Unlike other children’s books, this one talks to kids, not their parents. Vibrant copy and zany illustrations will excite them about digging in the dirt, planting, making special projects, and loving nature.
38 kid-tested and kid-approved projects for young gardeners ages 6-14.
More than 50 illustrations energize the book.
Every page piques kids’ curiosity about plants and sparks their creativity.
Primer on tools, identification of plant parts, and simple vocabulary.
Easy-to-follow format makes gardening doable.
All projects include materials that can easily be found around the house.
Teaches how to create garden spaces from a recycled pop bottle planter to a raised garden bed.
Long-term projects are paired with short-term crafts.
Step-by-step instructions and illustrations, plus color photographs of finished projects.
Features children’s gardens from the American Horticultural Society and Garden Clubs of America.

New Junior Garden Book (Better Homes & Gardens)

Children's Books

Rushing, Felder

Science, Nature & How It Works

Better Homes & Gardens Books

Passalong Plants

Passalongs are plants that have survived in gardens for decades by being handed from one person to another. These botanical heirlooms, such as flowering almond, blackberry lily, and night-blooming cereus, usually can't be found in neighborhood garden centers; about the only way to obtain a passalong plant is to beg a cutting from the fortunate gardener who has one. In this lively and sometimes irreverent book (don't miss the chapter on yard art), Steve Bender and Felder Rushing describe 117 such plants, giving particulars on hardiness, size, uses in the garden, and horticultural requirements. They present this information in the informal, chatty, and sometimes humorous manner that your next-door neighbor might use when giving you a cutting of her treasured Confederate rose. And, of course, because they are discussing passalong plants, they note the best method of sharing each plant with other gardeners. Because you might not spy a banana shrub or sweet pea in your neighborhood, the authors list mail-order sources for the heirloom plants described. They also give tips on how to organize your own plant swap. Although the authors live in and write about the South, many of the plants they discuss will grow elsewhere. from the book Amid the clamor of press releases touting the newest, improved versions of this bulb or that perennial, what keeps people interested in old-fashioned plants? Nostalgia, for one thing. It's hard not to feel a special fondness for that Confederate rose, night-blooming cereus, or alstroemeria lovingly tended by your grandmother when you were a child. Such heirloom plants evoke memories of your first garden, of relatives and neighbors that have since passed on, of prized bushes you accidentally annihilated with your bicycle. Recall the time you first received a particular plant, and you'll recall the person who gave it to you.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Bender, Steve

Gardening & Landscape Design

The University of North Carolina Press

A common-sense guide to gardening in the Magnolia Zone written by Mississippi's favorite philosopher on good gardening. A companion book to the public television series produced by Mississippi ETV

Gardening Southern Style

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

GARDEN HEARTS celebrates that most iconic of images, the ancient symbol of love. During professional tours of public and private gardens, the author/photographer has captured heart shapes in unusual settings. Reflecting the author's quirky, witty reputation, the book presents over 60 of his most striking images - found in plants, garden designs and features, and folk art - matching them with inspirational quotes and personal anecdotes. This gift book has great visual appeal, with strong, playful graphic elements, including line drawings and multiple typefaces.

Garden Hearts

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

St. Lynn's Press

Originally meant to trap bad spirits, bottle trees arrived in the U.S. with the African slave trade and first took root in the South. Now it's a popular art form, a national phenomenon that's showing up at garden shows, craft fairs and farmers markets. Garden writer and photographer Felder Rushing has encountered thousands of bottle trees and other glass garden art in his travels across America and around the world. In BOTTLE TREES he presents 60 of his favorites, from the backyards of Mississippi to the Chelsea Flower Show to the glass fantasies of Dale Chihuly. With humor and affection he tells the stories behind the photographs: the history and lore of bottle trees and glass sculpture, and the inspired people who make them.

