Garden Books and Reviews
So what's this page about?
It gives you my unvarnished reviews of modern garden books that come across my desk.
And I invite garden authors or publishers to post their latest books on this site for you to review and tell us what you think.
Garden Book Reviews
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Garden Book Reviews
Got a Great Garden Book you want to tell us about?
Tell us about it right here here - what it is and why we'd want to read it it,
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Here are some interesting gardening books to review
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The Uses of Wild Plants The Uses Of Wild Plants is a unique new book on the uses of the wild plants of North America. Covering the uses and cultivation of more than 1200 species ...
DRYLAND GARDENING It's that time of year when this gardener sits back and rests her backside but not her eyes or imagination. The first book picked up was DRY LAND GARDENING-...
The Lotus: Know It and Grow It The compact book includes almost everything about lotus: cultivation, ornamental and other uses, cultural traditions, lore, guide for growers, and resources ...
Plants of Alberta: Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers, Ferns, Aquatic Plants & Grasses
France Royer and Richard Dickinson have co-authored another award winner in this weighty comprehensive field guide.
Richard is a University of Alberta ...
Growing Flowers from Seed in Canada
Raising flowers from seed is something every Canadian gardener can do and there is great satisfaction in doing it yourself.
The author describes the ...
The Atlantic Gardener's Greenbook
Organic gardening on Canada's East Coast. A good reference for gardeners whether they are beginning or have been living by trowel and error for years.
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There are Only Two Essential Gardening Books My garden book collection is by almost any standards a good one. I don’t have an exact count but it’s over 1000 books just on gardening because we’re ...
How To Water Container Plants
Give your plants the finger when watering plants. Think about it, a finger always works and never needs batteries.
Here are the things you need to ...
The Southern Living Garden Book This is the most comprehensive gardening book I have ever come across. Unfortunately, as its name implies, it is pretty much for Southern gardeners. It ...
Gardening with Heirloom Seeds
Okay, I'm taking a deep breath before I give you the full title of my book--it's a long one:
Gardening with Heirloom Seeds: Tried-and-True Flowers, Fruits,...
Zen of Watering Your Garden This 152 page book is a collection of 145 full color photographs (contributed by some twenty photographers from all over the world) juxtaposed with nearly ...
Annuals for Alberta
Written by Laura Peters and Donna Dawson
Published by Lone Pine Publishing
Date: 2007
Both Donna and Laura are native Albertans and accomplished Master ...
Teaming With Microbes This is a practical down-to-earth book about the soil food web. One of the most important things for good gardeners to understand is how the soil is alive ...
Arborsculpture Solutions for a Small Planet
Ancient art form reemerges in gardens around the world.
Arborsculpture is the art of growing trees into solid woody living shapes. A little grafting,...
Florida Top Ten Garden Guide A new addition to Sunset's highly popular Top 10 regional gardening series, Florida Top 10 Garden Guide is an extremely user-friendly guide to successfully ...
