Lasagna Gardening : A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding!
Patricia Lanza
Turn in your tiller for a stack of old newspapers! Replace your shovel with a layer of grass clippings! Let Ms. Lanza show you how you can create lush, successful, easy-care gardens in practically any location without hours of backbreaking digging or noisy tilling.

Square Foot Gardening
Mel Bartholomew
Mel Bartholomew, a retired engineer, found the answer to the frustrations of most gardeners. "I found a better way to garden," says Mel, "one that's more efficient, more manageable and less work." His method has received world-wide recognition for its simplicity and uniqueness and has been written up in every major newspaper and gardening magazine.

The Art of Growing Miniature Trees, Plants and Landscapes
Tatsuo Ishimoto
Suggested by Lloyd Jeck at Majeck Books

Essential Tools
Karan Davis Cutler
Suggested by Cezar Del Valle at Stagedoor Travels

Summer-Blooming Bulbs
Beth Hanson, editor
Suggested by Cezar Del Valle at Stagedoor Travels

War Gardens
Rolly Langley
Suggested by Aric at Once Read Books

A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants
Veitch
Suggested by Aric at Once Read Books

Three Seasons of Bloom
Time-life Books
Suggested by Monica at Popp's Book Shop

Favorite Flowering Shrubs
Marjorie Harris
Suggested by Monica at Popp's Book Shop

Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener
Bradley, Fern M. & Ellis, Barbara W
This all-new, authoritative edition of the 1978 classic--which sold more than 625,000 copies--provides practical, up-to-date information for every gardener, beginner and veteran alike. Includes hundreds of how-to illustrations and step-by-step techniques, and features an easy-to-use A-to-Z format with more than 420 entries

The New York Times 1000 Gardening Questions and Answers
Leslie Land
Based on "Gardeners Q&A." the enormously popular syndicated column, 1000 Gardening Questions and Answers is like a passionate conversation between gardeners and gardening experts. Every week readers from around the country send in their most vexing problems-how to divide perennials, prune raspberry canes, grow basil that really tastes like basil, get rid of earwigs, find long-lost varieties of flowers, keep honeysuckle under control-and every week, the authorities at the Times write a column full of answers.

The Sunny Border
C. Colston Burrell
Suggested by Cezar Del Valle at Stagedoor Travels

Natural Disease Control
Beth Hanson, editor
Suggested by Cezar Del Valle at Stagedoor Travels

Houses and Gardens
E. L. Lutyens
Suggested by Shirley Jacobson at Books Unlimited

Let it Rot! The Gardener's Guide to Composting
Stu Campbell
Suggested by Monica at Popp's Book Shop

The American Fruit Culturist
John J. Thomas
Suggested by Aric at Once Read Books