Spring into the Garden

🌻🌼 Get ready for spring with this selection of gardening books! 🌼🌻

Updated March 10, 2025
Westchester Library System Mount Pleasant Public Library
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The new gardener's handbook : everything you need to know to grow a beautiful & bountiful garden
Beyers, Daryl
Paper Book
"Gardeners just starting out will earn a sense of accomplishment and a good dose of knowledge." --Booklist Every new gardener has to start somewhere--and the process can be intimidating. Knowing when and what to plant, how to care for the plants once they're in the ground, and how to keep pests and...
Coffee for roses : ...and 70 other misleading myths about backyard gardening
Fornari, C. L. (Cynthia Lynn) 1950-
Paper Book
Word-of-mouth may be a great way to learn about some products, but word-of-mouth gardening tips can be a very bad idea. The age-old practice of passing along gardening tips and tricks is no guarantee you will get a good result...it might even do the opposite.  In her new book,...
Vertical gardening : grow up, not out, for more vegetables and flowers in much less space
Fell, Derek.
Paper Book
Save space, time, and effort while letting your garden reach new heights of beauty and bounty with this definitive guide to growing perennials, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, and annuals-vertically. One of the biggest mistakes gardeners make each season is starting out too big and...
Container theme gardens : 42 combinations, each using 5 perfectly matched plants
Ondra, Nancy J.
Paper Book
Simple and foolproof! Enjoy beautiful container plantings with no stress or fuss. Container Theme Gardens offers 42 plans for container arrangements, each using just five specific plants that you can find at your local garden center. There's something here for every setting and every...
Deer-resistant design : fence-free gardens that thrive despite the deer
Chapman, Karen (Landscape designer)
Paper Book
"Fear deer no more! The best source I've seen on the topic!" --Tracy DiSabato-Aust, award-winning garden designer and best-selling author Deer are one of the most common problems a gardener can face. These cute but pesky animals can quickly devour hundreds of dollars' worth of plants. And common...
The modern homestead garden : growing self-sufficiency in any size backyard
Pilarchik, Gary
Paper Book
Filled with easy-to-employ ideas and lessons for improving your food self-sufficiency no matter how much land you have, The Modern Homestead Garden focuses on planting, growing, harvesting, and preserving food.

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