Planning for Spring: Yard and Garden Books for Adults

Get ready for spring with these practical and inspiring reads to improve your outdoor spaces. These librarian-recommended reads offer step-by-step help to grow a healthy and beautiful space outdoors.

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Planning for Spring: Yard and Garden Books for Adults

Get ready for spring with these practical and inspiring reads to improve your outdoor spaces. These librarian-recommended reads offer step-by-step help to grow a healthy and beautiful space outdoors.

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Encyclopedia of landscape design : planning, building, and planting your perfect outdoor space
Young, Chris
Paper Book
Transform your outdoor garden into a picturesque Garden of Eden with this comprehensive garden design encyclopedia! The garden you've always wished for is achievable with this practical gardening bible for all your horticultural needs. Whether you are new to gardening or a...
Midwest home landscaping : 46 landscape designs with 200+ plants & flowers for your region
Holmes, Roger
Paper Book
An updated edition within the Creative Homeowner's award-winning, best-selling series of regional home landscaping books, Midwest Home Landscaping, Including South-Central Canada, 4th Edition will show you how to beautifully enhance 23 common landscaping situations specifically...
The ultimate wildlife habitat garden : attract and support birds, bees, and butterflies
Tornio, Stacy
Paper Book
"The Ultimate Wildlife Habitat Garden helps you become more intentional about attracting birds, bees, and more to the garden...you can build a beautiful garden for all seasons while simultaneously striving to support wildlife."―Horticulture ...
The well-gardened mind : the restorative power of nature
Stuart-Smith, Sue
Paper Book
One of Garden & Gun's Favorite Books of 2020 A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener offers an inspiring and consoling work about the healing effects of gardening and its ability to decrease stress and foster mental well-being in our everyday lives.
The lifelong gardener : garden with ease & joy at any age
Gattone, Toni
Paper Book
"The secret to making the most of later life is to keep doing what you love. With practical advice and gentle inspiration, Gattone shows us how gardening can work for people of any age." --Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness You can keep gardening...
Trees : essential know-how and expert advice for gardening success
Allaway, Zia
Paper Book
Discover the secret to successfully growing trees in your garden. The UK's leading gardening publisher brings you a horticultural handbook to fulfill your every need and seed! Get your gardening gloves on and join the green-fingered journey to growing trees successfully from the...
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