Recommended Reading

Noah’s Garden, Restoring The Ecology of our Own Backyards By Sarah Stein: An entertaining read. Sarah Stein shows us how to join an ecologist vision with the gardener's art.

Pruning Simplified by Lewis Hill. One of the most important things you can do correctly for your plants is pruning. This straight forward guide tells gardeners how to prune for the right reasons, in the right way and at the right time. An excellent resource.

Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening. By Louise Riotte. Just like people, vegetables and fruits have natural friends they prefer to be with. Learn these secrets to planning and planting your garden to double your bounty.

Roots, Shoots Buckets and Boots, Activities to do in the Garden. By Sharon Lovejoy. Full of projects to cultivate wonder, this book is packed with ideas and projects that connect children to nature through gardening. Perfect for parents, grandparents, school yards etc.

Last Child in the Woods
This new edition updates the growing body of evidence linking the lack of nature in children’s lives and the rise in obesity, attention disorders, and depression. His book will change the way you think about our future and the future of our children.