Gift Guide: Books for the Garden Lover - Gardenista

Gift Guide: Books for the Garden Lover - Gardenista
Does your spouse need one more trowel? Does your city-dwelling friend even have a plot to tend?
The first book we’ll buy for friends is Dutch master Piet Oudolf’s latest, Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life. It tells the story of Oudolf’s humble start as a designer in a desolate farmhouse with his wife, two young sons, no garden, and little money.
In The Magical World of Moss Gardening, author Annie Martin extols the virtues of moss: it’s deer-resistant, grows in all climates, and prevents erosion and runoff.
Bree Claffey of Mr. Kitly–a shop, gallery, and architecture studio in Brunswick, Australia–published Indoor Green: Living with Plants in October of this year.
Full of inspiration and not overly styled, the book is widely available in Australia and New Zealand but not yet distributed in the US; contact Mr. Kitly for an international shipping quote.
To those interested in the ways plants can heal (and harm), give Phytomedicines, Herbal Drugs, and Poisons.
Learn from the best with the Royal Horticultural Society’s Lessons from Great Gardeners, a compendium of wit and wisdom from 40 of history’s best gardeners, from Claude Monet to Beth Chatto; £9.59 from Amazon UK.
The Art of Gardening: Design Inspiration and Innovative Planting Techniques from Chanticleer takes inspiration from one of the most celebrated gardens in America–Chanticleer in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
To lovers of gardens and stories, give A Buzz in the Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm–conservationist Dave Goulson’s tales of the creatures that inhabit the 33 acres of meadowland on his farm in France; $15.68 in hardcover and $16 in paperback on Amazon.
Another pick for folks who take their science in story form: The Reason for Flowers. Entomologist Stephen Buchmann reminds the reader of everything that flowers give us, from medicine and perfume to joy and inspiration.
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