The idea is simple—borrow seeds from our library, let some of the plants go to seed, and bring the next generation of seeds back to the library. Check out seeds for free and explore our collection of gardening resources.
Saving seeds saves money, creates tastier food, and keeps the vegetable genetic pool more diverse and healthy.
The Seed Library, and everything you need to begin, is located by the windows behind the Information Desk area.
Jump-start Your Growing with These Books from Our Collection:
All New Square Foot Gardening
Bartholomew, Mel.
Since Square Foot Gardening was first introduced in 1981, the revolutionary new way to garden developed by Mel Bartholomew has helped millions of home gardeners grow more fresh produce in less space and with less work. Now, based largely on the input and experience of these millions, the system has been even further refined and improved to fully meet today's changing resources, needs, and challenges.
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Fell, Derek.
Since Square Foot Gardening was first introduced in 1981, the revolutionary new way to garden developed by Mel Bartholomew has helped millions of home gardeners grow more fresh produce in less space and with less work. Now, based largely on the input and experience of these millions, the system has been even further refined and improved to fully meet today's changing resources, needs, and challenges.
Check AvailabilityNortheast Fruit & Vegetable Gardening
Nardozzi, Charlie.
Since Square Foot Gardening was first introduced in 1981, the revolutionary new way to garden developed by Mel Bartholomew has helped millions of home gardeners grow more fresh produce in less space and with less work. Now, based largely on the input and experience of these millions, the system has been even further refined and improved to fully meet today's changing resources, needs, and challenges.
Check AvailabilityDecoding Gardening Advice
Gillman, Jeff
Provides information and expertise on a variety of basic gardening questions, covering such topics as soil, water, pests, mulch, flowers, trees, vegetables, and lawn care.
Check AvailabilityThe Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Cullina, William.
Provides information and expertise on a variety of basic gardening questions, covering such topics as soil, water, pests, mulch, flowers, trees, vegetables, and lawn care.
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Cullina, William.
Provides information and expertise on a variety of basic gardening questions, covering such topics as soil, water, pests, mulch, flowers, trees, vegetables, and lawn care.
Check AvailabilityGardening By Cuisine
Moreno, Patti.
Moreno, host of the most popular garden videos on the web, presents dozens of easy plans for creating low-maintenance organic "cuisine gardens"--including Italian best-ever marinara sauce garden, Asian stir fry garden, and Mediterranean vegetable garden--that produce the vegetables, fruits, and herbs people love and eat. Includes simple, delicious recipes and menus.
Check AvailabilityBeatrix Potter's Gardening Life
McDowell, Marta.
Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life is the first book to explore the origins of Beatrix Potter's love of gardening and plants and show how this passion came to be reflected in her work. The book begins with a gardener's biography, highlighting the key moments and places throughout her life that helped define her, including her home Hill Top Farm in England's Lake District. Next, the reader follows Beatrix Potter through a year in her garden, with a season-by-season overview of what is blooming that truly brings her gardens alive. The book culminates in a traveler's guide, with information on how and where to visit Potter's gardens today.
Check AvailabilityMister Owita's Guide To Gardening
Wall, Carol
Describes how a period of transition in the journalist author's life marked by her empty nest, a recent illness and her aging parents led her to forge a deep friendship with a gifted Kenyan gardener with whom she transformed her yard and shared long-buried secrets
Check AvailabilityGardening In Miniature
Calvo, Janit.
The first how-to guidebook for gardeners with big ideas for growing small!
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Akeroyd, Simon
The first how-to guidebook for gardeners with big ideas for growing small!
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England, Angela
The first how-to guidebook for gardeners with big ideas for growing small!
Check AvailabilityThe Beginner's Guide To Starting A Garden
Roth, Sally
The first how-to guidebook for gardeners with big ideas for growing small!
Check AvailabilityGlorious Shade
Carey, Jenny Rose
The first how-to guidebook for gardeners with big ideas for growing small!
Check AvailabilityThe Flower-powered Garden
Vernon, Andy
For many gardeners, the low-key colours of the naturalistic gardening movement are just too quiet. Andy Vernon, a self-professed flower fanatic, is one of these gardeners. In The Flower- Powered Garden, he urges everyone to embrace one of the most joyful and important parts of a garden-colour. The Flower-Powered Garden highlights perennials and annuals that pack a punch, and 15 colour combinations that can be used in containers and gardens. The boisterous combinations are inspired by some of Vernon's favourite things-like sherbet, budgies, and candy. A floripedia of 50 marvellous plants includes colourful favorites like dahlias, petunias, hollyhocks, fuchsias, and more. A section on growing details the basics of planting, watering, soil needs, and growing in containers.--Amazon.com
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Richardson, Mark
For many gardeners, the low-key colours of the naturalistic gardening movement are just too quiet. Andy Vernon, a self-professed flower fanatic, is one of these gardeners. In The Flower- Powered Garden, he urges everyone to embrace one of the most joyful and important parts of a garden-colour. The Flower-Powered Garden highlights perennials and annuals that pack a punch, and 15 colour combinations that can be used in containers and gardens. The boisterous combinations are inspired by some of Vernon's favourite things-like sherbet, budgies, and candy. A floripedia of 50 marvellous plants includes colourful favorites like dahlias, petunias, hollyhocks, fuchsias, and more. A section on growing details the basics of planting, watering, soil needs, and growing in containers.--Amazon.com
Check AvailabilityVegetables Love Flowers
Ziegler, Lisa Mason
For many gardeners, the low-key colours of the naturalistic gardening movement are just too quiet. Andy Vernon, a self-professed flower fanatic, is one of these gardeners. In The Flower- Powered Garden, he urges everyone to embrace one of the most joyful and important parts of a garden-colour. The Flower-Powered Garden highlights perennials and annuals that pack a punch, and 15 colour combinations that can be used in containers and gardens. The boisterous combinations are inspired by some of Vernon's favourite things-like sherbet, budgies, and candy. A floripedia of 50 marvellous plants includes colourful favorites like dahlias, petunias, hollyhocks, fuchsias, and more. A section on growing details the basics of planting, watering, soil needs, and growing in containers.--Amazon.com
Check AvailabilityEating From The Ground Up
Chernila, Alana
For many gardeners, the low-key colours of the naturalistic gardening movement are just too quiet. Andy Vernon, a self-professed flower fanatic, is one of these gardeners. In The Flower- Powered Garden, he urges everyone to embrace one of the most joyful and important parts of a garden-colour. The Flower-Powered Garden highlights perennials and annuals that pack a punch, and 15 colour combinations that can be used in containers and gardens. The boisterous combinations are inspired by some of Vernon's favourite things-like sherbet, budgies, and candy. A floripedia of 50 marvellous plants includes colourful favorites like dahlias, petunias, hollyhocks, fuchsias, and more. A section on growing details the basics of planting, watering, soil needs, and growing in containers.--Amazon.com
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