Hello Spring: Gardening

Titles to encourage your green thumb.

Updated February 9, 2026
Carver County Library
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The essential guide to bulbs : grow a bounty of beautiful bulbs in gardens and containers
Carey, Jenny Rose
Paper Book
"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...
Essential guide to perennial gardening : techniques and know-how for planning, planting, and tending low-maintenance perennial plantings
Paper Book
Learn how to build an enduring, resilient, and biodiverse landscape prized by pollinators and people alike from the foremost authority on gardening in North America. The second book in the American Horticultural Society's series of growing guides, Essential Guide to...
Garden wonderland : creating life-changing outdoor spaces for beauty, harvest, meaning, and joy
Bennett, Leslie
Paper Book
A visual feast of garden design inspiration that embraces diversity and teaches you how to create a lush, colorful, edible, and meaningful garden wonderland of your own. "Through story and imagery,Garden Wonderlandreminds us over and over thatplants should be part of...
The good garden : how to nurture pollinators, soil, native wildlife, and healthy food--all in your own backyard
McLaughlin, Chris
Paper Book
What makes a garden good? For Chris McLaughlin, it's about growing the healthiest, most scrumptious fruits and veggies possible, but it's also about giving back. How can your little patch of Earth become a sanctuary for threatened wildlife, sequester carbon, and nurture native plants? ...
Starter vegetable gardens : 24 no-fail plans for small organic gardens
Pleasant, Barbara.
Paper Book
Develop your green thumb as you learn to grow your own food. In this introductory guide to growing vegetables, Barbara Pleasant addresses common problems that first-time gardeners encounter. Using simple language and illustrated garden layouts, Pleasant shows you how to start, maintain, and...

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