Gardening Know-how
Check out the titles below to learn something new, solve a pest problem, or just to have your best harvest yet. Besides the featured titles, the Library's collection includes titles covering organic gardening, indoor gardening, heirloom gardening, biodynamic gardening and more.
Midwest and Missouri specific titles:
The Complete Guide to Lower Midwest Gardening: Techniques for Growing Landscapes & Garden Plants in Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Southern Michigan, and Southern OntarioThis book offers a didactic, practical approach that allows novice-to intermediate residential gardeners to experience success with their vegetable, fruit and ornamental gardens.
The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Midwest, by Michael Vanderburg
There is nothing more regionally specific than vegetable gardening--what to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are decisions based on climate, weather, and first frost. The month-by-month format makes it perfect for beginners and accessible to everyone--gardeners can start gardening the month they pick it up.
Midwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles, by Katie Elzer-Peters
Author Katie Elzer-Peters equips you with all the information you need to design your edible garden, tend the soil, maintain your plants throughout their life cycles, and--most importantly--harvest the delicious food they produce.
Herb Gardening for the Midwest, by Debra Knapke and Laura Peters
Herbs add fragrance, beauty and practicality to your garden--and it's easy to grow a wide variety of them just about anywhere here in the Midwest.
Container Gardening for the Midwest, by William Aldrich and Don Williamson with Allison Beck and Laura Peters
The Midwestern climate offers unique challenges to successful container gardening. This book is packed with easy solutions and exciting ideas for creating and maintaining containers for your garden space. Filled with recommended plants and designs ranging from traditional to cutting edge, it will stir your imagination to be bold and brave.
Growing the Midwest Garden, by Ed Lyon
Everyone wants a glorious garden, but conditions in the Midwest can make it a challenge to grow the most popular ornamentals. Let Midwest gardening expert Ed Lyon help you with his encyclopedic knowledge of the tips, techniques, and plants specifically suited to the heartland. Learn the region's myriad climates, geography, soils and how to work with them.
Brand new gardening books published this year:
The Reader's Digest Quintessential Guide to Gardening: an A to Z of Flowers, Fruits, Herbs and Vegetables, by Reader's Digest
An A-Z guide covering everything from acid soil to zucchini, the hints and tips you will find have been culled from leading horticulturists and accomplished home gardeners from all over the country. The Reader's Digest Quintessential Guides do what the Reader's Digest does better than anyone: the best advice, straight to the point.
The Rooftop Growing Guide: How to Transform Your Roof into a Vegetable Garden or Farm, by Annie Novak
Author Annie Novak founded America's first fully landscaped green roof farm, and her expertise shines in The Rooftop Growing Guide, the first book for a general audience on how to make an edible rooftop garden thrive.
The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design an Abundant, Flower-filled Yard that Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversity, by Kate Frey and Gretchen LeBuhn
In The Bee-Friendly Garden, award winning garden designer Kate Frey and bee expert Gretchen LeBuhn provide everything readers need, from super blooming flowers to regional plant lists and plants to avoid.
Vegetable Gardening, by Carol Klein
From artichokes to zucchini, author Carol Klein shares the expertise gained from her years of gardening success to help gardeners of all skill levels select suitable locations, choose what to plant, determine when to plant, and nurture a garden full of thriving vegetables.
Grow for Flavor, by James Wong
After trial and error of cutting-edge horticultural techniques and extensive review of more than 2,000 journal papers from around the globe, author James Wong turns the tables on old-school advice with a radical new system that transforms the flavor and nutrition of homegrown produce.
Heirloom Plants: A Complete Compendium of Heritage Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs & Flowers, by Thomas Etty and Lorraine Harrison
Based on the extensive seed catalogs of Thomas Etty, the popular heirloom seedsman, Heirloom Plants includes information on almost 500 exciting cultivars to be grown and harvested, along with detailed profiles and cultivation tips for each plant.
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