 Gardening Basics : A Complete
Guide to Designing, Planting, and Maintaining Gardens
by Kenneth A. Beckett
From Booklist 4.1.99
This is truly a comprehensive introduction to gardening, with basic information on designing and creating family
gardens, patio gardens, large gardens, and low-maintenance gardens. The authors explain such tasks as constructing
brick, concrete, and stone surfaces; fences; arches; pergolas; and... Read more |
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 The Low-Maintenance Garden
by Susan Berry, Steve Bradley
Book Description
Essential reading for those who desire a beautiful garden without the back-breaking work, The Low-Maintenance Garden
is the guide to enjoying your garden rather than spending hours toiling in it. This book shows how to minimize
and simplify gardening tasks, and over time create a virtually... Read more |
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 Growing 101 Herbs that Heal:
Gardening Techniques, Recipes, and Remedies
by Tammi Hartung
Amazon.com
An excellent guide for novices and experts alike, Growing
101 Herbs That Heal combines gardening, cooking, crafts,
and natural healthcare into one sturdy manual. The author's care and concern for healthy plants and people are
evident on every page, and there's an astonishing amount of detail in... Read more |
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 Maria Rodale's Organic Gardening
Companion
by Maria Rodale
Book Description
Maria Rodale, of the family that originated the organic gardening movement in the United States, introduces a beautiful-and
practical-journal as an essential companion to her popular Maria
Rodale's Organic Gardening. With a similar design, the
lush, four-color photographs and illustrations accent... Read more |
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 The Lawn & Garden Owner's
Manual
by Lewis Hill, Nancy Hill
Amazon.com
Full of useful information on refreshing tired-out lawns and gardens, The
Lawn and Garden Owner's Manual is a terrific, comprehensive
guide to ongoing care and maintenance of those long-suffering lawns, fruit trees, and ornamental trimmings. Emphasizing
care of plants that are already installed and... Read more |
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The
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gardener's Desk Reference
by Janet Marinelli
Amazon.com
Don't plan on getting a lot accomplished for the first week or so that this book is in your house. It may be a
reference, but it behaves like a sponge, sucking up any and all attention you happen to cast its way. Take, for
example, the chapter called "Botany for Gardeners." High-school biology was ... Read more |
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American
Horticultural Society A To Z Encyclopedia Of Garden Plants
by Christopher Brickell
Amazon.com
Collecting contributions from 100 distinguished horticulturists, the handsome and lavishly illustrated American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants is a truly definitive gardening reference. With its 1,092 tiny-print
pages, this may not be the book to tuck into your pocket as you... Read more |
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Roses
for the Scented Room : A Scrapbook of Ideas, Recipes, and Gifts
by Barbara Milo Ohrbach
Amazon.com
Whether you love roses for their delicate petals, astonishing range of colors, or sweet, seductive scent, Barbara
Milo Ohrbach's gorgeous book, Roses for a Scented Room, will inspire you to fill every room in your house with a lovely array
of edibles, decorations, and perfumed bouquets. A... Read more |
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Vegetable
Gardening: Your Ultimate Guide (Black & Decker Outdoor Home)
by Robert J. Dolezal
Amazon.com
A well-planned combination of straightforward text and colorful photos make Vegetable
Gardening: Your Ultimate Guide a most useful addition
in your quest for the perfect melon or Brussels sprout. The chapters on preparation cover everything from garden
design (complete with worksheets) to the... Read more |
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The
Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
by J. I. Rodale
Amazon.com
This hefty reference manual is absolutely packed with specific information on everything from bee-keeping to window
gardening. More like a standard textbook than most gardening books of today, Encyclopedia
of Organic Gardening has been around since 1959, and
in its 1,000-plus pages manages to... Read more |
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Western
Garden Book
by Sunset Editors, Kathleen N. Brenzel
From Book News, Inc. 2.1.96
The 40th anniversary edition marks the first major revision of this gardeners' bible since 1967. As before, the
guide provides an excellent thematically-organized guide to plant selection and a hefty plant encyclopedia. Changes
include new color photographs, a practical gardening dictionary and... Read more |
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The
400 Best Garden Plants : A Practical Encyclopedia of Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, Trees, and Shrubs
by Elvin McDonald
Amazon.com
This fully comprehensive guide to the outstanding garden plants of every season should be on the book shelves of
both novice gardeners and green-fingered experts. More than 425 full-color photographs illustrate detailed listings
for specific varieties of annuals, perennials, bulbs, and trees. Each... Read more |
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How
to Grow Vegetables and Fruits by the Organic Method
by J. I. Rodale
Amazon.com
Another impressive tome from Rodale Press, this practical text of nearly 1,000 pages covers organic gardening from
the first soil preparation to the final harvesting and preserving. How
to Grow Vegetable and Fruits by the Organic Method may
be a bit daunting for the novice gardener, simply because... Read more |
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New
Complete Guide to Gardening
by Susan A. Roth
Amazon.com
If you're in the market for an all-around garden guide to get you primed for the planting season, this beautiful,
well-organized book will meet all your needs. The cover's floral effusion will brighten your coffee table, and
inside you'll find what you need to get started or to grow in your... Read more |
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American
Horticultural Society Plant Propagation: The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques
by American Horticultural Society
Amazon.com
The American Horticultural Society's Plant Propagation is one of those stuck-on-a-desert-island books. All the information
you could ever possibly want in order to propagate virtually any plant or tree or cactus or succulent that might
be growing on said desert island is to be found somewhere... Read more |
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Composting
(Smith & Hawken)
by Liz Ball
Amazon.com
Backyard composting can be almost a religious topic among serious gardeners, so it's no surprise that Smith &
Hawken has chosen it for the subject of one of their exceedingly thorough single-subject gardening guides. Composting
is for the gardener who likes information to be presented economically... Read more |
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