8 Top gardening books like The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World by John Forti

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The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World

By: John Forti

3.98

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

“Part essay collection, part gardening guide,  The Heirloom Gardener  encourages readers to embrace…

If you liked the gardening plot in The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World by John Forti , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. My Home is Far Away

By: Dawn Powell , Tim Page

4.01

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

My Home is Far Away is the most precisely autobiographical of Powell’s fifteen novels. In this fami… read more

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2. The One-Straw Revolution

By: Masanobu Fukuoka

4.34

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

Fukuoka demonstrates how the way we look at farming influences the way we look at health, the schoo… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
"Wajah alam merupakan sesuatu yang tidak dapat dikenal"

-Masanobu Fukuoka, The One-Straw Revolution

"Orang sekarang ini makan dengan pikiran mereka, tidak dengan tubuh mereka"

-Masanobu Fukuoka, The One-Straw Revolution

"Kebudayaan yang benar dilahirkan di alam, sederhana, rendah hati, dan murni"

-Masanobu Fukuoka, The One-Straw Revolution

"I wonder how it is that people's philosophies have come to spin faster than the changing seasons."

-Masanobu Fukuoka, The One-Straw Revolution

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3. The Photograph

By: Penelope Lively

3.38

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

Booker Prize-winning novelist Penelope Lively's latest novel opens with a snapshot: Kath, before he… read more

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"My understanding of the past has been savagely undermined."

-Penelope Lively, The Photograph

"A stone has been cast into the reliable immutable pond of the past, and as the ripples subside everything appears different. The reflections are quite other; everything has swung and shattered, it is…"

-Penelope Lively, The Photograph

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4. All New Square Foot Gardening

By: Mel Bartholomew

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Do you know what the best feature is in All New Square Foot Gardening? Sure, there are ten new feat… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • nature
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5. The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times

By: Carol Deppe

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Scientist/gardener Carol Deppe combines her passion for organic gardening with newly emerging scien… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • science
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6. My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life

By: Ruth Reichl

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER In the fall of 2009, the food world was rocked when Gourmetmagazine was ab… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. How Green Was My Valley

By: Richard Llewellyn

4.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

A poignant coming-of-age novel set in a Welsh mining town, Richard Llewellyn's How Green Was My Val… read more

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8. Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat

By: Ellen Zachos

3.89

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

There's food growing everywhere! You'll be amazed by how many of the plants you see each day are ac… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • reference
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9. The Garden in Every Sense and Season

By: Tovah Martin , Kindra Clineff

2.77

Format: 130 pages, Hardcover

So much of gardening is focused on the monthly checklists, seasonal to-do lists, and daily upkeep -… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature

10. The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories

By: Penelope Lively

3.36

Format: None pages,

A dream house that is hiding something sinister; two women having lunch who share a husband; an old… read more

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11. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

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12. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
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13. The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By: Amy Tan

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Flexibound

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

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14. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the li… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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15. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

By: Suzanne Simard

4.22

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their conne… read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"Plants are attuned to one another's strengths and weaknesses, elegantly giving and taking to attain exquisite balance. There is grace in complexity, in actions cohering, in sum totals."

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

"Such a marvel, the tenacity of the buds to surge with life every spring, to greet the lengthening days and warming weather with exuberance, no matter what hardships were brought by winter."

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

"This Mother Tree was the central hub that the saplings and seedlings nested around, with threads of different fungal species, of different colors and weights, linking them, layer upon layer, in a str…"

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

"I was lucky to become one of the first in the new generation of women in the logging industry, but what I found was not what I had grown up to understand. Instead I discovered vast landscapes cleared…"

-Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

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16. The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22)

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.11

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Jennifer Chiaverini’s beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Cr… read more

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17. A Botanical Daughter

By: Noah Medlock

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty… read more

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"Grief can be a kind of exhaustion, after all."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"Gregor now knew in his soul that greatness came at a price, and true greatness is paid for by the hour."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"He had tried sculpting in other materials - in clay, marble, wood, and bronze - but corpses were the only medium that really sang under his fingers."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"Simon, what do you understand to be the nature of a soul?" he said suddenly. Simon was staring darkly into the endless distance. He didn't refocus his gaze to reply. "That part of us which cannot be …"

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

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18. Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick

By: Jen Sincero

3.77

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jen Sincero gets to the core of transformation: habits–breaking, … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Drama dies without an audience"

-Jen Sincero, Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick

"The people closest to you have the most to lose by losing you so they are the most resistant to you changing."

-Jen Sincero, Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick

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19. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

By: Susan Magsamen

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brai… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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20. Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

By: Gloria Dickie

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of 2023 A Scientific American Best… read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"Whenever people had asked me which bear was my favorite, I had dithered and hedged. "I like them all equally," I would say, diplomatically. Sun bears were cute with lolling tongues. Grizzlies were em…"

-Gloria Dickie, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

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21. The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More (Green Witch Witchcraft Series)

By: Arin Murphy-Hiscock

3.90

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the power of natural magic and healing through herbs, flowers, and essential oils in this … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
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22. Sustainable Minimalism: Embrace Zero Waste, Build Sustainability Habits That Last, and Become a Minimalist without Sacrificing the Planet (Green Housecleaning, Zero Waste Living)

By: Stephanie Marie Seferian

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Aspiring Minimalist’s Guide to Living Consciously and Contributing to a “Greener” Tomorrow “… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • environment
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23. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

By: Ada Limon

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Published association  with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • environment
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24. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees

By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Arrangements in Blue

By: Amy Key

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Ancient Remedies: Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History by Josh Axe

26. Ancient Remedies: Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History

By: Josh Axe

4.33

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Dr. Josh Axe explains how to treat more than seventy diseases, lose weight, and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • reference
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27. The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World

By: John Forti

3.98

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

“Part essay collection, part gardening guide,  The Heirloom Gardener  encourages readers to embrace… read more

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  • nature
  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • environment
  • science
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28. Rebel Homemaker: Food, Family, Life

By: Drew Barrymore

3.52

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Drew Barrymore has always done things in her own unique way--including how she cooks, lives, and fi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods

By: Sarah Lohman

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

American food traditions are in danger of being lost. How do we save them? Apples, a common New Eng… read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
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30. On Flowers: Lessons from an Accidental Florist

By: Amy Merrick

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A one-of-a-kind journey into the mind of beloved floral designer Amy Merrick, celebrating the beaut… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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31. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

By: Olivia Williams

3.61

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more

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  • nonfiction

24 Best nonfiction books like The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World by John Forti

Transform Your Habits

The One-Straw Revolution

Masanobu Fukuoka

4.34

Transform Your Habits

All New Square Foot Gardening

Mel Bartholomew

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times

Carol Deppe

4.25

Transform Your Habits

My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life

Ruth Reichl

3.50

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18 Top contemporary books like Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key

Transform Your Habits

Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

Transform Your Habits

All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

Transform Your Habits

August Blue

Deborah Levy

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors

4.21

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