Books of Gardeners
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Devotions for Gardeners
By Jean ShawMay they be like grass on the roof , which withers before it can grow ; with it the reaper cannot fill his hands , nor the one who gathers fill his arms . May those who pass by not say , “ The blessing of the Lord be upon you ; we bless ...
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A Timely Tale about Roses
By Colleen ThompsonA Timely Tale about Roses
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The 3000-mile Garden: An Exchange of Letters Between Two Eccentric Gourmet Gardeners; One in London, England, One in Cushing, Maine,...
By Roger Phillips, Leslie LandRoger regales Leslie with stories from the three-acre oasis he gardens in Eccleston Square, Central London. Leslie describes her woodland garden and talks of the sharply defined climatic changes which govern it.
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Led by the Nose: A Garden of Smells
By Jenny JosephThrough sharp observations and sensually aware poetry, Joseph captures the smells and senses of her English garden in this month-by-month memoir.
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Reginald Farrer: At Home in the Yorkshire Dales
By William Reginald MitchellReginald Farrer: At Home in the Yorkshire Dales
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The Scottish Gardener
By Suki UrquhartThis book is a celebration of the diversity of Scottish gardens and gardeners, past and present.
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Nobbut a Lad: A Yorkshire Childhood
By Alan TitchmarshOne of the best-loved men in Britain, Alan Titchmarsh, brilliantly recalls his childhood in 1950s Yorkshire.
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A Slow Passion: Snails, My Garden and Me
By Ruth BrooksOne woman's investigation into the whys and wherefores of snails.
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Contemporary Designers' Own Gardens
By Barbara BakerShows twenty gardens not generally opened to the public that were designed by international garden designers.
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Eden on Their Minds: American Gardeners with Bold Visions
By Starr OckengaShowcases twenty-one gardens designed to meet the owner's personal requirements, including gardens in Iowa, Alabama, New York City, San Francisco, Pennsylvania, Washington state, Louisiana, and Maine.
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Kiftsgate Court Gardens: Three Generations of Women Gardeners
By Vanessa BerridgeEqually remarkable is the fine balance between continuity and gentle evolution that the visitor finds at Kiftsgate. This is largely because the garden has belonged to the same family since its creation 100 years ago.
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A Sense of Humus: A Bedside Book of Garden Humour
By Diana AnthonyThis is a collection of wit, wisdom and whimsical humour including literary contributions from Victor Hugo, Dylan Thomas, P.G. Wodehouse and others.
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There is a Garden in the Mind: A Memoir of Alan Chadwick and the Organic Movement in California
By Paul A. Lee"A recount of the serendipitous meeting with English gardener Alan Chadwick in Santa Cruz in the 1960s and the work that developed the UC Santa Cruz Chadwick Garden, the first organic and biointensive garden at a U.S. university"--
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A Man's Garden
By Warren SchultzI'm the only guy around here who gardens. ... working with familiar plants, working in harmony with the seasons, doing what he's done and his father has done for decades. ... THE PUMPKIN K I !\ f« HOWARD DILL WINDSOR, NOVA THE FATHER'S SON.
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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
By Michael PollanThe author draws on his gardening experiences to explore attitudes toward nature and wilderness, environmental questions, and what gardening teaches about the borders between nature and culture
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William Robinson: The Wild Gardener
By Richard BisgroveLike his contemporary Gertrude Jekyll, William Robinson made enormous contributions to the world of gardening.
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Indoor Green: Living with Plants
By Bree ClaffeyA visual ode to the transformative power of the houseplant in home décor, with practical information for arranging your own indoor green
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One Man and His Plot
By Michael LeapmanThe author tells the lively story of the struggle to turn his weedstrewn patch into a burgeoning vegetable garden. 1976.
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Garden of a Lifetime: Dame Elisabeth Murdoch at Cruden Farm
By Anne LatreilleDame Elisabeth then created the silver and white borders extending from the house and later, assisted by Michael Morrison, developed the "Cottage Garden", the "Garden for Homeless Plants", and the spectacular floral "Picking Garden".This ...
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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
By Michael PollanHe planted a garden and adopted Thoreau's viewpoint: Do not impose your will upon the wilderness, the woodchucks or the weeds. Here is his timely meditation and social history on man's relationship with nature and the environment.