Bottle Trees: ...and the Whimsical Art of Garden Glass

Crafts & Hobbies

Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners

Review\nGardeners, do read this. Buy it if you can! ― Tangly Cottage Gardening\nMaverick Gardeners is a reflective look at feeling good about oneself while hoeing your own row. This inspirational book takes a look at both the art and humanity of gardening and serves as affirmation, a constant reminder that we all get to choose what beat we march to. -- Greg Grant, coauthor of Heirloom Gardening in the South and The Rose Rustlers\nFelder Rushing may be a mad scientist, but he knows his science and a great deal more. He is visionary, authentic, totally original, and a teacher. If you love plants, eccentric gardeners, and ‘been there, done that’ wisdom, you will greatly enjoy this book. -- Steve Bender, Southern Living's “Grumpy Gardener” and coauthor with Felder Rushing of Passalong Plants\nFelder Rushing, by no means a conventional gardener himself, has just written a book about all those oddball, eccentric, beat-of-their-own-drummers ‘Keepers of the Garden Flame.’ Maverick Gardeners is an utterly charming ode to the offbeat, I-garden-my-way individualists who plot their own horticultural pathways through life. His tale of his friendship with Mississippi gardener Dr. Dirt, and how it ended, is especially moving. Both Trowels Up for this one! -- Pat Stone, editor, GreenPrints, “The Weeder’s Digest”\n“Be forewarned that this book honors people like the woman in my hometown who paints the numbers of her favorite NASCAR drivers on her elephant ears, and a Tokyo gardener with over a hundred bonsai plants.” So says renowned garden journalist Felder Rushing in his new book Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners. In this book, Felder delves deeply into the psychology of what motivates and sustains the Keepers of the Garden Flame.\nFor thousands of years, a loosely connected web of unique, nontraditional gardeners has bonded people across race, culture, language, and other social conventions through sharing unique plants and stories. Found in nearly every neighborhood worldwide, these “determined independent gardeners” (DIGrs) are typically nonjoiners who garden simply and exuberantly, eschewing customary horticultural standards in their amateur pursuits of personal bliss.\nIncluded in Maverick Gardeners are classic “passalong plant” lists, a dollop of how-to, numerous color photographs, and thought-provoking essays on quintessential tools, sharing with others, getting away with wildflowers in suburbia, and organizing a plant swap. The centerpiece of this unique gardening journey is the no-holds-barred story of a ten-year cross-cultural collaboration between the horticulturist author and a flamboyant rebellious gardener who called himself Dirt. Through swapping plants and garden lore―and rubbing shoulders with fellow DIGrs―they unraveled their shared humanity. From the practical to the inspiring, Maverick Gardeners is the perfect book for those nonconformist souls who see no sense in trying to fit in and follow the footpaths of others.

Be forewarned that this book honors people like the woman in my hometown who paints the numbers of her favorite NASCAR drivers on her elephant ears, and a Tokyo gardener with over a hundred bonsai plants."" So says renowned garden journalist Felder Rushing in his new book Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners. In this book, Felder delves deeply into the psychology of what motivates and sustains the Keepers of the Garden Flame. For thousands of years, a loosely connected web of unique, nontraditional gardeners has bonded people across race, culture, language, and other social conventions through sharing unique plants and stories. Found in nearly every neighborhood worldwide, these ""determined independent gardeners"" (DIGrs) are typically nonjoiners who garden simply and exuberantly, eschewing customary horticultural standards in their amateur pursuits of personal bliss. Included in Maverick Gardeners are classic ""passalong plant"" lists, a dollop of how-to, numerous color photographs, and thought-provoking essays on quintessential tools, sharing with others, getting away with wildflowers in suburbia, and organizing a plant swap. The centerpiece of this unique gardening journey is the no-holds-barred story of a ten-year cross-cultural collaboration between the horticulturist author and a flamboyant rebellious gardener who called himself Dirt. Through swapping plants and garden lore-and rubbing shoulders with fellow DIGrs-they unraveled their shared humanity. From the practical to the inspiring, Maverick Gardeners is the perfect book for those nonconformist souls who see no sense in trying to fit in and follow the footpaths of others.

Whether dressed in traditional denim overalls or an unexpected three-piece suit, scarecrows can add personality and character to any yard or garden. With step-by-step building instructions and dozens of full-color photographs, Felder Rushing introduces families to the art of making scarecrows. The perfect activity for a crisp fall day, scarecrow construction allows crafters of all ages to use their imagination as they build fun, life-size creations. Get inspired and build a whole family of charmingly unique scarecrows!

Scarecrows: Making Harvest Figures and Other Yard Folks

Storey Publishing, LLC.

Tough Plants for Southern Gardens is written for novice and accomplished gardener alike, and for all gardeners who value their leisure time. They also value the appearance of their home and appreciate the benefits of well-placed landscaping; however, they do not want to devote too much time to keeping it beautiful.

Tough Plants for Southern Gardens

Cool Springs Press

The northern garden, with its unique growing conditions, presents gardeners with a major challenge. Many popular plants simply do not grow well in colder climates. Now, this easy-to-use guide for northern gardens gives you step-by-step instructions on choosing and caring for more than 150 low-maintenance plants and shrubs that thrive in colder climates including…Annuals, Perennials, Vines, Shrubs and Trees. Tough Plants for Northern Garden is your solution for a beautiful, healthy, low-care garden.

Tough Plants for Northern Gardens: Low Care, No Care, Tried and True Winners

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New Junior Garden Book (Better Homes & Gardens)

Passalong Plants

Gardening Southern Style

Garden Hearts

Bottle Trees: ...and the Whimsical Art of Garden Glass

Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners

Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners

Scarecrows: Making Harvest Figures and Other Yard Folks

Tough Plants for Southern Gardens

Tough Plants for Northern Gardens: Low Care, No Care, Tried and True Winners