Gardening - Reference

The one-and-only official planner of the Square Foot Gardening Foundation, filled with all the planning tools and data-tracking logs generations of Square Foot Gardeners have been asking for! Whether you've had a SFG for decades or you're just getting started, The Square Foot Gardening...

Learn how to grow your own food in the Pacific Northwest with this handy guide! There is nothing more regionally specific than vegetable gardening-what to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are unique decisions based on climate and weather. The Timber...

A practical yet pretty small-farm planner that serves as a guidebook, record keeper, and task tracker for small-scale farmers and backyard gardeners everywhere. From Jill Ragan, author of The Tiny but Mighty Farm, comes the resource backyard farmers, gardeners, and homesteaders have been waiting...

Make more houseplants (for free!) with this comprehensive bible of propagation techniques, featuring clear, step-by-step instructions covering over a dozen methods for over 80 different houseplants. *2025 American Horticultural Society Book Award Winner* Accompanied by full-color photographs and beautiful illustrations, The Ultimate Guide to...

In this authoritative guide, Ed Smith shares how to grow a thriving and bountiful vegetable garden through his high-yield method that emphasizes wide rows, organic methods, raised beds, and deep soil. ​Succeed with fussy plants, try new and unusual varieties, and learn how to...

The Weekend Gardener is your beginner's DIY guide to creating your dream garden. Henry Agg created his garden while working full time, proving that you can too! Now a qualified garden designer, Henry shares his knowledge for the busy gardener who doesn't know where...

A captivating A-Z treasury for the tree hugger in all of us Treepedia is an entertaining and fact-filled illustrated compendium of tree lore. Featuring nearly 100 entries--on topics ranging from tree ecology and conservation to the role of trees in religion, literature, art, and...

Blending traditional knowledge and Western science, this collection of family stories, healing recipes, and profiles of plants common in Minnesota celebrates age-old wisdom and cutting-edge research. During early years in Laos, May Lee trained as a niam tshuaj, a plant-based healer and keeper of...

From the tulip fields of Netherlands to your garden flower patch, tulips are loved the world over. Jane Eastoe's passion for gardening and Rachel Werne's spectacular photography combine to showcase these gorgeous bulbs and show that anyone can grow and enjoy tulips at home....

Orchids are the largest family of plants in the world. With 30,000 known species, you could acquire a different orchid every day for eighty years and still not grow them all. Back in the realm of reality, readers of this beautiful book can quickly...

Your First Garden--Simplified. Grow Fresh Vegetables with Confidence and JoyIf you've ever wanted to grow your own food but felt overwhelmed, Vegetable Gardening for Beginners will guide you step-by-step--from your first seed to your first harvest. Written by Jill McSheehy, the voice behind The...

Supercharge your food garden while reducing your workload with over 80 detailed solutions, techniques, and methods that resolve some of gardening's most common challenges. Illustrated with gorgeous photographs of inspiring gardens, projects in process, and tempting homegrown vegetables, and authored by Resh Gala, a...

Romantic blooms for novice, expert, or armchair rose gardeners.Who wouldn't be romanced by names like Lovely Fairy, Desdemona, Elegantyne, Anne Boleyn, Leonardo da Vinci, and Blue for You? Vintage roses encompass both the true "old" roses and the best of the "modern" roses, developed...

Whether home gardeners want to conserve water for ecological or purely monetary reasons, each is becoming more acutely aware that water is an increasingly scarce and expensive resource. This volume will be the first to actually give scientific guidance on how much to water,...

Anyone can grow plants, and everyone can take it a little easier in the garden--all you need are gardening hacks. Don't we all want to garden smarter? To grow more plants and be more time-efficient? And to have a healthier and more wildlife-friendly outside...

This fully updated second edition of the best-selling Weeds of the Northeast provides lavish illustrations for ready identification of more than 500 common and economically important weeds in the Northeast and in the Upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. This new edition covers the region...

Wisdom and advice from a legendary gardener.Author: Christopher LloydPublisher: Lyons PressPublished: 07/01/1997Pages: 480Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 8.95h x 6.01w x 1.03dISBN: 9781558215931

"I love this book - it's invaluable for everyone from the first-time gardener to the most experienced." - Monty Don "This book is a dream for someone like me who knows what they like but can't always work out how to realize their vision!"...

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling...

Discover the fascinating stories behind around 300 species of wildflowers, and marvel at a botanical beauty and diversity you never knew existed. Did you know that orchids existed alongside dinosaurs? And that 30,000 plant species are used as medicine worldwide? In this stunning book,...