Gardening

Gardening is the practice of growing plants for their attractive flowers or foliage, and vegetables or fruits for consumption. Gardening is a human activity used to produce edible foods and use plants to beautify their local environmental conditions. Its scale ranges from fruit orchards, to long boulevard plantings, to residential yards including lawns and foundation plantings, to large or small containers grown inside or outside. Gardening is often very specific with only one type of plant grown, or involves a large number of different plants in mixed plantings. It involves an active participation in the growing of plants and tends to be labor intensive, which differentiates it from farming or forestry.

Voltaire said the best we can hope for is to "tend our own garden." While he meant something quite different than we do (he was an Enlightenment humanist), gardening is one of the best ways to relax and enjoy God's creation. Being outside among plants chosen for their beauty slows us down, helps us appreciate the beauty of the natural world, and is just plain enjoyable. And if you don't like pulling weeds, you can teach your kids from early on to enjoy gardening as much as you do.

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Better Homes and Gardens: Annuals Perennials and Bulbs
from Meredith Corporation
for Adult
in Flower Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Book of the Earthworm
by Sally Coulthard
from Head of Zeus
for 8th-Adult
in Zoology (Location: SCI-ZOOL)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
City Gardener's Handbook
from Random House
for Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden
by Gertrude Jekyll, introduced and revised by Graham Stuart Thomas
1983 revised edition from The Ayer Company
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Flower Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Contained Garden
from Viking Press
for 10th-Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Country Flower Drying
in Crafts & Hobbies (Location: SS-CRA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
David Hicks Garden Design
by David Hicks
from Routledge & Kegan Paul
for Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
DK Ready Set Grow!
from DK Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Gardening for Kids (Location: SS-GAR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Fruits & Berries of the Pacific Northwest
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Garden Almanac
by Penelope O'Sullivan
from Hearst Books
for Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Gardener
by Sarah Stewart & David Small
from Sunburst Book
Realistic fiction for Kindergarten-4th grade
1998 Caldecott Honor Book
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.49 $3.60 (1 in stock)
Gardening With Children
from Brooklyn Botanic Garden
for 3rd-8th grade
in Gardening for Kids (Location: SS-GAR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Gardening with Emma: Grow and Have Fun
by Emma Biggs, with help from her dad, Steven Biggs
from Storey Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Gardening for Kids (Location: SS-GAR)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Green Thumbs
by Laurie Carlson
from Chicago Review Press
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Gardening for Kids (Location: SS-GAR)
$14.95 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Growing Roses in the Pacific Northwest
by Nita-Jo Rountree
from Sasquatch Books
for Adult
in Flower Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades
$4.00 (2 in stock)
How Not to Kill Your Houseplant
by Veronica Peerless
KiwiCo from DK Publishing
for 6th-Adult
in Gardening for Kids (Location: SS-GAR)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Naming of Flowers
by Anne Halpin, illustrated by Rob Proctor
from Harper & Row
for 6th-Adult
in Botany & Mycology (Location: SCI-BOT)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Orchard Mason Bee
by Brian L. Griffin, illustrated by Sharon Smith
1st edition from Knox Cellars Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Rock Gardens
Master Gardener
by John Kelly
from Ward Lock
for Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Roots Shoots Buckets & Boots
by Sharon Lovejoy
from Workman Publishing
for Adult
in Gardening for Kids (Location: SS-GAR)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Square Foot Gardening
by Mel Bartholomew
from Rodale Press
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Sunflower Houses
from Workman Publishing
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Gardening for Kids (Location: SS-GAR)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Sunset Western Garden Book
8th edition from Oxmoor House
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$34.95 $20.00 (1 in stock)
Sunset Western Garden Book
from Sunset Publishing Corp.
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Sustainable Vegetable Garden
by John Jeavons and Carol Cox
from Ten Speed Press
for Adult
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Timber Press Guide to Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
from Timber Press, Inc.
for Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Usborne Starting Gardening
Usborne Internet-Linked
by Cheryl Evans, Sue Johnson
from Usborne
for 3rd-6th grade
in Gardening for Kids (Location: SS-GAR)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Wonderful Windowboxes
by Derek Nimmo
from Ward Lock
for Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Writer's Garden
for Adult
in Gardening (Location: SS-GAR)
$9.00 (1 in stock)