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 Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestseller. From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman's love and sacrifice during the First World War. As the Great War continues to take...
The secret garden
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Paper Book
Celebrate an unforgettable classic with this gorgeously repackaged edition, featuring the timeless art of Tasha Tudor. Just in time for the movie adaptation starring Colin Firth and Julie Walters! This beautiful hardcover edition includes Tasha Tudor's iconic illustrations in...
Soil : the story of a Black mother's garden
Dungy, Camille T.
Paper Book
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics Circle Criticism finalist Camille T. Dungy diversifies her garden to reflect her heritage. In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, poet and...
The peculiar garden of Harriet Hunt
Iversen, Chelsea
Paper Book
True magic is found among the bluebells and brambles Harriet Hunt is completely alone. Her father disappeared months ago, leaving her to wander the halls of Sunnyside house, dwelling on a past she'd rather keep buried. She doesn't often venture beyond her front gate, instead...
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
It was the year that changed everything. When Susannah Nelson turned eighteen, she said goodbye to her boyfriend, Jake--and never saw him again. She never saw her brother again, either. Doug died in a car accident that same year. Now, at fifty, she finds herself regretting...
Beatrix Potter's gardening life : the plants and places that inspired the classic children's tales
McDowell, Marta.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller There aren't many books more beloved than The Tale of Peter Rabbit and even fewer authors as iconic as Beatrix Potter. Her characters--Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, and all the rest--exist in a charmed world...
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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