LibraryAware February 2025

Prepare for Spring: Books on Gardening

At Home With Nature: A Guide to Sustainable, Natural Landscaping
by John Gidding

In addition to supporting local flora and fauna, ditching grass for lush, native plants helps lower water bills and results in self-sustaining gardens long-term. In John Gidding’s At Home with Nature, homeowners will find thorough blueprints to reap these benefits and bring their dream garden to life.

How to Attract Birds to Your Garden: Foods They Like, Plants They Love, Shelter They Need
by Dan Rouse

Make a difference to your local birdlife. Help reverse the decline in bird numbers by creating a haven in which they will thrive. It's a win-win. Provide the best shelter, feeding, and nesting opportunities for them and then you can reap the rewards as they sing and entertain.

Small Garden Style: A Design guide for outdoor Rooms and Containers
by Isa Hendry Eaton

A graphic designer-turned gardener and a lifestyle writer demonstrate how to create inspired but compact outdoor living spaces that are both eco-friendly and stylish using succulents, grasses, colorful pots, fire pits, birdbaths, perfumed walls and more.

The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 ½ Front Gardens
by Ben Dark

In The Grove, award-winning writer and head gardener Ben Dark reveals the remarkable secrets of twenty commonly found species - including the rose, wisteria, buddleia, and the tulip - encountered in the front gardens of one London street over the course of a year.

Growing an Edible Landscape: How to Transform Your Outdoor Space Into a Food Garden
by Gary Pilarchik

Convert your unproductive lawn and landscape areas into fruitful edible gardens with this practical guide overflowing with ideas, plans, designs, and know-how.

Gardening Through the Year
by Ian Spence

With this revised, easy-to-use gardener's companion, you can plan the year's horticultural tasks and get ahead in the garden whatever the season. For each month there are specific tasks for every part of the garden from trees to lawns, at-a-glance checklists, expert plant advice, and invaluable "Get Ahead" and "Last Chance" features.

File Your Own Taxes

Taxes: 2024 Edition
by Eric Tyson

Helping you to prepare your yearly tax return with confidence, this new edition provides updates on the latest changes to the U.S. tax system so you can file a return that maximizes all the deductions and credits available.

Small Business Taxes
by Eric Tyson

In this book, nationally recognized personal finance expert Eric Tyson clearly and concisely delivers the best methods to save on your taxes and make the process as easy as possible. You'll get the latest info about all the newest tax deductions and credits (including COVID-19-related breaks), as well as location-specific incentives and other little-known tips.

J.K. Lasser's Your Income tax 2025: For Preparing Your 2024 Tax Return (not available to place on hold)
by J. K. Lasser Institute

Provides practical advice for preparing 2024 income tax returns, with information about the latest changes to the tax code, advice on maximizing deductions and credits, and worksheets and forms that can be used to file taxes.

Reducing Your Taxes
by Eric Tyson

This friendly guide reveals the many, many ways you can keep cash in your own pocket. Inside, you'll find expert guidance on maximizing your tax deductions, choosing tax-friendly investments, and tax-proofing your current accounts. Special topics like estate tax and real estate taxes are all in here, too.