Available Booklists

May 2007

Booklists · Gardening

Now that spring has arrived, it’s time to turn your attention to planning your garden. Whatever your interest—from working with annuals, perennials and bulbs to creating dramatic container gardens—we have lots of resources to get you started!

Gardening/Garden Design

cover of Gardening Basics for Dummies by Steven A. Frowine

Gardening Basics for Dummies

Steven A. Frowine

The Way We Garden Now: 41 Pick-and-Choose Projects for Planting Your Paradise Large or Small

Katherine Whiteside

The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes

Rick Darke

Theme Gardens

Hazel White

Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work

Mel Bartholomew

Gardening with Woodland Plants

Karan Junker

Down & Dirty!: 43 Fun & Funky First-time Projects & Activities to Get You Gardening

Ellen Zachos

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You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening

Gayla Trail

Shade: Planting Solutions for Shady Gardens

Keith Wiley

Shady Retreats: 20 Plans for Colorful, Private Spaces in Your Backyard

Barbara W. Ellis

Urban Sanctuaries: Peaceful Havens for the City Gardener

Stephen Anderton

Green Roof Plants: A Resource and Planting Guide

Edmund C. Snodgrass

John Deere’s Landscaping and Lawn Care: The Complete Guide to a Beautiful Yard Year-round

Kristen Hampshire

Lawn Geek: Tips and Tricks for the Ultimate Turf from the Guru of Grass

Trey Rogers

Cover of No Time to Garden: The Half-Hour Gardener

No Time to Garden: The Half-Hour Gardener

Anne Swithinbank

Dog Friendly Gardens: Garden Friendly Dogs

Cheryl S. Smith

How to be A Gardener: Creating a Garden Using Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight & Hearing

Alan Titchmarsh

Better Homes & Gardens New Garden Book

The Water Garden Encyclopedia

Philip Swindells

K.I.S.S. Guide to Gardening

L. Patricia Kite

Organic Gardening/Pest Control

cover The Organic Lawn Care Manual by Paul Boardway Tukey

The Organic Lawn Care Manual: A Natural Low-maintenance System for a Beautiful, Safe Lawn

Paul Boardway Tukey

The Truth About Garden Remedies: What Works, What Doesn’t & Why

Jeff Gillman

The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food

Tanya Denckla

The Organic Home Garden: How to Grow Fruits & Vegetables Naturally

Patrick Lima

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Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening

Great Garden Fix-Its: Organic Remedies for Everything from Aphids to Weeds

Gardener to Gardener Almanac & Pest Control Primer: A Month-by Month Guide and Journal for Planning, Planting and Tending Your Organic Garden

Organic Gardening for the 21st Century

John Fedor

Ann Lovejoy’s Organic Garden Design School: A Guide to Creating Your Own Beautiful, Easy-Care Garden

Ann Lovejoy

Joey Green’s Gardening Magic: More Than 1,120 Ingenious Gardening Solutions Using Brand-name Products

Joey Green

Container Gardening

cover of Pots in the Garden by Ray Rogers

Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting Techniques

Ray Rogers

Bulbs in Containers

Rod Leeds

P. Allen Smith’s Container Gardens: 60 Container Recipes to Accent Your Garden

P. Allen Smith

McGee & Stuckey’s the Bountiful Container: A Container Garden of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits and Edible Flowers

Rose Marie Nichols McGee and Maggie Stuckey

Cover of Window Gardens: For Windows, Walls, Decks and Balconies

Window Gardens: For Windows, Walls, Decks and Balconies

Jane Forster

Can’t Miss Container Gardening: Practical Solutions for Gardening Success

Felder Rushing

Ortho’s All About Container Gardening

Sally Roth

Gardening in Containers: Creative Ideas from America’s Best Gardeners

Contain Yourself: 101 Fresh Ideas for Fantastic Container Gardens

Kerstin P. Ouellet

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Potted Gardens:A Fresh Approach to Container Gardening

Rebecca Cole

Movable Harvests: Fruits, Vegetables, Berries: The Simplicity & Bounty of Container Gardens

Chuck Crandall

Small-Space Gardening: How to Successfully Grow Flowers and Fruits in Containers and Pots

Peter H. Loewer

Flowering Containers Through the Year: Over 150 Planting Recipes for Boxes, Baskets, Pots and Tubs

Stephanie Donaldson

Flowers: Annuals, Perennials and Bulbs

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Garden to Vase: Growing and Using You own Cut flowers

Linda Beutler

Late Summer Flowers

Marina Christopher

The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer

Stephanie Cohen

The Flower Gardener’s Bible: Time-Tested Techniques, Creative Designs, and Perfect Plants for Colorful Gardens

Lewis and Nancy Hill

Annuals for Every Purpose: Choose the Right Plants for Your Conditions, Your Garden and Your Taste

