GARDENING RESOURCE MATERIALS
Resources available from your local Foster Libraries and the Ocean State Library System (OSL) include print materials (books & magazines) as well as audio and video resources (VHS & DVD) to assist and educate you in your gardening efforts. There are numerous items available for every interest and for every generation. If you do not see an item which interests you, please visit your local Foster Library and an associate will be happy to assist you in finding the item which serves your specific need.
Subject Categories:
Ø Year-Round Gardening w/ Barbara Damrosch & Eliot Coleman
Ø Rodale Institute & Press (Organic gardening since 1947)
Ø Container Gardens, High Yields, and Raised Beds
Ø Food Storage & Preservation
Ø Amy Stewart (Humor)
Ø Starting Seeds/Plant Propagation
Ø Books/Magazines of Interest
Ø Children’s Gardening Books
HEIRLOOM GARDENING
The Complete Guide to Growing Tomatoes: Everything you need to Know Explained Simply by Cherie H. Everhart
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Heirloom Vegetables by Chris McLaughlin
The Edible Heirloom Garden by Rosalind Creasy
Fifty Easy Old-Fashioned Flowers by Anne Zeman
Gardening with Heirloom Seeds: Tried-and-True Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables for a New Generation by Lynn Coulter
Growing Unusual Vegetables: Weird & Wonderful Edibles & How to Grow Them by Simon Hickmott
Heirloom Country Gardens: Timeless Treasures for Today’s Gardeners by Sarah Wolfgang Heffner
The Heirloom Gardener by Carolyn Jabs
Heirloom Gardens: Simple Secrets for Old-Fashioned Flowers & Vegetables by Mimi Luebberman
Heirloom Herbs: Using Old-Fashioned Herbs in Gardens, Recipes,& Decoration by Mary Forsell
Heirloom Skills & Country Pastimes: Traditional Projects for Kitchen, Home, Garden & Family by Deborah Krasner
The Heirloom Vegetable Garden: Gardening in the 19th Century by Roger A. Kline & Robert F. Becker
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver
Heirloom Vegetables: A Home Gardener’s Guide to Finding & Growing Vegetables from the Past by Sue Stickland
Restoring American Gardens: An Encyclopedia of Heirloom Ornamental Plants, 1649-1940 by Denise Wiles Adams
Taylor’s Guide to Heirloom Vegetables by Ben Watson
YEAR-ROUND GARDENING
W/BARBARA DAMROSCH & ELIOT COLEMAN
Books and videos by the renowned Maine gardeners & teachers, Barbara Damrosch and her husband, Eliot Coleman, can assist you in growing vegetables year-round.
Books
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables From your Home Garden all year around by Eliot Coleman
The Garden Primer by Barbara Damrosch 1988
The Garden Primer by Barbara Damrosch 2008
Keeping Food Fresh: Old-World Techniques & Recipes/The Gardeners and Farmers of Terre Vivante edited by Claude Aubert (foreword by E. Coleman)
The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener by Eliot Coleman
Video (VHS format)
Gardening Naturally: Getting Started with Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman
Gardening Naturally: Preparing for Spring with Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman
RODALE INSTITUTE & PRESS
Rodale Institute has been researching Organic Gardening since 1947. These books are published by Rodale Press.
The Best of Organic Gardening: over 50 years of organic advice and reader-proven techniques from America's best-loved gardening magazine Edited by Mike McGrath
Foolproof planting : how to successfully start and propagate more than 250 vegetables, flowers, trees, and shrubs by Anne Moyer Halpin and the editors of Rodale Press.
