Organic Gardening Book List - Western Counties Regional Library
1. Organic Gardening
Provided by Western Counties Regional Library, this booklist can help any organic gardener
throughout the year. To find the book in the library’s catalogue, just click on the book cover.
You can browse the entire catalogue at www.westerncounties.ca.
Grow Organic
by Elizabeth Peirce
Grow Organic deals with specifically Nova Scotian issues, giving advice about
our growing season, which types of vegetables grow best here, and where to
get local organic seeds. The book also contains a chapter of inspirational
profiles of specific gardeners and farmers from around the province. The book
is written in a friendly, straightforward manner, and is intended as a simple and
accessible guide for people with a specific interest in organic vegetable
gardening. It includes many illustrative photographs and recipes.
Small-Plot, High-Yield Gardening
by Sal Gilbertie
In Small-Plot, High-Yield Gardening, Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan will
help you turn your sprawling suburban acreage or postage stamp-sized plot
into a low-impact, all-organic, totally sustainable produce garden. You’ll learn
about the most effective natural fertilizers, drought-resistant cultivation
methods, pest-repellent companion plantings, trends in heirloom herb and
vegetable varieties, and raised-bed techniques for achieving maximum
productivity in a limited space. You can even add a cutting garden so you’ll always have fresh
flowers on a kitchen table that’s groaning under the weight of incomparably fresh vegetables
seasoned with a variety of home-grown herbs.
Organic Gardening for Dummies
by Ann Whitman
Organic Gardening For Dummies, 2nd Edition shows readers the way to
ensure a healthy harvest from their environmentally friendly garden. It covers
information on the newest and safest natural fertilizers and pest control
methods, composting, cultivation without chemicals, and how to battle plant
diseases. It also has information on updated equipment and resources. It helps
readers plant organically year-round, using herbs, fruits, vegetables, lawn care,
trees and shrubs, and flowers. The tips and techniques included in Organic Gardening for
Dummies, 2nd Edition are intended to reduce a garden's impact on both the environment and the
wallet.
Stuart Robertson’s Tips on Organic Gardening
by Stuart Robertson
Brimming with simple but effective techniques perfected over decades of dirty
work, novice and experienced gardeners alike benefit from this charming
handbook on the joys of rural and urban gardening in the northern United
States. Emphasizing the use of products carefully formulated to positively
impact the environment, each tip and explanation works tirelessly toward the
overarching goal of demystifying the world of organic gardening. Chapters
such as Composting; Fertilizing; Watering and Irrigation; Planting; Lawn Care;
Pests; Putting the Garden to Bed; and Tools ensure that this handy guide will become dog-eared
and soiled from the wear and tear of constant referencing.
The Elements of Organic Gardening
by Charles, Prince of Wales
For 26 years, the Prince of Wales has passionately honed the organic practices
used at Highgrove, Their Royal Highnesses’ family home in Gloucestershire,
as well as in his other gardens at Birkhall in the Scottish Highlands and
Clarence House in central London. Now, alongside Andrew Lawson’s elegant
photographs and with Country Living gardening editor Stephanie Donaldson,
the Prince’s vivid elucidation of his techniques for maintaining healthy soil,
planting varieties, and sustaining an ecosystem “in harmony with the natural laws and rhythms of
the universe of which we are an integral part” offers a wealth of wisdom to delight and inspire
any gardener. His practices, based on a deep respect for nature, can be adapted to almost any
2. garden, large or small. The Prince is hands-on in his gardens, and it is this passion that reveals
itself intimately to be at the heart of The Elements of Organic Gardening. 200 full-colour
photographs.
The Atlantic Gardener’s Greenbook
by Jodi DeLong
Saltscapes’ magazine gardening editor Jodi DeLong believes that anyone can
garden, and that every garden is a thing of beauty. With this publication,
DeLong takes the reader from the ground up in planning and planting a garden
using organic methods and sage suggestions.
New Kitchen Garden
by Adam Caplin
Growing your own herbs, vegetables and fruit organically, and harvesting
them to make healthy meals, is fun and fulfilling. As New Kitchen Garden
explains, the whole process can be much simpler than you imagine – even if
your outdoor space is no more than a patio or a roof-top garden. Focusing on
plants that are easy to grow, Adam Caplin takes a new look at the delights of
cultivating edibles, showing how they can be grown - on their own in beds and containers, in
mixed borders, and decoratively with flowers – for their ornamental as well as their nutritional
value. Acclaimed cookery writer Celia Brooks Brown then takes the kitchen garden into the
kitchen with 35 great vegetarian recipes – soups and starters, main courses, salads and light
dishes, salsas and chutneys and sweet things.
Compost
by Vicki Mattern
Let the editors from Rodale Organic Gardening – the world’s leading authority
on organic techniques-- show you how to build a compost pile, troubleshoot
compost complaints, keep toxins out of your pile, and use compost to produce
healthy soil and plants without using chemicals.
Maria Rodale’s Organic Gardening
by Maria Rodale
From the leading name in organic gardening comes a guide to creating a garden
that is organically balanced & aesthetically beautiful. Using sophisticated
design techniques from authorities in every field of gardening, readers will learn
the secrets of creating a landscape that’s gorgeous, productive, and time- &
energy-efficient.
Rodale’s All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
by Fern Marshall Bradley
Attitudes have changed in the 32 years since the first edition, and the idea of
eschewing chemical pesticides and fertilizers in favour of compost piles, crop
rotation, and other such means of growing healthy plants has broader
acceptance. The Encyclopedia sets forth the basics, with entries on a large
number of plants and their cultivation, soil preparation methods, pests, garden
plans, etc.
IPM for Gardeners
by Raymond A. Cloyd
Despite a plethora of technical IPM training manuals, no book until now has
distilled its core philosophy for the home gardener, so that he or she can learn
to manage plant health as the professionals do, based on scientific principles. In
IPM for Gardeners, a team of experts explains how any gardener can use IPM
techniques for success at home. Authoritative, well-illustrated, and packed with
case studies, this volume promises to change the way we see our gardens.
Organic Gardening for Kids
by Elizabeth J. Scholl
People all around the world enjoy the hobby of gardening. They love planting
tiny seeds in the soil and watching them sprout into mature plants. Gardening
3. isn’t just for adults, however. Kids can plan, create, and maintain their own gardens, too.
Gardening for Kids is rich with ideas and instructions for making water gardens, flower gardens,
vegetable gardens, perennial gardens, butterfly gardens, landscape designs, and more.
Talking Dirt
by Annie Spiegelman
A lively and practical guide to organic gardening from a renowned garden
expert. Spiegelman’s down-to-earth wit and wisdom create the perfect primer for
anyone with a passion for homegrown veggies or fresh-cut flowers.
Organic Gardening for Canada
by Laura Peters
Organic gardening is natural. It’s using compost instead of chemical fertilizers to
improve the health of your soil. It’s using mulches to retain moisture and reduce
watering needs. It’s proven: chemical fertilizers and pesticides have a negative
impact – on our health, on the environment and on future generations. The
author of more than 25 gardening books, Laura Peters has practised and taught
about organic gardening for years. In this book, she explores the subject
thoroughly:
• Hundreds of colour photographs
• Special considerations for Canadian garden seasons
• The importance of healthy soil
• Creating and maintaining an organic garden
• Planning and designing a variety of organic gardens, including: container gardens, edible
gardens, water gardens and naturalized wildlife gardens
• Caring for plants the organic way
• Pest and disease problems and treatments.