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75 Great American Garden Books

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 2009 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Our Life in Gardens
  • Understanding Perennials
  • The American Meadow Garden
  • My Natural History: The Evolution of a Gardener
  • The Dirt Cheap Green Thumb
  • Macro Photography for Gardeners and Nature Lovers
  • Gods and Goddesses in the Garden
  • Sibley Guide to Trees

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009 The following books are recommended garden books from the September/October 2009 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities
  • The Rose
  • The Perennial Care Manual
  • Bulbs Galore
  • A Room of One's Own
  • The Brother Gardeners
  • Fruits and Plains: The Horticultural Transformation of America
  • High Plains Horticulture
  • From Yard to Garden
  • The Garden of Invention

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JULY/AUGUST 2009 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August 2009 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • A Rose by Any Name: The Little-Known Lore and Deep-Rooted History of Rose Names
  • 50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants
  • When Perennials Bloom: An Almanac for Planning and Planting
  • Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!
  • Rain Gardening in the South
  • Durable Plants for the Garden
  • Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
  • The Hot Garden

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MAY/JUNE 2009 The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June 2009 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love
  • Sunflowers: The Secret History
  • Trees for All Seasons: Broadleaved Evergreens for Temperate Climates
  • Fresh Food from Small Spaces
  • The Backyard Homestead
  • Landscaping with Fruit
  • 75 Remarkable Fruits for Your Garden
  • Complete Book of Garlic

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MARCH/APRIL 2009 The following books are recommended garden books from the March/April 2009 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Planthropology: The Myths, Mysteries, and Miracles of My Garden Favorites
  • Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections to Trees
  • The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Illustrated Dictionary of Orchid Genera
  • The New Encyclopedia of Orchids

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February 2009 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Flowers and Herbs of Early America
  • Lilacs: A Gardener’s Encyclopedia
  • Plant-Driven Design
  • The New Encyclopedia of Daylilies
  • Saxifrages
  • Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis, and Their Relatives
  • Gardening with Hardy Heathers
  • Calochortus

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 2008 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Perennial Combinations
  • Designer Plant Combinations
  • The Heirloom Tomato
  • Pink Ladies and Crimson Gents
  • Mr. Marshal’s Flower Book
  • Simply Elegant Flowers
  • Ikebana
  • The Flower Farmer

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008 The following books are recommended garden books from the September/October 2008 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Growing Trees from Seed
  • Herbaceous Perennial Plants
  • The Informed Gardener
  • The Green Gardener’s Guide
  • The Truth About Organic Gardening
  • The Complete Compost Gardening Guide
  • Nature-Friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People

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JULY/AUGUST 2008 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August 2008 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners
  • Gardening With Children
  • A Child’s Garden: 60 Ideas to Make Any Garden Come Alive for Children
  • Garden-Fresh Cooking
  • American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
  • Strange Blooms: The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants
  • Fruits and Plains: The Horticultural Transformation of America
  • Gardens: A Literary Companion
  • The Gardener’s Bedside Reader

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MAY/JUNE 2008 The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June 2008 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Viburnums
  • Big Book of Garden Designs
  • Professional Planting Design
  • Garden to Vase: Growing and Using Your Own Cut Flowers
  • Gardener’s Companion Series
  • Month-By-Month™ series Mid-Atlantic
  • Cutting Edge Gardening in the Intermountain West
  • Encyclopedia of Northwest Native Plants for Gardens and Landscapes

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MARCH/APRIL 2008 The following books are recommended garden books from the March/April 2008 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Authentic Garden: Five Principles for Cultivating a Sense of Place
  • Native Ferns, Moss & Grasses
  • The Homeowner’s Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook
  • Encyclopedia of Exotic Plants for Temperate Climates

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February 2008 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Covering Ground
  • Bringing Nature Home
  • The Herb Society of America’s Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking with Herbs
  • Cacti and Succulents
  • Cacti and Succulents
  • Hardy Succulents
  • Crazy About Cacti and Succulents
  • 500 Cacti

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 2007 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • 1001 Gardens You Must See Before You Die
  • Conifers for Gardens: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
  • Sunset Western Garden Book
  • Wiggle and Waggle
  • Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush
  • If I Were a Tree
  • I Heard It from Alice Zucchini
  • Jackson Jones and the Curse of the Outlaw Rose

