Gardening/ Plant Kingdom:
I love books about gardening, especially stories of people who have transformed their communities through gardening. Every time we lose a little momentum in growing our own food, we turn to one of these books, and our spirit feels renewed, like Spring!
Hope you find your inspiration in one (or several!) of these gems below!
Picture book list (True Stories):
Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever
The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng
Miss Rumphius
My Baba’s Garden
The Gardener of Alcatraz: A True Story
Gifts from Georgia’s Garden: How Georgia O’Keeffe Nourished Her Art
The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver
A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park
Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope
Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John "Appleseed" Chapman
Granny Smith Was Not an Apple
Picture book list (Fiction):
A Year in Our New Garden
I LOVE Strawberries
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The Garden Witch
The Children’s Garden: Growing Food in the City
The Curious Garden
Welcome Flower Child: The Magic of Your Birth Flower
Green Green: A Community Gardening Story
The Extraordinary Gardener
The Digger and the Butterfly
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree
Millie Fleur's Poison Garden
Picture book list (Factual):
A Seed is Sleepy
From Seed to Plant
On the Farm, At the Market
Before We Eat: From Farm to Table
The Farm That Feeds Us: A year in the life of an organic farm
Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life
Can You Hear The Trees Talking?: Discovering the Hidden Life of the Forest
The Secret World of Plants: Tales of More Than 100 Remarkable Flowers, Trees, and Seeds
Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Plant Kingdom
Gardening Lab for Kids: 52 Fun Experiments to Learn, Grow, Harvest, Make, Play, and Enjoy Your Garden
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
The No-Dig Children’s Gardening Book: Easy and Fun Family Gardening
Dig In!: 12 Easy Gardening Projects Using Kitchen Scraps
The Best-Ever Step-by-Step Kid’s First Gardening: Fantastic Gardening Ideas for 5 to 12 Year-Olds, from Growing Fruit and Vegetables and Fun with Flowers to Wildlife Gardening and Outdoor Crafts
The Water Flower: The Journey of a Lotus Seed
What’s Inside a Flower?: And Other Questions About Science & Nature
One Day This Tree Will Fall
Darwin's Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular
Gardening Resources for Adults:
Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
No-Dig: Nurture Your Soil to Grow Better Veg with Less Effort
Organic Gardening: The natural no-dig way
Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community
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Growing an Edible Landscape: How to Transform Your Outdoor Space into a Food Garden
The Magic of Seeds: The Nature-Lover’s Guide to Growing Garden Flowers and Herbs from Seed
Complete Starter Guide to Bonsai: Growing from Seed or Seedling - Wiring, Pruning, Care, and Display