Product Description: Margaret Roach has harvested thirty years of backyard parables-- deceptively simple, instructive stories from a life spent digging ever deeper-- and distilled them in this memoir. After ruminating on the bigger picture in And I Shall Have Some Peace There, Roach returns to the garden and uses her fundamental understanding of the natural world, philosophy, and life to explore the ways that gardening saved and instructed her...read more

Product Description: Book by Garden Conservancy

Product Description: Informative and easy to use, this annual directory-the only book of its kind-provides a state-by-state guide to hundreds of rarely seen private gardens whose lush plantings, tranquil resting spaces, and stunning vistas are open-on specified days only-to the public...read more

Product Description: Now in paperback, this classic book shows American gardeners how they can create beautiful native-plant gardens. Through 500 color photographs of 35 gardens across the country, Ken Druse introduces nature's original communities---grasslands, drylands, wetlands, and woodlands...read more

Tells how to start seeds indoors, sow seeds directly in the garden, and plan a flower or vegetable garden, and recommends popular and unusual plants

The garden editor and writer for Martha Stewart Living presents a richly illustrated gardening book that offers practical advice as well as an exploration of the underlying connections between the yearly cycles of gardening and the stages of life.

The author of the award-winning The Natural Habitat Garden explains how to design a spectacular garden using obscure and hard-to-find plants, a single color scheme, or a single variety of plant. 30,000 first printing. Garden Main. Tour.

Gives a detailed description of plants suitable for groundcover, including vines and grasses, and presents advice on soil preparation, design, color, and selection of plants