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007 The following books are recommended garden books from the September/October 2007 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns
  • Grow Organic
  • Elements of Organic Gardening
  • The Teeth of the Lion
  • Down & Dirty
  • Easy Garden Projects
  • The Way We Garden Now
  • Grounds for Improvement
  • How to Build Your own Greenhouse

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JULY/AUGUST 2007 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August 2007 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Burpee The Complete Flower Gardener: The Comprehensive Guide to Growing Flowers Organically
  • Foliage: Astonishing Color and Texture Beyond Flowers
  • A Pattern Garden: The Essential Elements of Garden Making
  • Chasing Wildflowers: A Mad Search for Wild Gardens
  • The Landscape Diaries: Garden of Obsession
  • Beautiful at All Seasons
  • East Wind Melts the Ice
  • More Papers From the Potting Shed

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MAY/JUNE 2007 The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June 2007 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Encyclopedia of Hardy Plants
  • The Organic Lawn Care Manual
  • The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes
  • The Massachusetts Gardener's Companion
  • Gardening in Alabama & Mississippi
  • Gardening With Altitude: Cultivating a New Western Style
  • Designing California Native Gardens
  • A Tropical Garden Flora

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MARCH/APRIL 2007 The following books are recommended garden books from the March/April 2007 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
  • Garden Bulbs for the South
  • Rodale’s Vegetable Garden Problem Solver
  • Confessions of the Plant-Obsessed
  • Beautiful Madness
  • Gardening at Ginger
  • The $64 Tomato
  • Otherwise Normal People: Inside the Obsessive and Thorny World of Competitive Rose Gardening
  • The Passionate Gardener

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2007 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February 2007 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Oxford Companion to the Garden
  • Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants
  • Seascape Gardening: From New England to the Carolinas
  • Gardening at the Shore
  • In Search of Paradise: Great Gardens of the World
  • New Brazilian Gardens: the Legacy of Burle Marx
  • Living Monet: The Artist’s Gardens
  • Italian Gardens
  • The Art of the Japanese Garden

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 2006 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Welcoming Garden: Designing Your Own Front Garden
  • Teaming With Microbes A Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web
  • Gardening with Heirloom Seeds: Tried-and-True Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for a New Generation
  • The New York Botanical Garden
  • Henry Shaw’s Victorian Landscapes: The Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park
  • Longwood Gardens: 100 Years of Garden Splendor
  • A Paradise in the City: Cleveland Botanical Garden
  • Bayou Bend Gardens: A Southern Oasis

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 The following books are recommended garden books from the September/October 2006 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Hellebores: A Comprehensive Guide
  • Bird-by-Bird Gardening: The Ultimate Guide to Bringing in Your Favorite Birds - Year after Year
  • The Audubon Society Guide to Attracting Birds
  • Sunset Western Landscaping Book
  • The Truth About Garden Remedies
  • From the Garden to the Table
  • Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables
  • In Keep it Seasonal
  • The Herbal Kitchen
  • The Organic Cook’s Bible
  • Vegetable Love

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JULY/AUGUST 2006 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August 2006 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants
  • Armitage’s Native Plants for American Gardens
  • Montrose: Life in a Garden
  • Small Space Gardening
  • In Small Garden
  • Intimate Gardens
  • All New Square Foot Gardening
  • Tabletop Gardens  

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MAY/JUNE 2006 The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June 2006 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • P. Allen Smith's Colors for the Garden: Creating Compelling Color Themes
  • Gardens by Design
  • Planting Design: Gardens in Time and Space
  • Cultivating Words: The Guide to Writing about the Plants and
    Gardens You Love
  • American Green
  • Regional Gardening
  • Mid-Atlantic Top 10 Garden Guide
  • How to Get Started in Southern Gardening
  • Midwest Home Landscaping
  • Northern California Gardening
  • Perennials for the Southwest  

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MARCH/APRIL 2006 The following books are recommended garden books from the March/April 2006 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home
  • Begonias: Cultivation, Identification, and Natural History
  • The New Garden Paradise: Great Private Gardens of the World
  • Gardenwalks in California
  • Gardening When it Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times
  • Designing the New Kitchen Garden: An American Potager Handbook
  • Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers
  • Vegetables, Herbs & Fruit: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
  • 75 Exciting Vegetables for Your Garden

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2006 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February 2006 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from
    Nature-Deficit Disorder
  • The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual
  • Gardens in the Spirit of Place
  • Tempting Tropicals
  • The Daylily: A Guide for Gardeners
  • Irises: A Gardener’s Encyclopedia
  • Heucheras and Heucherallas: Coral Bells and Foamy Bells
  • Hibiscus: Hardy and Tropical Plants for the Garden
  • Hardy Bamboos: Taming the Dragon

