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1) 100 easy-to-grow native plants for American gardens in temperate zones

Author

Johnson, Lorraine

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Reference guide to native plants throughout America.

2) Down to earth: garden secrets! garden stories! garden projects you can do!

Pub. Date

[1998]

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Forty-one authors and illustrators of books for children share their gardening experiences. Includes various activities and recipes related to gardening.

3) Grow: stories from the urban food movement

Author

Grace, Stephen

Pub. Date

[2015]

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"What do a rapper, a returned soldier, a reformed gangster, a grandmother, a petroleum geologist, a bestselling author, and a microchip engineer have in common? They are all wresting control of food from an industrial system responsible for a plague of poor personal and planetary health. In his landmark work, Grow: Stories from the Urban Food Movement, Stephen Grace embarks on a journey of discovery to understand what motivates these urbanites working...

4) American grown: the story of the White House kitchen garden and gardens across America

Author

Obama, Michelle

Formats

Book, CD, eAudiobook

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This book is a pictorial guide by Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, that describes how she and her daughters planted a vegetable garden on the White House's South Lawn as part of an initiative to raise awareness about childhood obesity. In February 2010, she launched Let's Move!, a nationwide initiative to address the epidemic of childhood obesity by bringing healthier food into schools and communities, and encouraging kids to be...

5) 40 projects for building your backyard homestead: a hands-on, step-by-step sustainable-living guide

Author

Toht, David

Pub. Date

c2013

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Provides details on how to build more than 40 projects--sheds, feeders, fences, and other structures--to enhance readers' sustainable living.

6) Low maintenance gardening

Pub. Date

[1995]

7) The wildflower meadow book: a gardener's guide

Author

Martin, Laura C

Pub. Date

c1986

8) Landscaping with wildflowers: an environmental approach to gardening

Author

Wilson, Jim

Pub. Date

1992.

9) Landscaping with wildflowers & native plants

Author

Wilson, William H. W

Pub. Date

c1984

10) The gardener's life: inspired plantsmen, passionate collectors, and singular visions in the world of gardening

Author

Sheehan, Laurence

Pub. Date

c2004

11) The world of Laura Ingalls Wilder: the frontier landscapes that inspired the Little House books

Author

McDowell, Marta

Pub. Date

2017.

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"This lushly illustrated book from bestselling author Marta McDowell examines Laura Ingalls Wilder's relationship to the landscape and illuminates how it inspired the beloved Little House Books" --

12) Heat-zone gardening: how to choose plants that thrive in your region's warmest weather

Author

Cathey, Marc

Pub. Date

c1998

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Using the new American Horticultural Society (AHS) "Plant Heat-Zone Map" explains how to choose plants that thrive in each region's warmest weather, profiling nearly five hundred commonly used annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs.

13) Your organic garden with Jeff Cox

Author

Cox, Jeff

Pub. Date

c1994

14) A man's garden

Author

Schultz, Warren

Pub. Date

2001.

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Portrays fifteen men and their gardens.

15) Eden on Their Minds : American Gardeners with Bold Visions

Author

Ockenga, Starr

Pub. Date

2001

16) Reader's Digest illustrated guide to gardening

Pub. Date

Description

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A guide to landscape gardening, indoor gardening, and growing vegetables and fruits.

17) Solar Gardening: Growing Vegetables Year-Round The American Intensive Way

Author

Poisson, Leandre

Pub. Date

[1994]

Description

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Photographs and text show how to increase the effects of the sun during the coldest months of the year and how to protect tender plants from the intensity of the scorching sun during the hottest months through the use of solar "mini-greenhouses."