Favourite Gardening Books

Following are favourite gardening books recommendations from some of our Seedy Saturday committee members. Direct links to the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) listing will give you much more information about each.

Teaming With Microbes The Organic Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web Lowenfels, Jeff Book – 2010 ~ ANF 631.4 VIRL link – Teaming with Microbes Recommended by Linda.

Teaming With Nutrients The Organic Gardener’s Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition By Lowenfels, Jeff Book – 2013 ~ ANF 575.76 VIRL link – Teaming with Nutrients Recommended by Linda.

Tottering in My Garden ~ A Gardener’s Memoir by Midge Ellis Keeble Camden House 1989 IBSN 0-920656-87-0 I just love reading this book for it reminds me how people just stumble into life long passions. Like Midge, I too started gardening by receiving a seed catalogue in the mail and before I knew it I was planting out flowers with exotic names and French vegetables for my potager. A bonus to this read is that she is Canadian. (No obvious VIRL Listing) Recommended by Laurie.

The Well-tempered Garden A New Edition of the Gardening Classic by Christopher Lloyd Book – 2003 ISBN: 9781841882222, 1841882224 Branch Call Number: ANF 635.9 A classic work by Britain’s most highly respected plantsman, updated for the 21st Century. Best read ever on a stormy ugly afternoon. VIRL link – The Well-Tempered Garden Recommended by Laurie.

The Carefree Garden Letting Nature Play Her Part by Bill Terry “What happens when a lifelong gardener finally realizes he must collaborate with Mother Nature, rather than work against her,…” Book – 2015 ISBN:9781771511261 Branch Call Number: ANF 635.9676 VIRL link – The Carefree Garden Recommended by Barb C.

A Year on the Garden Path A 52-week Organic Gardening Guide By Carolyn Herriot “Including seasonally-relevant, practical information, this easy-to-follow, weekly gardening guide explains what is happening in the garden…” Book – 2005 ISBN: 9780973805802, 0973805803 Branch Call Numbers: ANF 635.048409 HER ANF 635.048409 HER VIRL link – A Year on the Garden Path Recommended by Barb C.

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