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2005 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 2005 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Yard Full of Sun: The Story of a Gardener’s Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
  • Attracting Birds, Butterflies & Other Winged Wonders to Your Backyard
  • Growing Hardy Orchids
  • The Gardener’s Guide to Growing Hardy Perennial Orchids
  • Insights from Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us
  • 100 Garden Tips and Timesavers
  • The Golden Spruce: A Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
  • The Nature of Plants: Habitats, Challenges and Adaptations
  • Demons in Eden: the Paradox of Plant Diversity

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2005 The following books are recommended garden books from the September/October issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Bulbs for Garden Habitats
  • On Foreign Soil: American Gardeners Abroad
  • Dogwoods
  • A Garden Gallery: The Plants, Art, and Hardscape of Little and Lewis
  • The Pruner’s Bible, A Step-By-Step Guide to Pruning Every Plant In Your Garden
  • Dryland Gardening: Plants That Survive and Thrive in Tough Conditions
  • Sharp Gardening
  • Creating and Planting Alpine Gardens
  • The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden: Creative Gardening for the Adventurous Cook
  • Can’t Miss Container Gardening

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JULY/AUGUST 2005 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Plant: the Ultimate Visual Reference to Plants and Flowers of the World
  • Elegant Silvers: Striking Plants for Every Garden
  • A Garden By the Sea: A Practical Guide and Journal
  • A Natural History of Ferns
  • Regional Gardening Books
  • Garden Voices: Stories of Women & Their Gardens
  • Emily Dickinson’s Gardens: A Celebration of a Poet and Gardener
  • The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden
  • Four Tenths of an Acre
  • Oak: The Frame of Civilization
  • Trees: Lessons from the Forest

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MAY/JUNE 2005 The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Gardening with Clematis: Design & Cultivation
  • Simply Clematis: Clematis Made Simple
  • The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer: The Essential Guide to Creating Simply Sensational Gardens
  • In Garden Your City
  • A Bouquet of Roses: Glorious Arrangements for All Occasions
  • Native Plants of the Northeast
  • The Big Book of Northwest Perennials
  • Month-by-Month Gardening in the Mid-Atlantic
  • Month-by-Month Gardening in the Prairie Lands
  • Landscape Plants for the Gulf and South Atlantic Coasts
  • Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South
  • In Search of Great Plants: The Insider’s Guide to the Best Plants in the Midwest
  • Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota
  • Ornamental Grasses for the Southeast
  • Perennial Gardening in Texas.
  • Wildly Successful Plants: Northern California
  • Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses: Gardening with California Monocots
  • The Zen of Gardening in the High and Arid West.

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MARCH/APRIL 2005 The following books are recommended garden books from the March/April issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Essential Garden Design Workbook.
  • The Intimate Garden: Twenty Years and Four Seasons in Our Garden.
  • No One Gardens Alone: A Life of Elizabeth Lawrence.
  • Grace From the Garden: Changing the World One Garden at a Time
  • Garden Lunacy: A Growing Concern
  • In Gardens to Go: Creating and Designing a Container Garden
  • Container Gardening: Creative Combinations for Real Gardeners
  • Flowerpots: A Seasonal Guide to Planting, Designing, and Displaying Pots
  • P. Allen Smith’s Container Gardens: 60 Container Recipes to Accent Your Garden
  • Contain Yourself: 101 Fresh Ideas for Fantastic Container Gardens

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2005 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • American Azaleas
  • IPM for Gardeners: A Guide to Integrated Pest Management
  • Botanica North America: The Illustrated Guide to Our Native Plants, Their Botany, History, and the Way They Have Shaped Our World
  • The Cloud Garden: A True Story of Adventure, Survival, and Extreme Horticulture
  • The Essential Guide to Gardening Techniques
  • Cass Turnbull’s Guide to Pruning: What, When, Where & How to Prune for a More Beautiful Garden
  • Pruning Trees, Shrubs & Vines
  • Essential Tools: Equipment and Supplies for Home Gardeners
  • Outdoor Projects: Step-By-Step

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2004 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Gardening the Mediterranean Way:  How to Create a Waterwise, Drought-Tolerant Garden
  • Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates
  • Planting Green Roofs And Living Walls.
  • Fragrance in Bloom: The Scented Garden Throughout the Year
  • Pie in the Sky
  • Whose Garden Is It?
  • In Our Backyard Garden
  • Eddie’s Garden and How to Make Things Grow
  • Dig, Plant, Grow

