5 Best plants books like The Thoughtful Gardener: An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design by Jinny Blom

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The Thoughtful Gardener: An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design

By: Jinny Blom

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

‘The most romantic, creative person in garden design I know.’ Piet Oudolf‘Jinny's genius is to marr…

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1. From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden

By: Amy Stewart

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Amy Stewart had a simple dream. She wanted a garden. When she and her husband finished graduate sc… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
"But gardening is none of that, really. Strip away the gadgets and the techniques, the books and the magazines and the soil test kits, and what you're left with, at the end of the day, is this: a stre…"

-Amy Stewart, From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden

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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
  • nature
"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. I, Juan de Pareja

By: Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Told through the eyes of Velazquez's slave and assistant, this vibrant novel depicts both the beaut… read more

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4. Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for… read more

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"And life is all a variorum, at the best."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

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5. Silas Marner

By: George Eliot

3.68

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwa… read more

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"Love once, love always"

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

"Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand."

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

"Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people."

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

"Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings."

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

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6. Planting: A New Perspective

By: None , Piet Oudolf

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hollandi aiakujundaja Piet Oudolfi tood on nii omanaolised, et teda voib pidada uue istutusstiili l… read more

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  • landscape architecture
  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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7. News of the World

By: Paulette Jiles

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of the American Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a yo… read more

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8. Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes

By: Thomas Rainer , Claudia West

3.89

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

"As practical as it is poetic. . . . an optimistic call to action." --Chicago Tribune Over time, wi… read more

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  • landscape architecture
  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature

9. Untitled (The Queen's Thief, #6)

By: Megan Whalen Turner

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

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10. Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

By: Adeline Yen Mah

3.87

Format: 268 pages,

A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s. A… read more

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11. Eating Animals

By: Jonathan Safran Foer

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, Eating… read more

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12. Wives and Daughters

By: Elizabeth Gaskell , Pam Morris

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughterscentres on the story of yout… read more

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13. All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1)

By: Sydney Taylor

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

It's the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement … read more

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14. Felicity

By: Mary Oliver

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, celebrates love in her new collection of poems "If I ha… read more

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15. The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodeversity in the Home Garden

By: Douglas W. Tallamy , Rick Darke

3.75

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife. But they also want … read more

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16. The Poisonwood Bible

By: Barbara Kingsolver

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evan… read more

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17. The Shell Seekers

By: Rosamunde Pilcher

3.87

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

The Shell Seekersis a novel of connection: of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that h… read more

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18. The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)

By: Lloyd Alexander

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Taran wanted to be a hero, and looking after a pig wasn't exactly heroic, even though Hen Wen was a… read more

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19. The Order of Time

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"

-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time

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20. Holy Hygge: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow

By: Jamie Erickson

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Women were made to give life—and they can do that right in their own homes.  Hygge [HYOO-guh] ha… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I’m caring enough about me to enjoy the simple pleasures I’ve planned for during this dark season so I can approach my days with a sense of abundance rather than scarcity."

-Jamie Erickson, Holy Hygge: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow

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21. Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

By: Ginny Yurich

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

It may shock you to learn that we spend an average of 4-7 minutes outside each day--while we spend … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Aggressively Happy: A Realist's Guide to Believing in the Goodness of Life by Joy Marie Clarkson

22. Aggressively Happy: A Realist's Guide to Believing in the Goodness of Life

By: Joy Marie Clarkson

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

This old world can be exhausting, despairing, and cynical. But you don't have to be. Instead, yo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

By: Rachel Aviv

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions … read more

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  • nonfiction
"It's startling to realize how narrowly we avoid, or miss, living radically different lives."

-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

"For a child, solipsistic by nature, there are limits to the ways that despair can be communicated. Culture shapes the scripts that expressions of distress will follow. In both anorexia and resignatio…"

-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

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24. The Wild Silence

By: Raynor Winn

3.98

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to The Salt Path. Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband Moth. After … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"At what point in our lives does cynicism take over from instinct? When we stop feeling the softness of rain on our face and start worrying about being wet?…When do we make that switch from being part…"

-Raynor Winn, The Wild Silence

"Wat is toch dat moment in ons leven dat cynisme de overhand krijgt over intuïtie? Wanneer maakt het voelen van de zachtheid van regendruppels in ons gezicht plaats voor de bezorgdheid dat we nat word…"

-Raynor Winn, The Wild Silence

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25. Teatime Discipleship: Sharing Faith One Cup at a Time

By: Sally Clarkson

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Cultivate Friendship, Feasting, and Fellowship As a mother, friend, and traveler, Sally Clarkson h… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Modern Cottage Garden: A Fresh Approach to a Classic Style by Greg Loades

26. The Modern Cottage Garden: A Fresh Approach to a Classic Style

By: Greg Loades

3.71

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

In this practical and inspirational guide, Greg Loades presents a new style of planting: a fusion b… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
Cover of Couples That Work: How Dual-Career Couples Can Thrive in Love and Work by Jennifer Petriglieri

27. Couples That Work: How Dual-Career Couples Can Thrive in Love and Work

By: Jennifer Petriglieri

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Finding fulfillment in both love and work isn't easy--but it's possible. The majority of couples… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Regenerative Garden: 80 Practical Projects for Creating a Self-sustaining Garden Ecosystem by Stephanie     Rose

28. The Regenerative Garden: 80 Practical Projects for Creating a Self-sustaining Garden Ecosystem

By: Stephanie Rose

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Discover how to work with nature, instead of against it, by employing permaculture techniques to cr… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Thoughtful Gardener: An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design by Jinny Blom

29. The Thoughtful Gardener: An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design

By: Jinny Blom

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

‘The most romantic, creative person in garden design I know.’ Piet Oudolf‘Jinny's genius is to marr… read more

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  • landscape architecture
  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Naturalistic Planting Design: The Essential Guide by Nigel Dunnett

30. Naturalistic Planting Design: The Essential Guide

By: Nigel Dunnett

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Nigel Dunnett’s gardens and landscapes have lifted the spirits of city dwellers for decades. They a… read more

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  • plants
  • gardening
  • landscape architecture
  • nature

31. Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners

By: Felder Rushing

4.55

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

“Be forewarned that this book honors people like the woman in my hometown who paints the numbers of… read more

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15 Best nonfiction books like The Thoughtful Gardener: An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design by Jinny Blom

Transform Your Habits

From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden

Amy Stewart

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The One-Straw Revolution

Masanobu Fukuoka

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Planting: A New Perspective

None , Piet Oudolf

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes

Thomas Rainer , Claudia West

3.89

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Transform Your Habits

The Art of Choosing

Sheena Iyengar

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

Richard P. Rumelt

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them

None , Steve Peters

3.99

Transform Your Habits

All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

Jennifer Senior

3.89

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