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Gardening for beginners

Everything you need to get started whether you are into growing vegetables, container gardening, organic gardening, or attracting bees, birds and butterflies, we've got it!

58 items

Grow a garden! : the ulitmate DIY guide with 6 gardening activities / Alexis Frederick-Frost.

Frederick-Frost, Alexis, author, illustrator.
Format: Book

Starter vegetable gardens : 24 no-fail plans for small organic gardens / Barbara Pleasant ; photography by John Green.

Pleasant, Barbara.
Format: Book

The green gardener's guide : simple, significant actions to protect & preserve our planet / Joe Lamp'l.

Lamp'l, Joe.
Format: Book

My tiny garden : stylish ideas for small spaces / Lucy Anna Scott with Lucy Conochie ; photography by Jon Cardwell.

Scott, Lucy, 1980- author.
Format: Book

Small-space container gardens : transform your balcony, porch, or patio with fruits, flowers, foliage & herbs / Fern Richardson.

Richardson, Fern.
Format: Book

Small summer gardens : 35 bright and beautiful gardening projects to bring color and scent to your garden / Emma Hardy.

Hardy, Emma, author.
Format: Book

Edible spots & pots : small-space gardens for growing vegetables and herbs in containers, raised beds, and more / Stacey Hirvela.

Hirvela, Stacey, author.
Format: Book

Any size, anywhere edible gardening : the no yard, no time, no problem way to grow your own food / William Moss.

Moss, William, 1970-
Format: Book

Pocket gardening : a guide to gardening in impossible places / Marjorie Harris.

Harris, Marjorie, 1937-
Format: Book

Container gardening : 250 design ideas & step-by-step techniques / [editors, Carol Kasper, Jen Matlack].

Format: Book

The backyard gardener : simple, easy, and beautiful gardening with vegetables, herbs, and flowers / Kelly Orzel.

Orzel, Kelly, author.
Format: Book

Grow organic / editor, Louise Abbott.

Format: Book

The zero-mile diet cookbook : seasonal recipes for delicious homegrown food / Carolyn Herriot.

Herriot, Carolyn.
Format: Book

Grow more with less / Vincent A. Simeone.

Simeone, Vincent A.
Format: Book

The beautiful edible garden : design a stylish outdoor space using vegetables, fruits, and herbs / Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner ; photography by David Fenton and Jill Rizzo ; floral arrangements by Studio Choo.

Bennett, Leslie, 1978- author
Format: Book

The gourmet gardener : everything you need to know to grow and prepare the very finest of vegetables, fruits and flowers / Bob Flowerdew.

Flowerdew, Bob
Format: Book

From seed to table : a practical guide to eating and growing green / Janette Haase.

Haase, Janette, 1958-
Format: Book

Ecological gardening : your safe path to a healthy, beautiful garden / Marjorie Harris.

Harris, Marjorie, 1937-
Format: Book

Sustainable gardening : grow a "greener" low-maintenance landscape with fewer resources / Vincent A. Simeone.

Simeone, Vincent A., author.
Format: Book

Bug-free organic gardening : controlling pest insects without chemicals / Anna Hess.

Hess, Anna, 1978- author.
Format: Book

Rodale's ultimate encyclopedia of organic gardening : the indispensable green resource for every gardener / edited by Fern Marshall Bradley, Barbara W. Ellis, and Ellen Phillips.

Format: Book

Handmade bird, bee, and bat Houses : 25 beautiful homes, feeders, and more to attract wildlife into your garden / Michele McKee-Orsini.

Orsini, Michele McKee, author.
Format: Book

Victory gardens for bees : a DIY guide to saving the bees / Lori Weidenhammer.

Weidenhammer, Lori, 1966- author.
Format: Book

Tiny tabletop gardens : 35 projects for super-small spaces-- outdoors and in / Emma Hardy.

Hardy, Emma, author.
Format: Book

New naturalism : designing and planting a resilient, ecologically vibrant home garden / Kelly D Norris.

Norris, Kelly D, author.
Format: Book

It's our garden : from seeds to harvest in a school garden / George Ancona.

Ancona, George.
Format: Book

Urban flowers : creating abundance in a small city garden / Carolyn Dunster ; photography by Jason Ingram.

Dunster, Carolyn, author.
Format: Book

Plant, cook, eat! : a children's cookbook / Joe Archer and Caroline Craig.

Archer, Joe, author.
Format: Book

No dig organic home & garden : grow, cook, use & store your harvest / Charles Dowding & Stephanie Hafferty.

Dowding, Charles, author.
Format: Book

The Usborne book of growing food / written by Abigail Wheatley ; illustrated by Anni Betts and John Russell.

Wheatley, Abigail, 1974- author.
Format: Book

The Science of Gardening. Episode 1, Garden Science: Weeding Out the Myths.

Format: Streaming Video

How to Grow Anything.

Format: Streaming Video

Glorious shade : dazzling plants, design ideas, and proven techniques for your shady garden / Jenny Rose Carey.

Carey, Jenny Rose, author.
Format: Book

The edible landscape : creating a beautiful and bountiful garden with vegetables, fruits and flowers / Emily Tepe ; photography by Paul Markert.

Tepe, Emily, author
Format: Book

Grow a living wall : create vertical gardens with purpose : pollinators, herbs and veggies, aromatherapy, many more / Shawna Coronado.

Coronado, Shawna, author.
Format: Book

Garden wisdom & know-how : everything you need to know to plant, grow and harvest / from the editors of Rodale Gardening Books ; compiled by Judy Pray.

Format: Book

Good bug bad bug : who's who, what they do, and how to manage them organically : (all you need to know about the insects in your garden) / Jessica Walliser.

Walliser, Jessica.
Format: Book

Container and fragrant gardens : how to enliven spaces with cotainers and make the most of scented plants / Peter Loewer and contributors.

Loewer, H. Peter, author.
Format: Book

Crops in pots : how to plan, plant, and grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs in easy-care containers / Bob Purnell ; photography by Freia Turland.

Purnell, Bob.
Format: Book

The urban gardener indoors : how to grow things successfully in your house, apartment, or condo / Sonia Day.

Day, Sonia.
Format: Book

Plant breeding for the home gardener : how to create unique vegetables & flowers / Joseph Tychonievich.

Tychonievich, Joseph.
Format: Book

The flower garden : how to grow flowers from seed / Clare Foster and Sabine Rüber.

Foster, Clare, author.
Format: Book

Propagating plants : how to create new plants for free / Alan Toogood, editor-in-chief ; Peter Anderson, photographer.

Format: Book

The kinfolk garden : how to live with nature [electronic resource] / John Burns.

Burns, John.
Format: Electronic Resources

How to grow more vegetables* (and fruits, nuts, berries, grains, and other crops) *than you ever thought possible on less land with less water than you can imagine / John Jeavons.

Jeavons, John, author.
Format: Book

How to build your own greenhouse : designs and plans to meet your growing needs / Roger Marshall.

Marshall, Roger
Format: Book

How to grow more vegetables : (and fruits, nuts, berries, grains, and other crops) than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine / John Jeavons.

Jeavons, John.
Format: Book

How to make a garden : the 7 essential steps for the Canadian gardener / Marjorie Harris.

Harris, Marjorie, 1937-
Format: Book

Backyard bounty : the complete guide to year-round organic gardening in the Pacific Northwest / Linda Gilkeson.

Gilkeson, Linda A, author.
Format: Book

How to create your garden : ideas & advice for transforming your outdoor space / Adam Frost.

Frost, Adam (Garden designer), author.
Format: Book

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