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2004 The following books are recommended garden books from the September/October issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Jewel Box Garden
  • Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants
  • Hydrangeas for American Gardens
  • The Compleat Squash
  • Ecology for Gardeners
  • Suzy Bales’ Down-to-Earth Gardener
  • Weeds in My Garden
  • Household Botany
  • Wildlife Friendly Plants

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JULY/AUGUST 2004 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs
  • The Passion for Gardening.
  • Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden.
  • Revised Southern Living Garden Book.
  • The Garden of Reading, subtitled “An Anthology of 20th Century Short Fiction about Gardens and Gardeners,”
  • American Garden Writing: An Anthology
  • Stronger Than Dirt
  • Jefferson’s Garden

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MAY/JUNE 2004 The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Restoring American Gardens: An Encyclopedia of Heirloom Ornamental Plants 1640–1940.
  • The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms.
  • Annuals and Tender Plants for North American Gardens.
  • Garden Perennials for the Coastal South
  • Tough Plants for Southern Gardens
  • Florida’s Best Native Landscape Plants
  • Texas Gardening the Natural Way
  • Native Plants for High Elevation Western Gardens
  • Handbook of Northwest Gardening

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MARCH/APRIL 2004 The following books are recommended garden books from the March/April 2004  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Plant Discoveries: A Botanist’s Voyage Through Plant Exploration
  • Rock Garden: Design and Construction
  • So You Want to Start a Nursery.
  • Taylor’s Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
  • Bromeliads for the Contemporary Garden
  • Cyclamen
  • Ferns for American Gardens
  • Primula
  • Pulmonarias and the Borage Family

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2004 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February 2004  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Native Trees for North American Landscapes (From the Atlantic to the Rockies).
  • Roses: A Celebration, Thirty-three Eminent Gardeners on their Favorite Rose.
  • Trees for the Yard and Garden
  • Best Trees for Your Garden
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees
  • The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance
  • Republic of  Shade: New England and the American Elm
  • Arboretum America: A Philosophy of the Forest
  • Tree Stories: A Collection of Extraordinary Encounters
  • Tree Bark: A Color Guide

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2003 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 2003  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • A Gardener’s Guide to Frost: Outwit the Weather and Extend the
    Spring and Fall Seasons
  • The Natural History of a Garden
  • The Secrets of Wildflowers: A Delightful Feast of Little-Known Facts, Folklore, and History

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 The following books are recommended garden books from the September/October 2003  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The New Book of Salvias: Sages For Every Garden
  • The Flower Gardener’s Bible: Time-Tested Techniques,
    Creative Designs, and Perfect Plants for Colorful Gardens.
  • The Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations.
  • Garden Masterclass
  • Modern Garden Design: Innovation Since 1900
  • Your House, Your Garden: A Foolproof Approach to Garden Design
  • Front Yard Gardens: Growing More than Grass
  • Pool Scaping: Gardening and Landscaping Around Your Swimming Pool and Spa
  • Shady Retreats: 20 Plans for Colorful, Private Spaces in Your Backyard
  • Feng Shui Garden Design: Creating Serenity
  • Garden Stone: Creative Ideas, Practical Projects, and Inspiration for Purely Decorative Uses

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JULY/AUGUST 2003 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August 2003  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Time and the Gardener: Writings on a Lifelong Passion.
  • The Well-Designed Mixed Garden: Building Beds and Borders with Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals, and Bulbs.
  • Climbing Gardens: Adding Height and Structure to Your Garden.
  • A Passion for Vegetables
  • Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
  • Gourmet Vegetables
  • The Bountiful Container
  • The New Book of Apples: the Definitive Guide to Apples
  • New Book of Herbs
  • A Celebration of Herbs: Recipes from the Huntington Herb Garden
  • Feast Your Eyes: the Unexpected Beauty of Vegetable Gardens
  • The Illustrated Guide to Edible Wild
  • The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook
  • Coming Home to Eat: the Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods

