Book Review: Food Not Lawns
Karen Sustainability, ecological design, and permaculture are growing trends and Food Not Lawns is part of that trend. The author, Heather C. Flores, is an activist and urban gardener who advocates…
Book Review: Front Yard Gardens
If you are tired of fertilizing, spraying, watering, weeding, and mowing your lawn Liz Primeau’s book, Front Yard Gardens, might be the perfect pick for you. Writing from her experience…
Book Review: Cultivating Chaos
Does a meadow of colorful flowers make your heart sing? Does a forest filled with ferns and spring ephemerals take your breath away? With help from the book, Cultivating Chaos,…
Book Review: When Spring Comes
When the leafless trees, gray skies, and cold temperatures make winter days seem bleak and endless, the prospect of spring is joyous even though the wait may be long. Kevin…
Book Review: The Bold Dry Garden
Located about twenty five miles west of San Francisco in Walnut Creek, California, is the Ruth Bancroft Garden known for its incredible collection of cacti and succulents. The garden is…
Book Review: The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden
Everyone would like to have a beautiful garden with no maintenance so the title of Roy Diblik’s book, The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden, should catch the eye. But this is…
Book Review: Planting in a Post Wild-World
Changing conditions and attitudes effect all aspects of life including gardening and new, fresh ideas about how to plant our urban and suburban landscapes are emerging. Planting in a Post-World…
Book Review: Sidewalk Flowers
Urban life with its miles of streets clogged with traffic, ribbons of sidewalks, and massive buildings often seems lacking in some of the things that make life special. JonArno Lawson’s…
Book Review: The Gardener & the Grill
Grilling is easy, gets you outdoors, and allows the kitchen stay cool when temperatures rise, but there is a whole lot more to enjoy with this popular method of cooking…
Book Review: Sterns Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners
The botanical names for plants are often unfamiliar and challenging to pronounce so many gardeners avoid them. Sterns Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners is a giant step towards becoming…