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Spring Foodscape Update

Combine the best of natural landscaping with edible gardening to create a permaculture system in your yard.

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  • Foodscaping

    Practical and Innovative Ways to Create An Edible Landscape

    Nardozzi, Charlie,
    "Foodscaping" will show you how to grow food by combining landscaping and food growing without sacrificing your home's appearance.
    BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Cool Springs Press, 2015. — 634 NARDOZZI
  • Eat Your Yard!

    Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs and Flowers for Your Landscape

    Chase, Nan K., 1954-
    Recipes and photographs of beautiful plants and fresh produce grace almost every page.
    BookLayton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, 2010. — 635 CHASE
  • Permaculture for the Rest of Us

    Abundant Living on Less Than An Acre

    Blackmore, Jenni,
    Jenni Blackmore presents the fundamental principles of permaculture in a humorous, reader-friendly way. Her book is both a manual and a memoir and perfect for the aspiring permaculturist.
    eBook[United States]: New Society Publishers , 2015. — Hoopla eBook
  • The Forest Garden Greenhouse

    How to Design and Manage An Indoor Permaculture Oasis

    Osentowski, Jerome, 1941-
    Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute founder and director, Jerome Osentowski (Colorado author) is a veteran gardener and environmental sustainability expert.
    BookWhite River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, 2015. — 631.583 OSENTOWSKI
  • Make beneficial wildlife, insects, birds and reptiles part of your food garden ecosystem.
    BookNorth Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2014. — 635 HARTUNG
  • The Edible Landscape

    Creating a Beautiful and Bountiful Garden With Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers

    Tepe, Emily
    "The Edible Landscape" will help you explore some ideas for transforming your yard into a feast for both the eyes and the table.
    eBookMinneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2013. — Overdrive eBook
  • The Beautiful Edible Garden

    Design a Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs

    Bennett, Leslie, 1978-
    Written by a landscape design team that specializes in artfully blending edible and ornamental plants together to make your garden a place of year-round beauty.
    BookBerkeley : Ten Speed Press, c2013. — 635.0484 BENNETT
  • Permaculture in Pots

    How to Grow Food in Small Urban Spaces

    Kemp, Juliet,
    Get started in low impact permaculture by using this month by month plan for growing a container garden.
    BookEast Meon, Hampshire, England : Permanent Publications, 2013. — 631.58 KEMP
  • Drink the Harvest

    Making and Preserving Juices, Wines, Meads, Teas, and Ciders

    Chase, Nan K., 1954-
    Learn to create your own backyard beverage garden, harvest the ingredients for maximum flavor and quantity, and then make delicious beverages to drink fresh or preserve for later.
    eBookNorth Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2014] — Overdrive eBook
  • Niki Jabbour's Veggie Garden Remix

    224 New Plants to Shake Up Your Garden and Add Variety, Flavor, and Fun

    Jabbour, Niki,
    Jabbour encourages readers to explore international vegetable and herb varieties by enthusiastically introducing new plants using "if you like this, then try this." Plant histories, fun facts, growing instructions, eating suggestions and…
    BookNorth Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2018] — 635 JABBOUR
  • The Wellness Garden

    Grow, Eat, and Walk Your Way to Better Health

    Coronado, Shawna,
    Grow the "wellness diet" using organic gardening basics for in-ground gardens, elevated beds, living walls, and container gardens.
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Cool Springs Press, 2017. — 635.0484 CORONADO
  • Outdoor spaces, including gardens, should be an extension of your home and how you live. This full-color guide is a blend of a gardening handbook, family-friendly activity manual, decorating guide and cookbook.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper Design, 2014. — 712.6 DURIE
  • Tomorrow's Garden

    Design and Inspiration for a New Age of Sustainable Gardening

    Orr, Stephen, 1965-
    New sustainable gardening ideas to dream about or try in your own yard, presented with light touch.
    BookNew York : Rodale, c2011. — 712.6 ORR
  • Grow a Living Wall

    Create Vertical Gardens With Purpose : Pollinators - Herbs & Veggies - Aromatherapy - Many More

    Coronado, Shawna,
    Grow your own organic vegetables and herbs in a small space on a wall or fence.
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Cool Springs Press, 2015. — 635 CORONADO
  • Introduces gardeners to a permaculture system to transform their gardens and lawns into beautiful, edible landscapes.
    BookPortland, Or. : Timber Press, 2013. — 631.58 SHEIN
  • Gaia's Garden

    a Guide to Home-scale Permaculture

    Hemenway, Toby, 1952-
    Create a backyard ecosystem by applying basic permaculture principles. Whatever size yard or garden you have, make it more diverse, natural, productive and beautiful.
    eBookWhite River Junction, VT : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2009] — Overdrive eBook
  • The Permaculture Promise

    What Permaculture Is and How It Can Help Us Reverse Climate Change, Build a More Resilient Future on Earth, and Revitalize Our Communities

    Neiger, Jono,
    Ready to move beyond sustainability? "Permaculture Promise" is writ large as the panacea to world problems.
    BookNorth Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2016] — 631.58 NEIGER
  • This DVD explains how to raise, tend, harvest, and cook with plants that yield great crops and culinary satisfaction. Be sure to view the 32 page PDF document in the extras folder, which lists many perennial vegetables by climate zone.
    DVDWhite River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green, 2012 — DVD 635 PERENNIAL