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Updated January 6, 2026
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The 5-minute gardener : year-round garden habits for busy people
Burke, Nicole Johnsey
Paper Book
Nurture a year-round gardening habit with just 5 minutes a day, from the author of Kitchen Garden Revival and Leaves, Roots & Fruit. Do you find joy in seeing a plant grow from seed to flower? Has your main setback for maintaining a successful garden been finding...
Your natural garden : a practical guide to caring for an ecologically vibrant home garden
Norris, Kelly D.
Paper Book
As featured in The New York Times, a valuable and artfully crafted guide to tending a naturalistic garden. From plantsman Kelly Norris, author of New Naturalism, comes a much-needed handbook to maintaining today's natural gardens. Naturalistic...
Martha stewart's gardening handbook: the essential guide to designing, planting, and growing
Stewart, Martha
Paper Book
An instant New York Times Bestseller "If you want to be happy for a year, get married. If you want to be happy for a decade, get a dog. And if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, make a garden."  --Martha Stewart, Martha Netflix Documentary<...
Garden to the Max: Joyful, Visionary, Maximalist Design
Teresa Woodard
Paper Book
Explore a maximalist approach to gardening with this vibrant photography book that features 20 aspirational gardens that prove "more" is better. Having a maximalist garden is a bold aesthetic choice--yet it also brings vitality back to the earth, in an abundant...
How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard
Douglas W. Tallamy
Paper Book
From a New York Times bestselling author, a wildlife ecology expert and environmental advocate provides readers with the next step in their ecological journey. In How Can I Help?, Tallamy tackles the questions commonly asked at his popular lectures and...
Gardenista: the low-impact garden : a sourcebook for sustainable outdoor spaces
Wilson, Kendra
Paper Book
A comprehensive and lushly illustrated guide to earth-friendly gardening from the experts at Gardenista.  In Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden, author Kendra Wilson covers everything you need to know to create a garden that's good for the planet--and to...
Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand
Jeff Chu
Paper Book
A profound meditation on nature, heritage, and belonging, from an accomplished journalist who left New York City for life on a working farm "I needed this book. I think you need it, too."-Maggie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful...
The handsewn wardrobe : a complete guide to making your own clothes : from patternmaking to the finishing stitches
Sonstroem, Louisa Owen
Paper Book
Discover the slow, quiet joy of sewing clothes by hand in this one-of-kind guide.  Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, this hand-sewing course-in-a-book shows you how to create nine wardrobe staples, including a t-shirt, button-up, and jeans,...
The art of embroidery design : expand your creativity and learn how to develop your own original stitching designs
Johnson, Christi
Paper Book
From an acclaimed embroidery designer and bestselling author of Mystical Stitches, an accessible how-to guide full of original stitch designs that will inspire readers to pick up a needle and thread. Written for all levels of stitchers, The Art of...
Bella Coco's Crochet Stitch Library: My Top 100 Stitches, Borders and Motifs
Sarah-Jayne Fragola
Paper Book
A stunning directory of 100 adaptable, inspirational crochet stitch patterns and 3 gorgeous projects from best-selling author and YouTube sensation, Bella Coco (Sarah-Jayne Fragola). Discover Sarah-Jayne's clear and friendly teaching style, known and loved by her more than 2 million...
Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door
Thor Hanson
Paper Book
An award-winning natural-history writer presents "the perfect mix of science and story" (Sy Montgomery), opening the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and parks: "I couldn't put it down" (Doug Tallamy).    We all live on nature's...
The Essential Guide to Bulbs: Grow a Bounty of Beautiful Bulbs in Gardens and Containers
Jenny Rose Carey
"Infectious and encouraging...this book is indeed "essential" reading for expert gardeners as well as newbies just dipping their trowel into bulb growing." ―The Seattle Times "This beautifully photographed, comprehensive resource...offers deep knowledge and encouragement...
The permaculture garden : a practical approach to year-round harvests
Richards, Huw
Paper Book
Harvest year-round from your bountiful and sustainable fruit and vegetable garden. Huw Richards' ultimate guide to permaculture gardening, outlining the regenerative methods that make gardening easier to do while being more productive. Huw shows you how to expand your growing...
52 Weeks of Accessories: Beautiful Patterns for Year-round Knitting
Laine
Paper Book
52 Weeks of Accessories is a beautiful collection of 52 patterns to create cosy accessories and was created by 48 international designers. It is a great companion for those who love knitting hats, shawls, socks and mittens, but also includes some more fashion-forward projects like cowls...
Creative Homeowner : Landscaping with Stone : 2025 : Third Edition
Mark Wolfe
Paper Book
Updated with new projects, information on climate change, and tables and sections detailing commonly used landscape sand, gravel, and stone materials, this new edition offers a complete and accessible guide to landscape design and outdoor projects for the home and garden. Featuring a framework for...
Greenhouse Book: Make the Most of Your Greenhouse Throughout the Year : Make the Most of Your Greenhouse Throughout the Year
Brown, Tom.
Paper Book
The ultimate guide to gardening under glass. Thinking of buying a greenhouse but aren't sure what to grow in it, or how? Or maybe you've inherited a garden with a greenhouse, but haven't got a clue what to do with it? Whatever your journey to growing under glass, this book gives a...
Colour in the garden : stylish ideas for year-round colour
Bellamy, Lucy.
Paper Book
A GARDENS ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Includes beautiful contemporary planting palettes and advice on colour in containers and smaller spaces.' Gardens Illustrated 'Turn your garden into a riotous rainbow with the latest book from...
