Gardening for Everyone
Our friends at Carmichael’s Bookstore suggest these books as excellent choices for edible readers. Carmichael’s represents locally owned retailers where the benefits of buying local can be experienced.
Hello, World! Garden Time
Jill McDonald
$7.99
The latest in the hit series designed to introduce nonfiction concepts to babies and toddlers, Hello World! Garden Time is full of bright and cheerful illustrations featuring easy-to-understand facts about how plants grow and how gardening puts food on our tables. Recommended for ages 3 and under.
Uncle John’s City Garden
Bernette Ford
$18.99
In Bernette Ford’s autobiographical story, Uncle John’s City Garden, L’il Sissy and her siblings visit their Uncle John in the city from their home in the suburbs . Together they learn how a few packets of seeds, some helping hands and hard work transform an empty lot in a housing project into a magical place where vegetables grow and family gathers. Recommended for ages 4–8.
Grow: A Family Guide to Plants and How to Grow Them
Riz Reyes, Illustrations by Sara Boccaccini Meadows
$22.99
Horticulturalist Riz Reyes has created a celebration of the remarkable resilience and beauty of 15 plants and fungi that have grown, adapted and sustained our communities. Packed with facts and step-by-step directions, this book is a perfect introduction for families discovering the joy of growing and caring for each of these plants, whether in a big backyard garden or a sunny windowsill. Recommended for ages 8 years and up.
Urban Farmers
Gestalten
$50
Featuring a diverse array of city dwellers, Urban Farmers peeks into the lives of those growing, beekeeping, composting and educating while surrounded by concrete. A mix of essays, profiles and how-tos, this book is sure to inspire any seasoned or aspiring gardener.
Flavors from the Garden: Four Seasons of Heirloom Vegetable Recipes
William Woys Weaver
$40
Eighty seasonal recipes from master gardener William Woys Weaver will inspire victory gardeners and CSA shoppers to turn heirloom vegetables into delicious dishes. Each chapter guides the reader from the garden to the kitchen to the table, an invaluable and enjoyable resource of growing, harvesting, cooking, and preserving knowledge.
Gardening for Everyone: Growing Vegetables, Herb, and More at Home
Julia Watkins
$26.99
This book covers all the nuts and bolts of creating and caring for your garden—planning, building, planting, tending and harvesting. A great book for any novice or professional. Full of fun activities and gardening wisdom.
Hidden History of Houseplants
Maddie & Alice Bailey Hardie
$19.99
Explore the stories behind 20 of the most beloved houseplants, from their histories to their adaptations and how they became the plants we love to love today.
Seed to Dust: Life, Nature, and a Country Garden
Marc Hamer
$26.95
Seed to Dust follows a year in the life of a professional gardener at work on a sprawling British country estate owned by his mysterious employer, “Miss Cashmere.” A unique piece of nature writing that combines memoir, gardening and folklore, with philosophical musings and natural history.
Bedside Companion for Gardeners: An Anthology of Garden Writing for Every Night of the Year
Jane McMorland Hunter
$24.99
This gem, a mix of fact and fiction, fantasy and experience, is a bedside companion for gardeners. Dip in and out of this collection with an entry for every night of the year that draws on writing through the ages and from across the globe. A perfect gift for any gardening enthusiast!
You Grow, Gurl!! Plant Kween’s Lush Guide to Growing Your Garden
Christopher Griffin
$29.99
Discover the joys and self-nurturing benefits of plant parenthood, from learning how to begin building your own lush plant family to fun tips on how to care for your green gurls, with this beautiful illustrated guide from the dazzling creator of the @plantkween Instagram account. “We all love some new growth, Dahling..
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