100 Plants to Feed the Birds(Laura Erickson , Storey Publishing 2022 )
- American Horticultural Society Book Award Winner , 2023
Many of us gardeners are bird - lover , and if you suit that category , you ’ll in spades require to consult this book . But it will be useful to all of us who now pick out plant life with the needs of our ecosystem in mind . The writer key out 100 native shrub , trees , perennials , annuals , and rat that provide nutrient , shelter , or nesting material for shuttlecock , and it details what each plant provide as well as the particular birds it benefits and attracts . Also included is canonical selective information about each flora ’s required arise experimental condition and aboriginal range .
Laura Erickson is a chick expert . She has received the Roger Tory Peterson award from the American Birding Association , served as science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , and is an editor of two birding journals , Bird ScopeandBirdwatching .
Bloom : The Secrets of Growing Flowering Houseplants Year - Roundby Lisa Steinkopf ( Cool Springs Press 2022 )
- Honorable Mention , American Horticultural Society Book Awards , 2023
If you have a houseplant that blooms year - round , you know the pleasure they can bring to a winter day . Who would n’t desire more of them ? It turns out , however , that quite a few year - turn blooper are kind of finicky . But this book shows you the conjuring trick to getting these fractious foul-up to do just that . The writer , Lisa Steinkopf is know as “ The Houseplant Guru , ” and you may be intimate with her blog , thehouseplantguru.com . She is the author of two other books , HouseplantsandGrow in the Dark . Here ’s what renowned plantsman Allan Armitage has to say aboutBloom :
“ I confess ! I am far more at home in my outside garden than I am tend plants indoors . From orchids and African violets to amaryllis and kalanchoe , I need help . And now I have it . I have always been a fan of Lisa because she excuse what to do in an easy - to - understand style . In this book of account , she also explains why I should be doing it . The in - depth discussions of photoperiod and types of lights are illuminating , and the works - by - plant guide are invaluable . I advocate this volume for anyone bid to add the out-of-doors in . ”
―Allan Armitage , author ofArmitage ’s Garden Perennials
grease : The Story of a Black Mother ’s Gardenby Camille T. Dungy ( Simon & Schuster 2023 )
This is not a how - to book of account ; rather , it is a meditative level of one char ’s cause to translate her manicure yard into a diverse and snappy garden . Camille Dungy , who is a poet and professor at Colorado State University , referred to these back - breaking efforts as her “ prairie project , ” a process that result her to speculate on diverseness among humans , as well as a number of today ’s most contentious topics . For those of us who think our best thoughts in and amongst plants , Dungy ’s musing will vibrate . As Dungy excuse in an NPR interview ,
For a politically - enlist person , “ a garden can be a balm , ” she order . “ A garden can be a place of rest and smasher , and a retreat from that persistent , difficult work . But a garden also teaches me patience , and teaches me that … the work of a politically - engage person often ask dependable longanimity . And the garden supports my belief that that patience can very frequently pay off . ”
Dungy has also writtenGuidebook to Relative Strangers : Journeys into Race , Motherhood , and History , a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award .
American Roots : Lessons and Inspiration from the Designers Reimagining our Home Gardensby Nick McCullough , Allison McCullough & Teresa Woodard ( Timber Press , 2022 )
If you long to confabulate the home garden of expert gardener , this book is for you . The writer natter 20 plate gardens across America and reported on each one with slews of photographs as well as peak from the nurseryman who created and uphold them .
A Gardener ’s Guide to Botany
by Scott Zona ( Cool Springs Press , 2022 )
reviewer have hailed this book as helpful to reader at “ all stratum ” of prior botanical knowledge . One referee also mention that “ a chapter on seed dispersal offered sixth sense into the complex interrelationships of plants and animals . ”
American Horticultural Society Book Awards , https://ahsgardening.org / gardening - program / home - awards / book - awards/
“ She pull up her manicured lawn and challenge the norms of gardening stories , ” National Public Radio , https://www.npr.org/2025-04-17/1172727763 / garden - garden - book - writing - soil - dungy(5/5/23 )
A Way to Garden Podcast and NPR Radio Show / Books , awaytogarden.com / Margaret Roach / American base with Nick McCullough
“ Gardening Book Reviews Spring 2023,”Horticulture Magazine , www.hortmag.com
Camille Dungy , Colorado State University / colostate.edu / people
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