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
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Milwaukie Ledding Library
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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...
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
Celebrate an unforgettable classic with this gorgeous hardcover edition, including full-color illustrations. This beautiful hardcover edition includes Tasha Tudor's iconic illustrations in full color, making it the perfect collector's edition or a wonderful gift for young readers. ...
Deadhead and buried
Hanna, H. Y.
Paper Book
City girl Poppy desperately wants to pay off her debts, quit her dead-end job, find her father... oh, and keep a plant alive. But she knows that these are just hopeless dreams--until the day a letter arrives. Suddenly, Poppy is on a train heading deep into the English countryside to claim a...
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 lavender garden : a novel
Riley, Lucinda.
Paper Book
Note to readers: In the UK, this book is published under the title The Light Behind the Window. An aristocratic French family, a legendary château, and buried secrets with the power to destroy two generations torn between duty and desire. La Côte d...

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