The Outdoor Room by Jamie Durie 224 pages, softcover Harper Design, 2011 List price: $25.99 You may know Jamie Durie from PBS’s The Victory Garden and his HGTV show, The Outdoor Room. He’s the Aussie-accented fireball that not only gets … Read Article
Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees by Nancy Ross Hugo and Robert Llewellyn (Photographer) 242 pages Timber Press, 2011 List price: $29.95 Trivia buffs love books that take an ordinary subject and reveal extraordinary tidbits of fascinating … Read Article
Eat Your Roses …Pansies, Lavender and 49 other Delicious Edible Flowers by Denise Schreiber 104 pages St. Lynn’s Press, 2011 List price: $17.95 Sure, you probably knew that dandelions and nasturtium flowers were edible, but did you know that there … Read Article
Planting the Dry Shade Garden The Best Plants for the Toughest Spot in Your Garden by Graham Rice 193 pages Timber Press, 2011 List price: $24.95 I’m partial to books that address a problem I’m having in my own garden. … Read Article
The Language of Flowers: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh 336 pages Ballentine Books, 2011 List price: $25.00 Being a gardener and seeing everything through a gardener’s eyes, it was the title that first drew my attention to The Language of … Read Article
Good Weed Bad Weed: Who’s Who, What to Do, and Why Some Deserve a Second Chance by Nancy Gift 95 pages St. Lynn’s Press, 2011 List price: $17.95 With the successful format of Good Bug Bad Bug, Nancy … Read Article
Good Bug Bad Bug: Who’s Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically by Jessica Walliser 95 pages St. Lynn’s Press, 2nd Edition, Updated, 2011 List price: $17.95 The fact that this book is in its Second Edition … Read Article
My Garden, the City and Me Rooftop Adventures in the Wilds of London by Helen Babbs 144 pages Timber Press, 2011 List price: $18.95 I’ll admit that I like to read chic lit now and then. It’s mildly entertaining when … Read Article
P. Allen Smith’s Seasonal Recipes From the Garden by P. Allen Smith 256 pages Clarkson Potter, December 2010 List price: $32.50 I love cookbooks. I also love kitchen gadgets. Pots and pans excite me. Specialty serving dishes catch my eye. … Read Article
Wicked Bugs The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart 288 pages Algonquin Books, 2011 List Price: $18.95 In the spirit of the wildly successful Wicked Plants, author Amy Stewart has done it again. This … Read Article
Yes, You Can! And Freeze and Dry It, Too The Modern Step-by-Step Guide to Preserving Food by Daniel Gasteiger 252 pages Cool Springs Press, 2011 List price: $19.95 With the harvesting season well under way in our gardens, the question … Read Article