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MAY/JUNE 2003 The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June 2003  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Gardener’s Palette: Creating Color in the Garden
  • Consider the Leaf: Foliage in Garden Design
  • Big Ideas for Northwest Small Gardens
  • Dig This: Landscaping without a Backhoe or a Big Budget for Northern California and Beyond
  • Wisconsin’s Natural Communities: How to Recognize Them, Where to Find Them
  • Pennsylvania Gardeners Guide
  • Mid-Atlantic Gardener’s Guide
  • An Outdoor Guide to Bartram’s Travels
  • Natural Gardens of North Carolina
  • Gardening with Native Plants of Tennessee: The Spirit of Place
  • Texas Trees
  • Month-by-Month Gardening in the Desert Southwest
  • Month-by-Month Gardening in Mississippi

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MARCH/APRIL 2003 The following books are recommended garden books from the March/April 2003  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Grounds for Pleasure: Four Centuries of the American Garden.
  • Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet.
  • The Genus Epimedium.
  • Architecture in the Garden.
  • The Intuitive Gardener: Finding Creative Freedom in the Garden.
  • Palms Won’t Grow Here and Other Myths.
  • Gardening with Prairie Plants: How to Create Beautiful Native Landscapes.

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2003 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February 2003  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Orchid Growing for Wimps.
  • Orchids and Their Conservation.
  • Ultimate Orchid.
  • Alpine Plants of North America.
  • Remarkable Trees of the World.
  • Making Gardens Works of Art: Creating Your Own Personal Paradise.
  • The Plants that Shaped Our Gardens.
  • Natural Landscaping: Designing with Native Plant Communities.
  • The Botanical Garden, Volume I: Trees and Shrubs.
  • The Botanical Garden, Volume II: Perennials and Annuals.
  • Forget not Mee & My Garden…”: Selected Letters 1725–1768 of Peter Collinson, F.R.S.

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2002 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 2002  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Gardens of Use and Delight: Uniting the Practical and the Beautiful in an Integrated Landscape.
  • Bulbs, Revised Edition.
  • The City Gardener’s Handbook.
  • The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers
  • Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Backyard.
  • The Bird Lover’s Garden.
  • The American Woodland Garden.

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2002 The following books are recommended garden books from the September/October 2002  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Gardening with Conifers.
  • Native Trees, Shrubs, & Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants.
  • Eden on Their Minds; American Gardeners with Bold Visions.
  • AHS Plants for Places.
  • Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada, second edition.
  • The Pesto Manifesto: Recipes for Basil and Beyond.
  • Water Works: Creating a Splash in the Garden.

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JULY/AUGUST 2002 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August 2002  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Bountiful Container

  • The Potted Garden

  • Gardening in Containers

  • Logee's Greenhouses Spectacular Container Plants: How to Grow Dramatic Flowers for Your Patio, Sunroom, Windowsill, & Outdoor Spaces

  • Melons for the Passionate Grower

  • Dirr’s Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates:
    An Illustrated Encyclopedia

  • Mints: A Family of Herbs and Ornamentals

  • My Summer in a Garden

  • An Island Garden

  • The Complete Shade Gardener

  • Nehrling’s Early Florida Gardens

  • Two Gardeners: A Friendship in Letters

  • Garden Open Today

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MAY/JUNE 2002 The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June 2002  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Bold Visions For The Garden. 
  • Insects and Gardens: In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology. 
  • An Illustrated Encyclopedia  of Clematis.  
  • Legends in the Garden: Who in the World is Nellie Stevens?
  • Heirloom Flower Gardens: Rediscovering and Designing with Classic Ornamentals.
  • 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. 
  • Taylor’s Guide to Roses.
  • An American Cutting Garden: A Primer for Growing Cut Flowers Where Summers are Hot and  Winters are Cold. 
  • Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide. 

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MARCH/APRIL 2002 The following books are recommended garden books from the March/April 2002  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Landscape with Roses: Gardens, Walkways, Arbors, Containers
  • The Lyrical Landscape
  • Bamboo for GardensSummer-Blooming Bulbs
  • Taylor's Guide to Ground Covers
  • Tulips for North American Gardens
  • Pruning and Training Plants: A Complete Guide
  • Design for Gardens
  • Garden Folklore that Works

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2002 The following books are recommended garden books from the January /February 2002  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Bulbs of North America
  • The Greater Perfection: The Story of the Gardens at Les Quatre Vents
  • Coastal Plants from Cape Cod to Cape Canaveral
  • Trees, Shrubs, and Roses for Midwest Gardens
  • How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest. Revised and updated edition
  • Idaho Mountain Wildflowers. 
  • The Northwest Herb Lover's Handbook. 
  • Gardening in the Desert: A Guide to Plant Selection and Care. 
  • Plants for Dry Climates: How to Select, Grow, and Enjoy. 
  • Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers. 
  • Growing Great Vegetables in the Heartland. 
  • Northland Wildflowers. 
  • Bulbs for Warm Climates. 
  • Gardening in the Humid South. 
  • Wildflowers of Georgia. 
  • Gardens Maine Style. 
  • The New York/Mid-Atlantic Gardener's Book of Lists. 
  • Culinary Herbs for Short-Season Gardeners. 

