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Gardening and Landscaping

Audubon Butterfly [DVD videorecording]: Essentials for Beginners and Gardeners 595.789 AUD

The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Carla Emery 630 EME

How To ‘Cook’ Compost: A Gardening Guide to Making and Using Compost, National Trust 631.875 HOW

The Chef’s Garden, Terence Conran 635 CON

Our Life in Gardens, Joe Eck 635 ECK

1001 Ideas for Better Gardening, Pippa Greenwood 635 GRE

Down & Dirty: 43 Fun & Funky First-Time Projects & Activities To Get You Gardening, Ellen Zachos 635 ZAC

How To Grow Organic Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs, Flowers, Christine Lavelle 635.0484 LAV

Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who’s Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically: All You Need To Know About the Insects in Your Garden, Jessica Walliser 635.0497 WAL

Designing an Herb Garden, Beth Hanson, editor 635.7 DES

Herb Gardening for the Midwest, Debra Knapke 635.70977 KNA

Year-Round Bloomers: Hundreds of Super Secrets for the Backyard Gardener, Jerry Baker 635.9 BAK

Garden Flowers from A To Z, Esther Herr 635.9 HER

Fabulous Flowerbeds: Inspiration, Planting, and Care, Gisela Keil 635.9 KEI

A Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Flowers from Seed to Bloom, Eileen Powell 635.9 POW

Jackson & Perkins Rose Companions: Growing Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, Shrubs, and Vines with Roses, Stephen Scanniello 635.9 SCA

Design Your Natural Midwest Garden, Patricia Hill 635.90977 HIL

Midwest Cottage Gardening, Fran Manos 635.90977 MAN

Guide to Illinois Vegetable Gardening, James A. Fizzell 635.909773 FIZ

The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer, Stephanie Cohen 635.932 COH

Perennials for Midwestern Gardens: Proven Plants for the Heartland, Anthony W. Kahtz 635.932 KAH

Perennials & Bulbs 635.932 PER

Spring Bulbs: Daffodils, Tulips and Hyacinths, Geoff Stebbings 635.94 STE

Native Plants in the Home Landscape: For the Upper Midwest, Keith Gerard Nowakowski 635.951 NOW

Success with Water-Saving Gardens, Graham Clarke 635.9525 CLA

Beth Chatto’s The Shade Garden: Shade-Loving Plants for Year-Round Interest, Beth Chatto 635.9543 CHA

Managing the Wet Garden: Plants That Flourish in Problem Places, John Simmons 635.955 SIM

The Gardener’s Palette: A Year of Color in the Flower Garden, Pierre Nessmann 635.968 NES

Great Flowering Landscape Trees, Vincent A. Simeone 635.97713 SIM

Container Gardening: 250 Design Ideas & Step-by-Step Techniques, 635.986 CON

Wildlife at Your Back Door: How To Create a Haven for Nature’s Friends, Sharon Amos 639.92 AMO

The Wildlife Gardener’s Guide, Janet Marinelli 639.92 MAR

Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife, David Mizejewski 639.92 MIZ

Jerry Baker’s Backyard Birdscaping Bonanza: 1,046 Quick-and-Easy Ways To Make Your Yard and Garden Absolutely Irresistible to Birds, Jerry Baker 639.978 BAK

Trellises & Arbors, Steve Cory 684.18 COR

Patios & Walkways Idea Book, Peter Jeswald 690.184 JES

Garden Structures, 690.89 GAR

Sheds & Gazebos: Ideas and Plans for Garden Structures, Dan Weeks 690.89 WEE

Great Decks & Outdoor Living 690.893 GRE

Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens that Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit, Scott Ogden 712 OGD

Landscape Planning: Practical Techniques for the Home Gardener, Judith Adam 712.6 ADA

Dreamscaping: 25 Easy Designs for Home Gardens, Ruth Rogers Clausen 712.6 CLA

The Garden View: Designs for Beautiful Landscapes, Tara Dillard 712.6 DIL

Creative Ideas for Lawns, Patios, Decks & Paths: Practical Advice on Designing Garden Floors and Surfaces, Using Grass, Stone, Wood, Brick, Tile and Gravel, Jenny Hendy 712.6 HEN

Big Book of Garden Designs, Marianne Lipanovich 712.6 LIP

The Art of the Japanese Garden, David E. Young 712.6 YOU

Ultimate Guide to Fences, Arbors, and Trellises: Plan, Design, Build 717 ULT

 Related Periodicals:

• BBC Gardeners’ World
• Better Homes and Gardens
• Better Homes and Gardens Wood
• Birds & Blooms
• Chicago Home & Garden
• Chicagoland Gardening
• Country Living
• The Family Handyman
• Fine Gardening
• Garden Gate
• Horticulture
• Landscape Architecture
• Natural Home
• Organic Gardening
• This Old House
• Workbench

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