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Southern Gardening

List of helpful books for growing your own Georgia garden.

Fulton County Library System

15 items

  • The Southeast Native Plant Primer

    225 Plants for An Earth-friendly Garden

    Mellichamp, Larry,
    Do you want a garden that makes a real difference? Choose plants native to our Southeast region. The rewards will benefit you, your yard, and the environment--from reducing maintenance tasks to attracting earth-friendly pollinators such as…
    PaperbackPortland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2020. — 635.0975 MELLICHAMP
  • Southeast Home Landscaping

    54 Landscape Designs With 200+ Plants & Flowers for Your Region

    Holmes, Roger, 1949-
    The 54 featured landscape designs are created by professionals from the area and use more than 200 annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs that thrive in the southeast region. Drought-resistant plants that are proven performers in the…
    PaperbackMount Joy, PA : Creative Homeowner, [2023] — 712.60975 HOLMES
  • In this gardening guide for the South, Roxann Ward shows how color provides one of the easiest and most impressive ways to shape a garden with intense eye appeal.
    PaperbackChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021] — 635.0975 WARD
  • In today's South, where fine gardening is a tradition, many homeowners and professional gardeners are discovering a vast "new" palette of plant materials-native plants. They are realizing that these native wildflowers, trees, shrubs,…
    PaperbackGuilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2020] — 635.95175 WASOWSKI
  • This ultimate local guide to growing vegetables and other edibles provides you with insider advice on climate zones, average frost dates, and growing season details across Georgia.
    PaperbackPortland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2020. — 635.09758 WALLACE
  • Gardening in the South

    the Complete Homeowner's Guide

    Weathington, Mark,
    It features information on site and plant selection, soil preparation and maintenance, and basic design principles. Plant profiles highlight the region's best perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs, and bulbs. Color photographs throughout show…
    PaperbackPortland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2017. — 635.90975 WEATHINGTON
  • Southern Gardener's Handbook

    Your Complete Guide : Select, Plan, Plant, Maintain, Problem-solve

    Marden, Troy B.,
    Every season in the South presents a gardening opportunity. Take advantage of all of them by choosing the perfect plants! Using the right plants makes gardening not only easier, but more fun, and helps you grow the best-looking and…
    PaperbackMinneapolis, Minnesota : Cool Springs Press, 2014. — 635 MARDEN
  • Georgia Month-by-month Gardening

    What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year

    Reeves, Walter,
    The Month-By-Month Gardening series is the perfect companion to take the guesswork out of gardening. With this book, you'll know what to do each month to have gardening success all year, from January to December.
    PaperbackMinneapolis, Minnesota : Cool Springs Press, Home and Garden Experts, 2015. — 635.094758 REEVES
  • The Complete Guide to Lower South Gardening

    Techniques for Growing Landscape & Garden Plants in Louisiana, Florida, Southern Mississippi, Southern Alabama, Southern Georgia, Eastern Texas, Costal South Carolina & Coastal North Carolina

    Steiner, Lynn M., 1958-
    The Complete Guide to Lower South Gardening takes a practical how-to approach to gardening that shows the novice to intermediate home gardener exactly how to get started.
    PaperbackMankato, Minn. : Creative Pub. International, c2012. — 635.0975 STEINER
  • Georgia Getting Started Garden Guide

    Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers

    Glasener, Erica
    This book contains easy-to-use advice on the top landscape plant choices. It also recommends specific varieties, and provides advice on how to plant, how to grow and how to care for the best plants.
    PaperbackMinneapolis, Minn. : Cool Springs Press, 2013. — 635.0975 GLASENER
  • Georgia Gardeners' Q & A

    501 Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

    Reeves, Walter
    The contents of this book are the result of 15 years of frequently asked questions posed to Walter Reeves through a weekly column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Walters reply to readers.
    PaperbackFranklin, Tenn. : Cool Springs Press, 2008. — 635.0975 REEVES
  • National award-winning garden designer and television host, Tara Dillard, helps you get the most out of your next visit to the garden center. Color photographs and great planting tips featuring over 300 of Georgia's best perennials,…
    Paperback[Edmonton] : Lone Pine Pub. International, 2006. — 635.9097 DILLARD
  • This botanical guide to the greater Atlanta region is teeming with more than 200 color photographs, informative gardening tips, and fun facts and stories about the diverse garden flora of the area.
    PaperbackAtglen, Pennsylvania : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [2011] — 635.909758 HEIZER
  • New edition of a classic work on Southern heirloom gardening . . . Heirloom plants belong in Southern gardens. Tough and adapted, tried and true, pretty and useful, these living antiques--passed through countless generations--represent the…
    PaperbackCollege Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2011. — 712.0975 WELCH
  • Seeking Eden

    a Collection of Georgia's Historic Gardens

    Catron-Sullivan, Staci,
    Seeking Eden promotes an awareness of, and appreciation for, Georgia's rich garden heritage. Updated and expanded here are the stories of nearly thirty designed landscapes first identified in the early twentieth-century publication Garden…
    BookAthens : University of Georgia Press, [2018] — 635.0975 CATRON-SULLIVAN