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2001 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 2001  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Flowers from A to Z: Buying, Growing, Cutting, Arranging
  • Sensational Bouquets
  • Pioneers of American Landscape Design
  • Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy PerennialsRemains of a Rainbow: Rare Plants and Animals of Hawaii
  • A Place of Beauty, The Artists and Gardens of the Cornish Colony
  • Taylor's Guide to Trees
  • Geraniums & Pelargoniums

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2001 The following books are recommended garden books from the September/October 2001  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Stone in the Garden: Inspiring Designs and Practical Projects
  • The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
  • The Cactus FamilyThe Gardener's Guide to Growing Maples
  • Taylor's Guide to Bulbs
  • Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden
  • Magnolias: A Gardener's Guide  
  • Muenscher's Keys to Woody Plants
  • The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women Writing on the Green World
  • In the Company of Stone: The Art of the Stone Wall

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JULY/AUGUST 2001 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August 2001  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Ann Lovejoy's Organic Garden Design School: A Guide to Creating Your Own Beautiful, Easy-Care Garden
  • Growing Shrubs and Small Trees in Cold Climates
  • A Year in Our Gardens
  • Notes on Madoo: Making a Garden in the Hamptons
  • Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul: 101 Stories to Sow Seeds of Love, Hope and Laughter 
  • My Garden (Book)
  • Taylor's Guide to Trees
  • National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region 
  • National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region  
  • The Spirit of the Garden Martha Brookes Hutcheson
  • Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving, 2nd edition
  • Weedless Gardening
  • America's Famous and Historic Trees: From George Washington's Tulip Poplar to Elvis Presley's Pin Oak

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MAY/JUNE 2001 The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June 2001  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Sunset Western Garden Book
  • A Man's Garden
  • With Paintbrush & Shovel: Preserving Virginia's Wildflowers
  • A Book of Blue Flowers
  • Organic Gardening for the 21st Century: A Complete Guide to Growing Vegetable, Fruits, Herbs and Flowers
  • 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From
  • Gardening in the Desert: A Guide to Plant Selection and Care
  • Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul: 101 Stories to Sow Seeds of Love, Hope and Laughter
  • The Bountiful Flower Garden: Growing and Sharing Cut Flowers in the South

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MARCH/APRIL 2001 The following books are recommended garden books from the March/April 2001  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Growing Herbs and Vegetables from Seed to Harvest
  • 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden
  • Penstemons
  • Penelope Hobhouse's Natural Planting
  • The Woodland Garden: Planting in Harmony with Nature
  • The Natural Garden Book: Gardening in Harmony with Nature
  • Go Native: Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest
  • The Garden Lover's Guide to the Northeast
  • Home Landscaping: Midwest Region, Including Southern Canada
  • The California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design
  • Gardening with Stone: Using Stone Features to Add Mystery, Magic and Meaning to your Garden
  • Designing with Plants
  • Hot Plants for Cool Climates
  • From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making your own Wine

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2001 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February 2001  issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Time-Tested Plants: Thirty Years in a Four-Season Garden
  • The Plantfinder's Guide to Garden Ferns
  • Gaining Ground
  • The American Horticultural Society Gardening Manual
  • Ball Culture Guide: The Encyclopedia of Seed Germination
  • Smith and Hawken: Garden Structures
  • Serene Gardens: Creating Japanese Design and Detail in the Western Garden
  • Choosing Small Trees

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2000 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 2000 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Passionate Gardening: Good Advice for Challenging Climates.
  • Building My Zen Garden.
  • The Gardener's Guide To Temperate Bamboos.
  • Walls & Fences.
  • Greenhouse Gardener's Companion: Growing Food & Flowers in Your Greenhouse or Sunspace.
  • Enduring Roots: Encounters with Trees, History, and the American Landscape.
  • Creating a Cottage Garden in North America.
  • Christopher Lloyd's Garden Flowers: Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Ferns.
  • The Kids Can Press Jumbo Book of Gardening.

