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 beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman's love and sacrifice during the First World War.
The secret garden
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Paper Book
After her parents die in a cholera outbreak, Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle. His mansion on the Yorkshire moors is grand but unwelcoming and lonely, and the vast grounds are the only place Mary can go to find peace. As she explores every inch of them, she uncovers a...
Soil : the story of a Black mother's garden
Dungy, Camille T.
Ebook
A "heartfelt and thoroughly enriching" (Aimee Nezhukumatathil, New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders) work that expands on how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics Circle finalist Camille T. Dungy diversifies her garden to...
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
When Susannah Nelson turned eighteen, she said goodbyeto her boyfriend, Jake--and never saw him again. She neversaw her brother, Doug, again, either. He died unexpectedlythat same year. Now, at fifty, Susannah finds herself regretting the paths nottaken. Long married, a mother and a...
The rose garden
Rees, Tracy
Paper Book
Spellbinding historical fiction from the acclaimed author of Amy Snow, spanning the luxury and poverty of Victorian England. Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Rachel Hore, and Tracy Chevalier.1895. Hampstead, London.Olive Westallen lives a privileged, if rather lonely, life in her...
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...
The heirloom garden
Shipman, Viola
Paper Book
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Summer Cottage  In her inimitable style, Viola Shipman explores the unlikely relationship between two very different women brought together by the pain of war, but bonded by hope, purpose...and flowers. ...
On hummingbird wings
Snelling, Lauraine.
Paper Book
"But Mother is always dying," is Gillian Ormsby's sarcastic response when her younger, favored sister tells her that she has to go take care of their hypochondriac mother. Much against her will, since she and her mother never have gotten along, Gillian arrives in California to find the garden and...
Where you're planted : a novel
Sweeney, Melanie
Paper Book
"It's clear that Tansy and the, ahem, Plant Daddy have chemistry. They might even have a future if they can navigate the debris left by previous natural disasters in their personal lives." --NPR, Books We Love 2025 He hates me . . . He hates me not. Single mom...

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