Set in a Garden

Celebrate all things green and growing! Try one of these books with a garden setting or featuring gardeners at work. Plant a seed, read!

Updated May 6, 2026
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The Darling Dahlias and the cucumber tree
Albert, Susan Wittig.
Paper Book
The country may be struggling through the Great Depression, but the good ladies of Darling, Alabama, are determined to keep their chins up and their town beautiful. Their garden club, the Darling Dahlias, has just inherited a new clubhouse and garden, complete with two beautiful cucumber trees in...
Indoor edible garden
Allaway, Zia
Paper Book
Make the most of your space, from balconies and windowsills to countertops, walls, and even ceilings, to grow herbs, vegetables, and flowers in your home that look amazing and taste even better. Featuring 28 innovative step-by-step projects, Indoor Edible Garden is a highly visual...
The victory garden
Bowen, Rhys
Paper Book
A Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestseller. From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman's love and sacrifice during the First World War. As the Great War continues to take...
The secret garden
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Paper Book
After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is allowed to enter. Then Mary uncovers an old key...
The red garden
Hoffman, Alice.
Paper Book
The Red Garden introduces us to the luminous and haunting world of Blackwell, Massachusetts, capturing the unexpected turns in its history and in our own lives.      In exquisite prose, Hoffman offers a transforming glimpse of small-town America, presenting us with some three hundred...
The last garden in England
Kelly, Julia
Paper Book
From the author of the bestseller The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes a poignant and unforgettable tale of five women living across three different times whose lives are all connected by one very special garden. Present day: Emma...
Susannah's garden
Macomber, Debbie.
Paper Book
Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber released on Apr 25, 2006 is available now for purchase.
The wild garden
Robinson, W.
Ebook
First published in 1870, The Wild Garden challenged the prevailing garden style of the day and advocated a naturalistic style, in which hardy plants, both native and exotic, are arranged in groupings that mimic wild landscapes. Thanks to Robinson's passionate advocacy, the naturalistic style...

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