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The Best American Essays 2023
by Vivian Gornick
814.608/BES
Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by author and critic Vivian Gornick.
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Grow Something Different to Eat: Weird and Wonderful Heirloom Fruits and Vegetables for Your Garden
by Matthew Biggs
635/BIG
Discover more than 50 out-of-the-ordinary edibles, from cucamelons to strawberry popcorn, in this seed-to-plate guide that inspires you to cultivate amazing new fruit and vegetable crops. Whether you're a beginner and determined to make the most of limited space with a truly unique and heirloom harvest, or a seasoned grower looking to spice up your cooking with gourmet flavors, the step-by-step instructions give you the confidence to grow some unusually tasty crops. Choose from fruiting vegetables such as orange eggplants and hyacinth beans, salad greens such as fiddlehead ferns and sushi hostas, grains such as quinoa and chia, and luscious fruits such as honeyberries and white strawberries. All plants can be started indoors and transplanted, grown outdoors in the garden, or kept as houseplants. With versatile gardening advice for growing in a variety of spaces and situations, plus cooking suggestions and preserving options, a weird and wonderful harvest is guaranteed.
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The Heirloom Garden
by Viola Shipman
F/Shipman
Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to illness and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades behind the towering fence surrounding her home, Iris has built a new family...of flowers. Iris propagates her own daylilies and roses while tending to a garden filled with the heirloom starts that keep the memories of her loved ones alive. When Abby Peterson moves next door with her family--a husband traumatized by his service in the Iraq War and a young daughter searching for stability--Iris is reluctantly yet inevitably drawn into her boisterous neighbor's life, where, united by loss and a love of flowers, she and Abby tentatively unearth their secrets, and help each other discover how much life they have yet to live.
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Tomorrow's Lily
by Chris Raschka
PIC/RAS | Youth Picture Book
This exquisite and deeply moving picture book by two-time Caldecott Medal-winning artist Chris Raschka explores concepts of friendship, growing up, generosity, empathy, love, and time. Tomorrow's Lily is a perfect gift book for readers of all ages, as well as a terrific choice for bedtime.A daylily blooms for just one day, opening when the sun comes up and closing when it sets. In Chris Raschka's extraordinary garden, seven daylilies bloom for others during the course of a sun-drenched week--for example, Monday's lily blooms for the baby, and Saturday's lily blooms for friends. The lovely and lyrical text underscores the value of living in the moment, caring for those around you, and being mindful of nature.Two-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka introduces young readers to the concept of time--the days of the week, the span of a life--as well as to more spiritual and emotional concepts such as friendship, empathy, generosity, caring for others, and love. With a soothing text and stunning illustrations, this gentle, innovative, and educational picture book is an excellent choice for story-time sharing as well as gift giving.
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50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants
by Tracy Disabato-Aust
635.9/DiS
Tracy DiSabato-Aust has taught thousands of readers how to design and maintain their gardens. Her first book--The Well-Tended Perennial Garden--is Timber's best-selling title and widely considered the bible of perennial maintenance. 50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants is packed with useful tips, practical hints, and Tracy's own gardening experience. It is sure to find a place on the shelf and in the heart of every gardener. Tracy has identified 50 show-stopping plants that anyone can grow. Each selection is a dynamic choice for nearly every garden. Even better? All 50 plants have passed Tracy's test for toughness, beauty, and durability. These are Tracy's personal favorites, chosen after years of studying how to make beautiful outdoor spaces with a minimum of maintenance.
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Best Perennials for Sun and Shade
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
635.932/HOM
A quick-reference guide to planting perennials for gardeners with little experience and time.
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Designing With Perennials
by Pamela J. Harper
635.932/HAR
Covers principles of garden design and plant combinations, discusses color, depth, texture, and height, offers advice on planning beds, borders, foundation plantings, and landscaping
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Growing bulbs in the natural garden : innovative techniques for combining bulbs and perennials in every season
by Jacqueline van der Kloet
635.9/KLO
Be inspired by nature's design! From the earliest snowdrops to alpine violet, tulips, and late autumn crocuses, bulbs add interest and color to the garden throughout the year. Renowned naturalistic garden designer Jacqueline van der Kloet has mastered a nonchalant and magical style, where bulbs emerge playfully, dancing among perennials and grasses. Growing Bulbs in the Natural Garden provides inspiration and insights gained from van der Kloet's career, using nature as a model. This exquisitely photographed guide offers advice on bulb varieties, planting methods, and handy tools for gardeners working in spaces large and small
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The Know Maintenance perennial garden
by Roy Diblik
635.932/DIB
Outlines a simplified approach to creating professional-looking home gardens on small-sized grids of complementary plants, profiling dozens of community varieties that can be selected for individual needs and minimal maintenance.
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Perennials for Illinois
by Bill Aldrich
635.932/ALD
Perennial gardening can be easy, fun and rewarding, especially when you have this beautifully illustrated guide at your fingertips. With detailed accounts of 92 different perennials, along with information on 569 recommended varieties and cultivars perfect for Illinois gardens, this book takes the guesswork out of perennial gardening. The authors share their commonsense and practical advice to help you transform any patch of ground into a spectacular garden you can enjoy year after year.
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Perennial garden design
by Michael King
712.6/KIN
A comprehensive guide to perennial gardening explains how to make perennial plants a key part of any garden design, looking at the best perennials for year-round planting and color effects, offering tips on how to use perennials in various styles of gardens, and including an A-Z directory of popular perennial plants with tips on cultivation and care.
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The perennial gardener's design primer
by Stephanie Cohen
635.932/COH
Two top garden writers and teachers offer a complete guide to planning out a perennial garden that will last years by choosing the perfect plant and plant combinations for a given site, with design solutions for twenty specific types of gardens. Simultaneous.
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The seasonal gardener : creative planting combinations
by Anna Pavord
635.932/PAV
This classic book reveals how best to group plants in a garden to create a year-long display. Ranging from hydrangeas, salvias and ferns to dahlias, tulips and snowdrops, each star plant is paired with two partners, offering gardeners creative planting solutions to achieve stunning results, season by season.
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Rolling Meadows Library
3110 Martin Lane, Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008
(847) 259-6050rmlib.org |
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