Kingsbury, Noël
Summary: Small gardens are a challenge to design and to keep looking good. This title aims to inspire and inform gardeners to make the most of their small spaces by looking at more than 50 contemporary and inspirational gardens, at how their designers have created them and how their owners use and develop them. In this serious review of the perennial subject, Noel explains the theory and practice of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Limited 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 KINHall, Sophia
Summary: There are a thousand reasons not to start your homestead garden, but none of them are good enough. You don't need a lot of land, you don't need a lot of money, and you certainly don't need a lot of time to become self-sufficient. Growing your own food can seem daunting with the never-ending flood of information online, so I made a streamlined, step-by-step guide to creating a serious homestead...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden Home HallWatkins, Julia
Summary: "A guide to creating and growing a backyard garden simply and sustainably--from planning to planting to harvest, with profiles of essential vegetables and herbs, ecological tips, and fun and creative projects." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 WATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden WatkinsCurbelo-Santiago, Perla Sofía
Summary: "The 30 step-by-step, plant- and nature-based projects found in ¡Verdura! - Living a Garden Life are designed to lead you to better health and wellness through the practice of gardening"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 CURWallington, Jack
Summary: "Not all weeds are ugly uncontrollable brutes. Yes, they can be difficult and intimidating, but by learning how to grow weeds in unexpected ways you will become a better gardener with a more interesting garden. This book profiles over 50 weeds and shows you surprising ways to grow them, no matter what your garden type: from borders to boxes, sunny to shady, poor soil to rich, tropical to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Laurence King Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 632 WALDillard, Sarah
Summary: To earn their Sow It and Grow It badge, Violet, Tigerlilly, and the other Mouse Scouts plant a vegetable garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DILRisen, Alexandra
Summary: "In this moving memoir, a woman digs into a garden and into the past and finds secrets, beauty, and acceptance"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 RISEN, ALEXANDRA RISRisen, Alexandra
Summary: "The author describes how she used the abandoned and overgrown garden behind the house she and her husband bought to come to grips with the recent death of her father and to awaken forgotten childhood memories,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RISEN, ALEXANDRA RISDaniels, Jaret C.
Summary: The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret C. Daniels provides all the information you need in this must-have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adventure Publications 2020
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Summary: "Drawing on decades of gardening experience, and illustrated with vibrant photography from her own home and garden, popular gardening lifestyle influencer Allison Vallin Kostovick offers sage advice on growing bountiful harvests of favorite vegetables, herbs, and flowers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Eierman, Kim
Summary: "The passion and urgency that inspired WWI and WWII Victory Gardens is needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our environment-the steep decline of pollinators. The Pollinator Victory Garden offers practical solutions for winning the war against the demise of these beneficial animals. Pollinators are critical to our food supply and responsible for the pollination of the vast...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Hirschi, Jane S.
Summary: "This introductory garden book, packed with photos of 3 to 6 year olds in action, features hands-on planting and growing activities that can be done in a small yard, classroom, or community garden"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635.083 HIRJohnson, Lorraine
Summary: With many pollinators threatened, gardeners can make a real difference by planting native species that support these amazing creatures. If you're a gardener (or aspiring gardener) in the northern US, this guide is a go-to reference to the most beneficial plants in your area. Through profiles of more than 300 native plants, featuring illustrations and photos, you'll discover information about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Munroe, Enid.
Summary: A guide to gardening with advice on growing perennials, herbs, vines, ground covers, shrubs, and annuals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt and Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 MunroMullen, Diane C.
Summary: Count the ways two hands, three days cleaning up, four planter boxes, and many more steps show how city neighbors transform one little abandoned lot into a beautiful community garden.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2020
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE MULThompson, Jo
Summary: "The Gardner's Palette, published in partnership with [RHS], shares an entirely new way for home gardeners to confidently incorporate colour at home. Award-winning garden designer Jo Thompson curates 100 evocative and fresh palettes, pairs them with beautiful images of professionally designed gardens, and breaks them down with charts showing the exact pants used. She also provides full growing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press Inc., in association with the Royal Horticultural Society 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Introduction -- Gardens -- Basics -- Plants -- Color overview -- Colors & their companions -- Schemes & themes -- Inspirational gardens -- Color decor -- Sources -- USDA hardiness map.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meredith Corp. 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 712.6 BETTEBone, Emily.
Summary: This book explains how almost everything we eat grows from just a small seed - from how a seed sprouts and how fruits grow from flowers by pollination, to how different plants produce vegetables, fruits, leaves, roots and grains. Age: 6+
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 581.4 BONGerrard-Jones, Sarah
Summary: A simple, stylish and complete guide for any plant owner. Whether you have one or many house plants, this is the book your they want you to read. It answers every question, from where to position them at home, to how much watering is too much watering. And it solves every problem, including how to rescue ailing plants. Use this book as toolkit to answer your plant's needs and in the process you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 GERGhigna, Charles.
Summary: Simple rhyming text follows a child who plants flower seeds in a garden and loves to watch them grow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E GHIMinnich, Jerry.
Summary: It's all here---step-by-step guidance for gardening success in Michigan's varying soil types and often difficult climate. Veteran garden writer Jerry Minnich presents detailed directions and practical tips for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, landscaping plants, and house plants, as well as dependable advice on hundreds of garden operations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.0977 MINTrimble, Kelly Smith
Summary: "With The Creative Vegetable Gardener, lifestyle editor and master gardener Kelly Smith Trimble encourages readers to widen their focus, be playful, and imagine a vegetable garden that reflects their own unique aesthetic and offers a meditative sanctuary as well as a source of fresh, homegrown food"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 TRIElzer-Peters, Katie
Summary: "No-Waste Kitchen Gardening is a fun and colorful exploration of the amazing results you can get by re-growing vegetable cutoffs and scraps into harvestable, edible plants. Stop tossing your carrot stumps, loose cilantro sprigs, lettuce and cabbage stalks, and apple cores in the trash! The expert advice in No-Waste Kitchen Gardening, gives you all the instruction and tricks you'll need to grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 ELZHartman, Ben
Summary: ""Ben Hartman is a true innovator for the small farm."-Curtis Stone, author of The Urban Farmer It's time to think big about small farms. Award-winning author and "green leader" (Grist) Ben Hartman shares practical how-to tips, personal stories, and surprising examples of cutting-edge farmers and innovators around the world to show us how. In the early 1970s, US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2023