The gardens of the Hamptons : grand estates, village jewels, and public sanctuaries
Carreon, Blue
Paper Book
In The Gardens of the Hamptons, lifestyle writer and photographer Blue Carreon showcases a luxurious collection of gardens with vibrant photography and stories of the garden owners. The Hamptons are well known for being the place to be in summer for sunshine, luxury, and...
The essential book of succulents : a guide to the 250 best varieties for beginners
Kuroda, Kentaro
Paper Book
"Striking and practical. A perfect fit for those who already love succulents and those ready to fall in love." --Library Journal Learn all about the most beautiful, hardy and easy-to-grow succulent varieties! The Essential Book of Succulents is...
RHS Fungi for Gardeners: Know Your Garden Fungi and How to Grow Them
DK
Grow Food Anywhere: How to Plant the Right Crops in the Right Places and Help Your Garden Thrive
Lucy Chamberlain
Paper Book
Each area of a garden offers a different environment for plants, with differing levels of sun, soil, moisture, and more. In this book, expert gardener and vegetable grower Lucy Chamberlain breaks down the environments you may find in your garden into seven zones, from sunny and...
Freestyle color collage quilting : a unique method for creating bold designs with fabric
Mul, Carly
Paper Book
With this latest guide from industry expert Carly Mul you'll discover user-friendly secrets for organic, free-form color collage techniques and produce professional quality results. Mul's techniques for vibrant quilted designs don't require extensive pattern techniques. Instead, this guide offers a...
Colorful homes for the soul : bright ideas for sustainable homes
Bird, Sara
Paper Book
Color is a universal language and a channel for creativity and imagination. It taps into our minds, evokes emotions, and gets under our skin. In this book, Sara Bird and Dan Duchars share how to be inventive with color while making soulful and sustainable choices. In the first section, Color...
The spirited garden : creative private retreats
Wynja, Doreen
Paper Book
A private view of intensely creative residential gardens, lovingly designed and tended by the plant-obsessed owners themselves. Hundreds of inspiring photographs show home gardeners how to successfully inject elements of their own personality--as well as plants in unique combinations--into...
Crochet cute amigurumi animals with mix-and-match outfits
Za Hareshonzu (Collective)
Paper Book
Amigurumi crochet dolls have never been so easy--or cute--until now! Crochet Cute Amigurumi Animals with Mix-and-Match Outfits shows crocheters how to make endearing animal dolls with a fabulous array of fun fashions to dress them in. One basic ragdoll...
Propagating plants : how to create new plants for free
Toogood, Alan R.
Paper Book
Fill your garden with beautiful plants for next-to-nothing Do you long to grow your own plants from scratch? This complete guide from the experts at the RHS will teach you how to propagate virtually every type of plant. If you're a thrifty gardener who wants more...
The new romantic garden
Thompson, Jo (Landscape architect)
Paper Book
From one of today's leading garden designers, known for her keen eye for colour and modern romanticism, comes a volume that reveals in thirty exquisitely planted gardens dozens of ideas on how to adapt traditional garden design elements for today's more ecologically based aesthetics. Over...
Deck codes + standards : how to design, build, inspect + maintain a safer deck
Barker, Bruce A.
Paper Book
"Whether you are a homeowner, a builder, or inspector, [BLACK+DECKER Deck Codes and Standards] is for you...this excellent and valuable manual is highly ­recommended."  --Library Journal, review of the first edition National codes expert Bruce A. Barker...
Kitchen garden living : seasonal growing and eating from a beautiful, bountiful food garden
Van Tassel, Bailey
Paper Book
Kitchen Garden Living is an inspirational and enlightening look at how to start, plant, and care for a stylish modern food garden.
Kawaii Appliqué Quilts from Japan: How One Country’s Love of All Things Tiny Powers Today's Most Intricate Quilts (with 5 Projects from Top Designers)
Naomi Ichikawa
Paper Book
The story behind the amazing, extremely detailed quilts rising in popularity today, with five kawaii projects to make. "An enchanting celebration of kawaii ('small and cute') quilts . . . Crafters will marvel at this." --Publishers WeeklySTARRED Review Understand how...
The manga guide to organic vegetable gardening : detailed tips for growing 50 types of vegetables, fruits and herbs
Yoda, Hideki
Paper Book
Make the most of your organic garden--with this playful yet wonderfully detailed guide! Manga artist and passionate home gardener Hideki Yoda illustrates the joy and simplicity of raising vegetables in your own small home garden. He covers everything from creating the rows...
Casting flowers : a step-by-step guide to creating beautiful botanical art
Dein, Rachel
Paper Book
Artist Rachel Dein introduces readers to botanical bas-relief, an innovative and exciting technique developed by the author, one that anyone--gardener, parent, weekend crafter, or artist--can try at home in every season.   Casting Flowers introduces...
Life with flowers : inspiration and lessons from the garden
Palmer, Frances (Potter)
Paper Book
Become a part of artist and master gardener Frances Palmer's world as she shares everything she knows about growing and arranging flowers in this gorgeous book--"Flower lovers, prepare for peak inspiration" (Amy Merrick, author of On Flowers). In this follow...
The flower farmers : inspiration & advice from expert growers
Prinzing, Debra
Paper Book
Twenty-nine of today's most inspiring flower farmers present stories, how-to-cultivate expertise, and favorite new varieties in a lushly photographed guide to feed your every floral fantasy Flower farmers are the Top Chefs of the gardening world, with dedicated social media...
Survival gardening : grow your own emergency food supply from seed to root cellar
Coffman, Sam (Clinical herbalist)
Paper Book
Learn how to grow your own food supply and be prepared just in case of an emergency with this essential guide by a survival skills expert. Become more resilient in the face of global crises and prepare yourself for supply chain disruptions by learning to grow your...

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