Community Seed Swap
Mon, Mar 3 @ 5:30 pm // Hop on the seed swap train! It’s like a gardening potluck where you can swap stories, share tips, and trade awesome plant varieties with fellow green thumbs. Join the fun and let’s grow together!
by Jeff Bredenberg
635 BREDENBERG
Do you love the look of a stunning flowerbed or a nice expanse of lawn bordered by attractive shrubs, but don't have time to spend the whole weekend in your backyard? It’s time to cheat in a smart way. In How to Cheat at Gardening and Yard Work, you'll find hundreds of work-reducing, timesaving, cost-cutting gardening tips that will reward you with the best-looking yard and garden you've ever had with less work than ever before. Cheating on garden and yard tasks is part attitude adjustment, part shortcuts, and part simplicity? With a healthy dose of making clever choices. You'll discover effective and efficient methods to complete just about every garden project, chore, cleanup, or predicament you'll face.
by Stephanie Rose
635.0484 ROSE
While the word permaculture might sound intimidating, the principals behind it are not. The main goal of permaculture is to turn your space into a functioning ecosystem that’s less reliant on external resources and better able to sustain itself through many seasons of growth and change as it resists pests, diseases, and climate extremes. Whatever the size of your space, from a tiny patio garden to a big backyard, and whether you grow food, flowers, shrubs, trees, or a combination of all, The Regenerative Garden is here to help you become a better, more eco-conscious gardener.
by John Forti
635 FORTI
Modern life is a cornucopia of technological wonders. But is something precious being lost? A tangible bond with our natural world the deep satisfaction of connecting to the earth that was enjoyed by previous generations. In The Heirloom Gardener, John Forti celebrates gardening as a craft and shares the lore and traditional practices that link us with our environment and with each other. Charmingly illustrated and brimming with wisdom, this guide will inspire you to slow down, recharge, and reconnect.
by Melinda Myers
635.0977 MYERS
Whether you're new to gardening, or just new to gardening in the Midwest, use this book to help you create, maintain and enjoy your landscape. Selecting plants suited to the diverse and often challenging Midwest Garden climate is the first step to success. Team that with some monthly tips and helpful hints to remind and inspire. Together they will eliminate much of the guesswork to creating the garden you desire.
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