Gardening Tips for Adults

April showers bring May flowers, along with the start of an exciting summer gardening season. Get tips, tricks, advice, and ideas from these great books about gardening!

Updated May 3, 2024
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A gardener's guide to botany : the biology behind the plants you love, how they grow, and what they need
Zona, Scott
Paper Book
Ever wonder if plants sleep or why their leaves are shaped a certain way? The inner workings of the plants you love are revealed and celebrated in this guide by botany expert Dr. Scott Zona. *2023 American Horticultural Society Award Winner*
The backyard homestead guide to growing organic food : a crop-by-crop reference for 62 vegetables, fruits, nuts, and herbs
Cobb, Tanya Denckla
Paper Book
This essential guide to growing a bountiful food garden includes detailed seed-starting, growing, and harvesting information for 62 vegetables, fruits, and herbs, a complete companion-planting guide, and organic pest-control handbook. The latest addition to Storey's bestselling...
The ultimate flower gardener's guide : how to combine shape, color, and texture to create the garden of your dreams
Carey, Jenny Rose
Paper Book
"Full of practical insights, ideas, and inspiration to help you grow the flower-packed garden of your dreams."--Greg Loades, author of The Modern Cottage Garden The colors, shapes, and scents of flowers are as ravishing to the senses as to the soul. But it's all too easy get things wrong: colors...
Prairie up : an introduction to natural garden design
Vogt, Benjamin
Paper Book
Connecting to nature with native plants Landscaping with native plants has encouraged gardeners from the Midwest and beyond to embark on a profound scientific, ecological, and emotional partnership with nature. Benjamin Vogt shares his expertise with prairie plants in a richly photographed...

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