Books on Gardening

The books listed below are all books we have personally and highly recommend.

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Great Books on Gardening For Basic Reference

Armitage, Alan. Herbaceous Perennial Plants: A Treatise on Their Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes. Athens, Georgia: Varsity Press, Inc: Portland Oregon: Timber Press Inc., 1989 (Great for Upper and Middle South

Chaplin, Lois Trigg. The Southern Gardener's Book of Lists Lanham, MD Taylor Trade Publishing, 1994 (This is a wonderful book that lists all types of plants for specific growing conditions.)

Dirr, Michael. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses Champaign, Illinois: Stipes Publsihing Company, 1990 (Another great one for Upper and Middle South)

The Gardening Year. Galley Press. Orbis Publishing Limited 1985. (A wonderful book on the basics of gardening)

Halfacre, Gordon R. and Anne R Shawcroft. Landscape Plants of the Southeast 5th ed. Raleigh, North Carolina:Sparks Press, 1992 (Especially helpful for the Carolinas and Piedmont.)

Smith, Miranda. Complete Home Gardening: Growing Secrets and Techniques for Gardeners A Division of Federal Marketing Corp 2001

Whitside, Katherine. The Way We Garden Now: 41 Pick-and-Choose Projects for Planting Your Paradise Large or Small Random House, Inc. 2007(This is a delightful book about the basics of gardening with easy to do projects included)

Books on Gardening- Specialty Books

Armitage, Allan M. Armitage's Native Plants for North American GardensPortland, Oregon: Timber Press, Inc., 2006

Hill, Madaline and Barclay, Gwen with Jean Hardy Southern Herb Growing Fredericksburg, Tx: Shearer Publishing, 1987

Schlosser, Katherine (ed) The Herb Society of America's Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking With Herbs

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Rice, Graham and Elizabeth Strangman. The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, Inc., 1993

Thomas, Graham Stuart. Perennial Garden Plants: Or the Modern Florilegium Oxford: The Alden Press Ltd. 1976

Books on Children's Gardening

Kite, L. Patricia. Gardening wizardry for kids. Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series, 1995 ("Exciting, safe projects for home and school, plus fascinating folklore that will surprise any kid")

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

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