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2000 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August 2000 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Plantfinder's Guide to Early Bulbs.
  • Taylor's Master Guide to Landscaping.
  • Sunset Northeastern Landscaping.
  • Southern Living Landscape Book. 
  • Complete Home Landscaping.
  • Growing Home: Stories of Ethnic Gardening.
  • AHS Practical Guides: Clematis.
  • Clematis the Genus: A Comprehensive Guide for Gardeners, Horticulturists, and Botanists.
  • The Plantfinder's Guide to Garden Ferns. 
  • Complete Guide to Water Gardens. 
  • AHS Plant Propagation.
  • Perennials for Every Purpose: Choose the Right Plant for Your Conditions, Your Garden, and Your Taste. 

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JULY/AUGUST 2000 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August 2000 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Landscaping Revolution.
  • Hot Plants for Cool Climates: Gardening with Tropical Plants in Temperate Zones.
  • The Once & Future Gardener: Garden Writing from the Golden Age of Magazines.
  • Sunbelt Gardening: Success in Hot-Weather Climates.
  • The Encyclopedia of Roses.
  • Designing with Roses.
  • The Landscaping Makeover Book: How to Bring New Life to an Old Yard.
  • Pocket Gardens: Big Ideas for Small Spaces.
  • West Coast Garden Walks.
  • Edible Asian Garden.
  • Edible Mexican Garden.
  • Edible Pepper Garden.
  • Armitage's Garden Perennials: A Color Encyclopedia.
  • In Harmony with Nature: Lessons from the Arts and Crafts Garden.
  • In a Green Shade.

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MAY/JUNE 2000  The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June 2000 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Garden Retreats: Creating an Outdoor Sanctuary. Barbara Blossom Ashmun. 
  • Sanctuary: Gardening for the Soul. 
  • Rock Garden Plants: A Color Encyclopedia. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada. 
  • My Garden Book. 
  • A Garden of Fragrance. 
  • Window Boxes, Indoors & Out. 
  • The Bird-Lover's Garden. 
  • For Your Garden: Cottage Gardens. 
  • Chile Peppers. 
  • The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields. 
  • Hostas and Other Shade-Loving Plants. 
  • New Perennials: The Latest and Best Perennials. 
  • Landscape Construction: Procedures, Techniques, and Design. 
  • Garden Ornaments. 

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MARCH/APRIL 2000 The following books are recommended garden books from the March/April 2000 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Growing Herbs and Vegetables from Seed to Harvest
  • 100 Heairloom Tomatoes for the American Garden
  • Penstemons
  • Penelope Hobhouse's Natural Planting
  • The Woodland Garden: Planting in Harmony with Nature
  • The Natural Garden Book: Gardening in Harmony with Nature
  • Go Native: Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest
  • The Garden Lover's Guide to the Northeast
  • Home Landscaping: Midwest Region, Including Southern Canada
  • The California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design
  • Gardening with Stone: Using Stone Feature to Add Mystery, Magic and Meaning to Your Garden
  • Designing with Plants
  • Hot Plants for Cool Climates
  • From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2000 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February 2000 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Explorer's Garden: Rare and Unusual Perennials
  • A Clearing in the Distance
  • Treasured Perennials
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary Garden
  • Wildlife in the Garden: How to Live in Harmony with Deer, Raccoons, Rabbits, Crows and Other Pesky Creatures
  • Wildflower Garden
  • The Hummingbird Garden
  • The Butterfly Garden
  • Easy Lawns
  • Garden Whimsy
  • Gardens of the Imagination
  • Flowerkeeping
  • Maples for Gardens

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NOVEMEBER/DECEMBER 1999 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 1999 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • The Rose's Kiss:  A Natural History of Flowers
  • The New Traditional Garden: A Practical Guide to Creating and Restoring Authentic American Gardens for Homes of All Ages
  • Gardening with a Wild Heart: Restoring California’s Native Landscapes at Home
  • Cottage Gardening
  • Classic Plant Combinations
  • Santuary: Gardening For the Soul.
  • Living Seasonally: The Kitchen Garden and the Table at North Hill 
  • Treasured Perennials
  • Herbal Remedies: Dozens of Safe, Effective Treatments to Grow and Make. 

