produce.

This exciting guide layers practical gardening fundamentals with creative solutions that encourage thinking outside the pot.

This title offers designers a roadmap to beautiful gardens that improve, not degrade the environment. It�s a provocative manifesto, from leading authorities, about the important role gardens play in creating the future of sustainable landscapes.

This isn't your typical veggie gardening book. Ivette Soler is passionate about creating edible gardens with curb appeal. She offers step-by-step instructions for converting all or part of a lawn into an attractive and nutrious paradise.

The author provides options for gardeners who want to create oases of safety and pleasure from noisy or unsightly intrusions. Numerous real-world examples show you how to keep the outside world at bay by strategically placing buffers (berms or groups of small trees), barriers (fences), and screens (arbors or hedges) around your property.

This inspiring cookbook answers the call for healthy recipes for family-friendly organic meals with sidebars and tips throughout that promote green living with organic gardening ideas and inspiration for community building and sustainable living.

The former �galloping gourmet� literally starts from the ground up in this engaging, inspiring, and highly informative introduction to the joys of the kitchen garden and the pleasures of the table that start with growing your own food.

This is an inspiring collection of garden designs and recipes for the home gardener and cook that are based on the seasonal cycles of the garden.

The author focuses on dishes to share, based on in-season fruits and vegetables. Fresh from the Garden is full of tempting recipes, both with and without meat, that are centered around seasonal produce.

A garden designer and sustainability advocate helps readers create landscapes that are easy on the Earth. Though many topics are covered in this book, the focus remains concentrated on energy-conserving, environmentally friendly gardening practices.

This colorful guide to troubleshooting organic gardens provides detailed information on the treatment of diseases and elimination of pests for specific fruits and vegetables, and promotes a holistic approach to garden health.

A Colonial Williamsburg garden historian outlines traditional, organic methods for planting and tending to 50 different vegetables, including colonial varieties still available today.

Heirloom vegetables have become coveted as gardeners seek to cultivate high-quality produce and recognize just how crucial it is to maintain biological diversity in the edible plant world. Each plant is profiled with color photographs, flavor notes, and growing tips � everything beginning gardeners need to successfully grow a variety of heirloom vegetables.

The creator of the top online gardening community, YouGrowGirl.com, shares the tips, ideas, and know-how you need to raise delicious organic edibles wherever you can squeeze in a planter.

In this essential handbook, the award-winning garden designer, covers everything a gardener needs to know, including chicken-keeping basics, simple garden plans to get you started, tips on attractive fencing options, the best plants and plants to avoid, and step-by-step instructions for getting your chicken garden up and running.

In this indispensable guide, Farm City author Novella Carpenter and Willow Rosenthal share their experience as successful urban farmers and provide practical blueprints-complete with rich visual material-for novice and experienced growers looking to bring the principles of ethical food to the city streets.

This comprehensive volume will answer every up and coming urban farmer�s questions about how, what, where and why�a new green book for the dedicated citizen seeking to reduce his carbon footprint and grocery bill.

Everything you ever wanted to know about homesteading, all with a cool, modern style. Wilkinson, creator of the blog HipChickDigs.com, shares urban homesteading tips, many of which are gleaned from her experience keeping chickens and cultivating vegetables on a mere tenth of an acre in Portland, Oregon.

Full-text articles from books and magazines, project ideas, and videos about gardening as well as other hobbies and crafts.

This resource is designed to assist homeowners with do-it-yourself projects, gardening, home repair, maintenance, and remodeling. Articles from magazines and reference books and step-by-step instructions for thousands of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating projects are available. The database also offers a �toolbox,� which includes a glossary, conversion charts, and a homeowner�s journal.

Learn something new today! Access a variety of gardening classes among the over 500 continuing education courses on a wide range of subjects available in this online classroom.

This critically acclaimed magazine, published by the American Horticultural Society, features inspiring color photographs and in-depth articles on new and native plants, influential garden personalities, garden history, and earth friendly gardening techniques and products.

Trusted experts offer timely information on the latest developments and trends around the garden and home. This magazine�s focus is on gardening, decorating, building and remodeling, crafts, entertaining, and cooking.

Stunning photos of birds, gardens and butterflies help bring you the most beautiful home landscapes across North America. Celebrates the beauty of your own backyard!

Expert advice and articles cover topics such as garden design, planting advice for your region, and useful techniques and time saving tips. Breathtaking design ideas, helpful techniques, and the know-how to get great results in your own garden.

Cutting edge modern design concepts for landscaping enthusiasts and professionals. This magazine focuses more on the design side of gardening and landscaping rather than the technical issues of the trade.

This lavishly illustrated guide to home gardening and design covers topics such as garden design; advice on selecting, planting, and harvesting your crops or flowers; and garden projects that you can build and install yourself.

Ideas, tips, and garden how-to techniques to help you grow the best edible and ornamental plants for your garden.

Expert garden advice, helpful tips for beginners, useful information about beneficial insects, how to make compost, and much more.

Find helpful advice and answers to a wide range of gardening topics and questions, from planting seedlings to controlling pests. Each of these 500 most-commonly asked questions is answered by a panel of experts from the National Gardening Association, and featured boxes provide additional information.

In this concise, well-written guide to separating the scientifically valid tips from the invalid, seasoned horticultural specialists Jeff Gillman and Meleah Maynard cover a great range of gardening topics. They outline their thoughts, based on facts, about the usefulness and worthiness of some of the most common advice, explaining the reasoning and research behind it.