Larry Hodgson

The Best Flowers for Midwest Gardens: The Plants You Need to Create Spectacular Low-Maintenance Gardens that Bloom with the Season—Year After Year

Laara K. Duggan

Cover of Jerry Baker’s Perfect Perennials!: Hundreds of Fantastic Flower Secrets for Your Garden

Jerry Baker’s Perfect Perennials!: Hundreds of Fantastic Flower Secrets for Your Garden

Jerry Baker

Annuals for Dummies

Bill Marken

Annuals: a Growing Guide for Easy, Colorful Gardens

Emma Sweeney

Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials

Ellen Phillips

Taylor’s Guide to Perennials: More Than 600 Flowering and Foliage Plants, Including Ferns and Ornamental Grasses

Barbara W. Ellis

Bulbs: A Growing Guide for Easy, Colorful Gardens

Douglas Green

Ortho’s All About Bulbs

Marty Ross

Vegtables, Fruits, Edible Flowers

cover of Rodale’s Vegetable Garden Problem Solver by Fern Marshall Bradley

Rodale’s Vegetable Garden Problem Solver: The Best Advice for Beating Pests, Diseases, and Weeds and Staying a Step Ahead of Trouble in the Garden

Fern Marshall Bradley

The Edible Garden

Hazel White

The Gardener’s Table: a Guide to Natural Vegetable Growing & Cooking

Richard Merrill

Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener’s Guide to Planting, Growing, Seed Saving and Cultural History

William Woys Weaver

Culinary Gardens: From Design to Palate

Susan McClure

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Miracle-Gro Guide to Growing Delicious Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs

The Edible Flower Garden

Rosalind Creasy

75 Exciting Vegetables for Your Garden

Jack Staub

Edible Flowers From Garden to Palate

Cathy Wilkinson Barash

Salad Gardens: Simple Secrets for Glorious Gardens—Indoors and Out

Mimi Luebbermann

Growing Vegetables: A Basic Guide to Vegetable Gardening

Robert J. Dolezal

Herbs

cover The Big Book of Herbs by Arthur O. Tucker and Thomas DeBaggio

The Big Book of Herbs: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference to Herbs of Flavor and Fragrance

Arthur O. Tucker and Thomas DeBaggio

Beginner’s Guide to Herb Gardening

Yvonne Cuthbertson

The Successful Herb Gardener: Growing and Using Herbs’Quickly and Easily

Sally Roth

The Ultimate Herb Book

Anthony Atha

Gifts from the Herb Garden

Emelie Tolley

Cover of Herbal Tea Gardens: 22 Plans for Your Enjoyment & Well-being

Herbal Tea Gardens: 22 Plans for Your Enjoyment & Well-being

Marietta Marshall Marcin

Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs

The Green Guide to Herb Gardening: Featuring the 10 Most Popular Herbs

Deborah C. Harding

Wild About Herbs

Roger Tabor

Herbs in Bloom: A Guide to Growing Herbs as Ornamental Plants

Jo Ann Gardner

Designing an Herb Garden

Your Backyard Herb Garden: A Gardener’s Guide to Growing Over 50 Herbs Plus How to Use Them in Cooking, Crafts, Companion Planting and More

Miranda Smith

Gardening Websites

Weekend Gardener

This online gardening magazine offers monthly to-do lists, tutorials, organic solutions to gardening problems, and a plant gallery.

Organic Gardening

Everything you need to know about growing vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruit, and houseplants organically.

Dave’s Garden

Gardener-friendly site with an extensive plant list, gardener’s forums and the garden watchdog where people review garden catalogs and websites.

Vegtable MD Online

Comprehensive list of plant diseases with a useful photo gallery for identifying problems.

Cyndi’s Catalog of Garden Catalogs

Directory of over 2,000 garden mail order catalogs from the US and Canada.

American Horticulture Society

Listing books, events, and tips from the country’s expert gardeners.

U.S. National Arboretum

The Arboretum’s website offers a wide range of information on topics such as garden pests, invasive plants and new plant releases.

HGTV Gardening

Popular home and garden website with tips and advice on all aspects of gardening—from the very basics to designing a zen retreat.

GardenWeb

Community forum, plant exchanges, a directory of organizations and clubs, events list, and Q & A’s

OhioLine Yard and Garden

Fact sheets, web sites, newsletters, bulletins, and links on a wide variety of gardening topics.

Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati

Civic Center events and classes and information about local community gardens.

OSU Horticulture Program

List of special programs for home gardeners and information about OSU’s Master Gardener Program.

BBC Gardening

From across the pond, a fun site where you can design your own virtual garden without lifting a spade.

P. Allen Smith

Advice and tips from an award-winning garden designer.

Martha Stewart Gardening

Martha “shares the creative principles and practical ideas that have made her America’s most trusted guide to stylish living.”

Need more suggestions? Contact your local library and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.