There is something special about books that make you want to step outside and get your hands in the dirt. Some are filled with practical advice, while others capture the beauty of flowers, gardens, changing seasons, and the simple pleasure of growing something.
Famous Gardening Books
The Well-Tempered Garden — Christopher Lloyd
The Gardener’s Year — Karel Čapek
The Secret Garden — Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Gardener’s Year — Vita Sackville-West
In Your Garden — Vita Sackville-West
The Garden Primer — Elizabeth Lawrence
The Fragrant Path — Louise Beebe Wilder
The Gardener’s Bed-Book — Richardson Wright
The Garden Book — Alice Harding
The Complete Gardener — Gertrude Jekyll
Wood and Garden — Gertrude Jekyll
Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden — Gertrude Jekyll
The English Flower Garden — William Robinson
The Wild Garden — William Robinson
The Garden of Annuals — Louise Beebe Wilder
The Garden Against Time — Olivia Laing
The Well-Gardened Mind — Sue Stuart-Smith
Braiding Sweetgrass — Robin Wall Kimmerer
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle — Barbara Kingsolver
Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education — Michael Pollan
The $64 Tomato — William Alexander
A Way to Garden — Margaret Roach
The Hidden Life of Trees — Peter Wohlleben
The Gardener’s World — Monty Don
Down the Garden Path — Beverley Nichols
Merry Hall — Beverley Nichols
Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden — Eleanor Perenyi
The Morville Hours — Katherine Swift
The Making of a Garden — Ian Hamilton Finlay
The Garden of Evening Mists — Tan Twan Eng
The Garden Month by Month — Mrs. Loudon
The Book of the Garden — Charles McIntosh
The Practical Garden-Book — C. E. Hunn and L. H. Bailey
The Flower Garden — Ida D. Bennett
The Home Garden — E. C. Powell
The Amateur’s Practical Garden-Book — Charles E. Hunn
The Garden and the Gardener — various early gardening writers
The Gardener’s Year — Karel Čapek
The Secret Garden — Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Gardener’s Year — Vita Sackville-West
In Your Garden — Vita Sackville-West
The Garden Primer — Elizabeth Lawrence
The Fragrant Path — Louise Beebe Wilder
The Gardener’s Bed-Book — Richardson Wright
The Garden Book — Alice Harding
The Complete Gardener — Gertrude Jekyll
Wood and Garden — Gertrude Jekyll
Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden — Gertrude Jekyll
The English Flower Garden — William Robinson
The Wild Garden — William Robinson
The Garden of Annuals — Louise Beebe Wilder
The Garden Against Time — Olivia Laing
The Well-Gardened Mind — Sue Stuart-Smith
Braiding Sweetgrass — Robin Wall Kimmerer
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle — Barbara Kingsolver
Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education — Michael Pollan
The $64 Tomato — William Alexander
A Way to Garden — Margaret Roach
The Hidden Life of Trees — Peter Wohlleben
The Gardener’s World — Monty Don
Down the Garden Path — Beverley Nichols
Merry Hall — Beverley Nichols
Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden — Eleanor Perenyi
The Morville Hours — Katherine Swift
The Making of a Garden — Ian Hamilton Finlay
The Garden of Evening Mists — Tan Twan Eng
The Garden Month by Month — Mrs. Loudon
The Book of the Garden — Charles McIntosh
The Practical Garden-Book — C. E. Hunn and L. H. Bailey
The Flower Garden — Ida D. Bennett
The Home Garden — E. C. Powell
The Amateur’s Practical Garden-Book — Charles E. Hunn
The Garden and the Gardener — various early gardening writers
Newer Reads
First Time Gardner
Vegetables Love Flowers Companion
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening
Growing Heirloom Flowers
Kitchen Herbs
Beginners Garden
Fruit Gardeners Bible
Food and Faith
Garden Renovation
The Secret Garden
The Green Collection
The New Outdoor Kitchen
