GARDENING RELATED
BOOKS RECOMMENDED
BY OUR MEMBERS
Savannah Reading in the Butterfly Garden - Painting by Natalie Buske Thomas
Books for Adults
Fiction*
China Bayles mysteries
by Susan Wittig Albert
Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
by Edith Holden
The Darling Dahlias novels
by Susan Wittig Albert
English Garden Mystery Series
by Anthony Eglin
(The Blue Rose, The Lost Gardens, The Water Lily Cross, The Trail of the Wild Rose, Garden of Secrets Past, & The Alcatraz Rose)
The Fair Botanists
by Sara Sheridan
The Language of Flowers
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Signature of All Things
by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
by Lisa See
Where the Crowdads Sing
by Delia Owens
Yard of the Month
by Robert Poole
Garden Crafts & Arts:
The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers: A Guide to Making Unbelievably Realistic Paper Blooms
by Livia Cetti
Handmade Houseplants by Corrie Beth Hogg
Paper Blooms by Jeffery Ruddell
Non-Fiction*
An Empire of Plants: People and Plants That Changed the World
by Toby & Will Musgrave
Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life
by Marta McDowell
The Food Lovers Garden: Growing, Cooking, and Eating Well
by Jenni Blackmore
Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness
by Dr. Qing Li
The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature
by David George Haskell
A Garden Can by Anywhere
by Lauri Kranz with Dean Kuipers,
Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World’s Best New Gardens
by Christopher Woods.
A Gardener Touched with Genius: The Life of Luther Burbank
by Peter Dreyer
A Gardener’s Guide to Wildlife & Birds And How to Attract Them
by Christine & Michael Lavelle
Gardening With Grains
by Brie Arthur
Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy & the Indolent
by Ruth Stout
How to Window Box: Small-Space Plants to Grow Indoors or Out
by Chantal Aida Gordon & Ryan Benoit
Native Plants of the Southeast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 460 Species for the Garden
by Larry Mellichamp.
The New Seed-Starters Handbook
by Nancy Bubel with Jean Nick
Paradise Gardens: Spiritual Inspiration and Earthly Expression
by Toby Musgrave
Plant: Exploring the Botanical World
by Phaidon editors
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
by Susan Orlean
The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species
by Carlos Magdalena
Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education
by Michael Pollan
The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature’s Great Connectors
by David George Haskell
The Virago Book of Women Gardeners
by Deborah Kellaway (ed.)
The Well-Tempered Garden
by Christopher Lloyd
Wildflowers of North Carolina
by William S. Justice & C. Ritchie Bell
* Several of these books may not be available in the Wake County library system. The public library can request an interlibrary loan (unless the book was published within the last six months) and get the book for you that way, if it’s available. In addition, you can “Suggest a Purchase” Even if they deny the request, at least they will be aware what the public is interested in.
Books for Youth
Fiction:
Kindness Grows by Sarah Craig
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, illus. by David Small
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Non-Fiction:
Gardening Projects for Kids by Jenny Hendy
Fairy Houses and Beyond! by Barry & Tracy Kane
Fairy Houses Everywhere! by Barry & Tracy Kane
Flower Fairies: The Meaning of Flowers
by Ciciely Mary Barker & Frederick Warne