  • The Herbal Tea Garden 

  • The Quotable Gardener 

  • The New Three-Year Garden Journal

  • A Contemplation Upon Flowers 

  • The Big Book of Bugs

  • Wildflowers of the Eastern United States

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1999 The following books are recommended garden books from the September/October 1999 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • A Garden of One's Own : Writings of Elizabeth Lawrence
  • All My Edens: A Gardener’s Memoir.
  • Rock Gardens
  • Bulbs for the Rock Garden
  • Naturalizing Bulbs
  • North American Landscape Trees
  • The Gardener's Guide to Grow Asters
  • The Northwest Gardeners' Resource Directory, Eighth Edition
  • Collecting, Processing and Germinating Seeds of Wildland Plants
  • Natural Stonescapes

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JULY/AUGUST 1999 The following books are recommended garden books from the July/August 1999 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • My Favorite Plant: Writers And Gardeners On The Plants They Love.
  • The Writer In The Garden
  • The Essential Earthman.  One Man’s Garden
  • Henry Mitchell On Gardening.
  • Ahs Great Plant Guide
  • Plant Propagation
  • Plant Life In The World’s Mediterranean Climates
  • The Garden Plants Of China
  • Wild Orchids Across North America
  • The Gardener’s Guide To Growing Salvias.
  • Perennial Combinations
  • Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots
  • Discovering Annuals:  Colorful Planting For Easy Maintenance.
  • Sunlight On The Lawn

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MAY/JUNE 1999 The following books are recommended garden books from the May/June 1999 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here

  • Pleasures Of The Cottage Garden
  • Butterfly Gardening: Creating Summer Magic In Your Garden
  • Earth On Her Hands
  • Tyler's Honest Herbal, 4th Edition
  • Knot Gardens And Parterres
  • Washington's Gardens At Mount Vernon
  • The Art Of The Kitchen Garden
  • Gardening Basics
  • Quick And Easy Container Water Gardens
  • Great Garden Formulas
  • Japanese Flowering Cherries
  • Papermaking With Plants
  • The Orchid Thief

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MARCH/APRIL 1999 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February 1999 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here.

  • The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-Tails, and Selected Bamboos.
  • Growing Perennials in Cold Climates.
  • Growing Roses in Cold ClimatesThe Gardener's Atlas: The Origins, Discovery, and Cultivation of the Most Popular Garden Plants.
  • The Anderson Horticultural Library Online.
  • The Gardeners Guide to Growing Daylillies
  • Campanulas: A Gardener's Guide
  • Naturalistic Gardening: Reflecting the Planting Patterns of Nature.
  • The Foliage Garden: Tapestries of Color, Shape, and Texture.
  • The Garden Tourist 1999
  • Tools of the Earth:  The Practice and Pleasure of Gardening.
  • Earth on Her Hands:  The American Woman in Her Garden
  • The Garden Explored.

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1999 The following books are recommended garden books from the January/February 1999 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here.
 

  • The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gardener’s Desk Reference
  • Pests of the West, Revised: Prevention and Control for Today’s Garden and Small Farm
  • Ball Identification Guide to Greenhouse Pests and Beneficials
  • Perennials and Annuals II CD-ROM
  • Trees, Shrubs, and Groundcovers II CD-ROM
  • Herbs in Bloom: A Guide to Growing Herbs as Ornamental Plants.
  • A Celebration of Heirloom Vegetables: Growing and Cooking Old-Time Varieties
  • 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden
  • The Plantfinder’s Guide to Tender Perennials
  • An Illustrated History of Gardening
  • The Field Guide to Photographing Gardens
  • My Garden in Autumn and Winter
  • Laughter on the Stairs

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998 The following books are recommended garden books from the November/December 1998 issue of The American Gardener. To read the reviews for these books or order a book directly from Amazon.com, click here.
 

  • The Tropical Look: An Encyclopedia of Dramatic Landscape Plants
  • Trees of the Central Hardwood Forests of North America: An Identification and Cultivation Guide
  • California's Wild Gardens: A Living Legacy
  • Jeff Cox's 100 Greatest Garden Ideas: Tips, Techniques, and Projects for a Bountiful Garden and a Beautiful Backyard
  • Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables: A Commonsense Guide
  • Maria Rodale's Organic Gardening: Your Seasonal Companion to Creating a Beautiful and Delicious Garden
  • The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants
  • The Gardener's Iris Book
  • The Gardener's Guide to Growing Penstemons
  • The Secret Garden
  • Gardening with Children
  • The Gardener's Computer Companion: Jundreds of Easy Ways to Use Your Computer for Gardening
  • Garden Ornament: Five Hundred Years of History and Practice

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