LibraryAware July 2025

New Releases

Taste of Home Made from Scratch : 278 Heartwarming Dishes That Make Home Cooking a Snap
by Taste of Home

Rediscover the joy of cooking with this cookbook, featuring over 275 heartwarming recipes designed to bring families together.

Lavender for all seasons : a gardener's guide to growing and creating with lavender year-round
by Paola Legarre

Everything you need to know about the basics of growing lavender in different climates and conditions, for growers at any scale. Included is detailed information on how to harvest and preserve the flowers, as well as recipes and crafts for each season.

Garden Stitch Life : 50 Embroidery Motifs & Projects to Grow Your Inspiration
by Kazuko Aoki

A popular Japanese embroidery artist presents a vast array of botanical motifs and projects that take readers into her enchanting world of garden-themed embroidery.

Braided Heritage : Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine
by Jessica B. Harris

Discover the sweeping story of how Indigenous, European, and African traditions intertwined to form an entirely new cuisine, with over 90 recipes for the modern home cook.

Tree Houses Within Reach : 30 Lofty Cabins, Playhouses, and Getaways You Can Actually Build
by Derek Diedricksen

This lively showcase of wildly different and eclectic tree houses will inspire anyone who has ever dreamed of building a tree house of their own.

Casting Flowers : A Step-by-step Guide to Creating Beautiful Botanical Art
by Rachel Dein

Introduces readers to botanical bas-relief, an innovative and exciting technique developed by the author, one that anyone - gardener, parent, weekend crafter, or artist - can try at home in every season.

Grow Your Veggies!

The 10-minute gardener : how to have a veggie garden and a life: 85 time-saving tactics to be more efficient and grow more food in less time
by CaliKim

Efficient gardening strategies designed for busy individuals, providing quick tasks organized by time and season that allow readers to cultivate a productive vegetable garden, featuring practical tips for maintaining a thriving garden in just minutes a day.

The Curious Kitchen Gardener : Uncommon Plants and How to Eat Them
by Linda Ziedrich

Features nearly 35 overlooked edible plants with recipes, seasonal planting and harvesting tips, cultural context, and personal insights from the author, encouraging readers to create a unique, integrated, year-round garden-based cuisine for their families.

Ultimate guide to planting & growing vegetables at home
by Creative Homeowner

This all-in-one gardening guide offers expert advice for beginners and advanced gardeners on planning, planting, and maintaining vegetable gardens, with detailed profiles for over 70 vegetables as well as tips on soil care, pest management, raised beds, and container gardening.

The food forward garden
by Christian Douglas

An award-winning landscape designer offers a high-style approach to garden design, in a book that aims to reinvent and elevate vegetable gardening.