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Favorite Gardening Books
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Books that taught me how to garden, made me fall in love with gardening, and that inspire me to keep growing
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Vegetable Gardening
 
Garden Planning
 
Flower Gardening

Vegetable Gardening

Books for veggie gardeners  🥕🍅🥦

 
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A digestible intro to year-round gardening from spring all the way through winter
The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener Guide
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Packed full of need-to-know strategies and skills for no-dig, organic veggie gardeners
The Vegetable Grower's Handbook
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For vegetable gardeners who want to grow cut-flowers
Vegetables Love Flowers: Companion Planting
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for new gardeners who have tried to garden before and got discouraged
The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables
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Packed full of information and gardening expertise on growing food, especially through winter
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Veggies Year-Round
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Great book for gardeners who want to work smarter not harder
The Autopilot Garden: MIGardener's Guide
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Garden Planning

My favorite garden planning and garden inspo books

 
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full of inspirational ideas + practical tips for landscaping with edible plants and ornamentals
Edible Landscaping: Grow and Eat Your Garden
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Tons and tons of gorgeous photos for cottage garden lovers and some potager inspo as well; I like that it shows the same gardens in different seasons
The Cottage Garden by Claus Dalby
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Has great design elements to steal and advice on creating a story around your garden
Garden Wonderland: Create Life-Changing Spaces
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Best gardening book on planning and growing a beautiful kitchen garden using raised beds
Kitchen Garden Revival: Modern Edible Guide
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Great info on foodscaping: growing ornamentals and edibles side by side and looking amazing
Foodscape Revolution by Brie Arthur
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Designing a gorgeous garden using edible grains
Gardening with Grains: Edible Landscape
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Flower Gardening

My favorite reference books and inspo books for cut-flower gardening and flower arranging

 
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Best book for beginners on growing & harvesting cut-flowers + arranging flowers
Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow & Arrange
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In-depth book on flower arranging and making seasonal floral projects
Floret Farm’s A Year in Flowers Book
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Great reference including plant profiles on growing and harvesting specific cut flower plants
The Cut Flower Handbook: Grow Gorgeous Blooms
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Beautiful, inspirational book with poetic writing on growing flower gardens
Garden Maker: A Life of Beauty with Flowers
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