Heirloom country gardens: timeless treasures for today's gardeners by Sarah Wolfgang Heffner
The New seed-starters handbook by Nancy Bubel
The Organic gardener's complete guide to vegetables and fruits From the editors of Rodale Press
Plants-a-plenty: how to multiply outdoor and indoor plants through cuttings, crown and root divisions, grafting, layering, and seeds by Catharine Osgood
Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of gardening and landscaping techniques Edited by Barbara W. Ellis
Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials by Ellen Phillips & C. Colston Burrell
Rodale's low-maintenance gardening techniques: shortcuts and time-saving hints for your greatest garden ever by Barbara W. Ellis, Joan Benjamin, and Deborah L. Martin
Rodale's ultimate encyclopedia of organic gardening: the indispensible green resource for every gardener Edited by Fern Marshall Bradley, Barbara W. Ellis, and Ellen Phillips
CONTAINER GARDENS, HIGH YIELDS, AND RAISED BEDS
Creating a container garden by Deena Beverley & Barty Phillips
The complete container garden by David Joyce
The container garden month-by-month by Jackie Bennett
The potted garden: new plants and new approaches for container gardens Edited by Scott D. Appell
The container kitchen garden by Antony Atha
Container gardening: 100 design ideas & step-by-step techniques Editors: Carol Kasper & Jen Matlack
All new square-foot gardening: grow more in less space! by Mel Bartholomew
Garden anywhere: how to grow gorgeous container gardens, herb gardens, kitchen gardens and more, without spending a fortune by Alys Fowler
How to grow tomatoes: a practical gardening guide for great results, with step-by-step techniques and 175 photographs by Richard Bird
Small-plot, high-yield gardening: grow like a pro, save money, and eat well from your front (or back or side) yard 100% organic produce garden by Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan
McGee & Stuckey's the bountiful container: a container garden of vegetables, herbs, fruits, and edible flowers by Rose Marie Nichols McGee and Maggie Stuckey
How to grow more vegetables: fruits, nuts, berries, grains, and other crops by John Jeavons
Raised Beds Video (VHS)
Successful Raised Vegetable Gardens with Brian Minter
An introduction to square foot gardening with Mel Bartholomew and Suzy Valentine
FOOD STORAGE & PRESERVATION
The big book of preserving the harvest by Carol W. Costenbader
Keeping the harvest: preserving your fruits, vegetables & herbs by Nancy Chioffi & Gretchen Mead
Putting food by Janet Greene, Ruth Hertzberg, Beatrice Vaughan
AMY STEWART
These books by Amy Stewart are very interesting and informative. The subjects discussed are written in a very basic and clear way. They are good for adults and teens. The author’s honesty and humor make these books fun to read.
The earth moved: on the remarkable achievements of earthworms
Flower Confidential
From the Ground up: The Story of a First Garden
STARTING SEEDS/PLANT PROPAGATION
The New Seed-Starters Handbook by Nancy Bubel - Rodale Press
Plant propagation: house and garden plants by Peter Klock
Gardening from seed: the keys to success with flowers and vegetables by Martha Stewart
The plant propagator's bible by Miranda Smith
BOOKS/MAGAZINES OF INTEREST
Books
Step-by-step gardening techniques illustrated - drawings by Elayne Sears; projects by Oliver E. Allen
New encyclopedia of gardening techniques - American Horticultural Society
Getting the most from your garden, using advanced intensive gardening techniques by the editors of Organic Gardening Magazine
Grow organic Editor, Louise Abbott
The vegetable grower’s handbook by Frank Tozer
The vegetable gardener's container bible by Edward C. Smith
The family kitchen garden by Karen Liebreich, Jutta Wagner & Annette Wendland
The complete compost gardening guide: banner batches, grow heaps, comforter compost, and other amazing techniques for saving time and money, and producing the most flavorful, nutritious vegetables ever by Barbara Pleasant & Deborah L. Martin.
Magazines
Organic Gardening Magazine (1994, 1997, 2000-2011)
Fine Gardening Magazine (1999, 2002-2011)
Horticulture Magazine Feb/March 2011 Issue - Article on Growing and Harvesting Peppers
CHILDREN’S GARDENING BOOKS
Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes: How to Grow a Rainbow Garden by Rosalind Creasy
Foods Jesus Ate and How to Grow Them by Allan A. Swenson
Gardening with children by Beth Richardson
Grow it, Cook it by Deborah Lock, Margaret Parrish, and Jill Bloomfield
Growing up Green: Children & Parents Gardening Together by Alice Skelsey & Gloria Huckaby
Hollyhocks and Honeybees: Garden Projects for Young Children by Sara Starbuck, Marla Olthof, and Karen Midden
Let's grow! 72 Gardening Adventures with Children by Linda Tilgner
Ready, Set, Grow! A Guide to Gardening with Children by Suzanne Frutig Bales
Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children by Sharon Lovejoy
Sunflower Houses: Inspiration from the Garden: A Book for Children and their Grown-ups by Sharon Lovejoy
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