The Perfect Way to Make Spring Bloom in Your Heart (not to mention your yard)

The seed catalogs have been arriving in the mail; they are a surer sign than the robins that spring is on the way. Whether planting flowers around the house for colorful accents, creating butterfly or hummingbird gardens to attract some of natures most beautiful creatures, growing tomatoes in pots on the deck, or laying out a garden that will keep you fed through the winter, there are books in the library collection to help you map your way to horticultural success. Many of them are also delightful reading.


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Everyday Garden Solutions


Wildlife Gardening


Vegetable Gardening in the Midwest


Garden Birds: How to Attract Birds to Your Garden


Planning your garden : the complete guide to designing and planting a beautiful garden / Peter McHoy.


Gardening basics : everything you need to know to get started.


Gardening with heirloom plants / David Stuart.


The kitchen garden / Sylvia Thompson.


American grown : the story of the White House kitchen garden and gardens across America / Michelle Obama.


Cultivating sacred space : gardening for the soul / Elizabeth Murray.


Growing food in small gardens / Barbara Segall.


The complete idiot's guide to seed saving and starting / by Sheri Ann Richerson.


Crops in pots : how to plan, plant, and grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs in easy- care containers / Bob Purnell ; photography by Freia Turland.


Container gardens : how to create beautiful gardens step by step in pots indoors and out / Peter McHoy & Stephanie Donaldson.




Hummingbird gardens : turning your yard into hummingbird heaven / Stephen W. Kress, guest editor ; Steve Buchanan, illustrator.


Butterflies in the backyard / Scott Shalaway.




The worm book : the complete guide to worms in your garden / by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor.




I hope you're feeling warmer already.


Chuck