"SEEDFOLKS": A READING LIST

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Getting Started in Gardening

Bawden-Davis, Julie. Flower Gardening: A Practical Guide to Creating Colorful Gardens in Every Yard

Blodgett, Bonnie. Midwest Top 10 Garden Guide

Canfield, Jack. Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul: 101 Stories to Sow Seeds of Love, Hope, and Laughter

Denckla, Tanya. The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food

Druse, Kenneth. The Passion for Gardening: Inspiration for a Lifetime

Goldman, Connie. Tending the Earth, Mending the Spirit: The Healing Gifts of Gardening

Minnich, Jerry. The Wisconsin Garden Guide

Powell, Eileen. The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Flowers from Seed to Bloom

Sandbeck, Ellen. Eat More Dirt: Diverting and Instructive Tips for Growing and Tending an Organic Garden

Segall, Barbara. Organic Kitchen Gardening: A Guide to Growing Produce in Small Urban Areas

Smith, Joanna. The One-Hour Garden: How You Can Have a No-Fuss, No-Work Garden

Titchmarsh, Alan. How to Be a Gardener

Yeomans, Kathleen. The Able Gardener: Overcoming Barriers of Age & Physical Limitations.

Finding Your Seedfolks

Best, Laura. Genealogy for the First Time: Research Your Family History

Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo. A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant & Ethnic Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage

Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo. You Can Write Your Family History

Taylor, Maureen. Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Uncovering Your Family's History

Westin, Jeane Eddy. Finding Your Roots: How to Trace Your Ancestors at Home and Abroad

A Bouquet of Gardening Fiction

Brown, Carrie. Rose's Garden. When Conrad's wife Rose dies after fifty years of marriage, an angel in her garden teaches him to reach out to other people for comfort.

Fredriksson, Marianne. Two Women. After meeting at the local garden center, two women from widely divergent backgrounds form a unique bond that reveals the remarkable healing power of friendship.

Godden, Rumer. An Episode of Sparrows. Two street-tough children attempt to build a hidden garden, profoundly disrupting the neighborhood.

Humphreys, Helen. The Lost Garden. Leaving London for the Land Army to grow food for the war effort, a young woman discovers a mysterious lost garden and the story of a love that becomes her own.

Shields, Carol. Larry's Party. Larry Weller becomes a floral designer for want of a better career goal, but when his fascination with shrubby labyrinths becomes a professional career, he moves into a wider world.

Swann, E. L. Night Gardening. When Tristan undertakes to help stroke-victim Maggie restore her fading garden, their relationship blooms into an intense romance.

Tsukiyama, Gail. The Samurai's Garden. Set in Japan just before WWII, this classic tale of sacrifice and devotion tells of a young Chinese man's encounters with four locals while he recuperates from tuberculosis.

Videos

Bartholomew, Mel. Square Foot Gardening, Volume 1: All the Basics

Kuitems, Jane. Season of Splendor: In the Perennial Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden. Spring Flowering Bulbs

Opler, Paul A. Audubon Society's Butterfly Gardening

Phair, Mark. Gardening Nature's Way: Organic Gardening Step 1
Gardening Nature's Way: Natural Pest Control Step 2

The Victory Garden (series) Titles include: Warm-Season Gardens; Preparation for Spring; Herbs, Cantalopes and Watermelon; Summer Vegetables; Bounty for the Table

Greenfingers. Feature film about some British convicts who develop a passion for plants. Based on a true story.