REFERENCE FILES - RECOMMENDED READING

In 2013 ,the Garden Club gave the Mamie George Branch Library a Nook E-Reader pre-loaded with children’s stories, instead of a book. In 2014, we donated money for renovation of the Mamie George Library.

In alphabetical order....

*= This Year’s Additions
 

5-PLANT GARDENS

Ondra, Nancy J.

APPLE AND MAGNOLIA

Gehl, Luara

ATTRACTING BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES: HOW TO PLANT A

BACKYARD HABITAT TO ATTRACT WINGED WILDLIFE

Ellis, Barbara 

BEAUTIFUL NO-MOW YARDS: 50 AMAZING LAWN ALTERNATIVES

Hadden, Evelyn J

BE THANKFUL FOR TREES: A TRIBUTE TO THE MANY & SURPRISING 

WAYS TREES RELATE TO OUR LIVES

Ziefort, Harriet

BOUNTIFUL FLOWER GARDEN 

GROWING AND SHARING CUT 

FLOWERS IN THE SOUTH 

Welch, Neil Odenwald & William Welch 

CONTAINER GARDENER’S HANDBOOK 

Tophill, Frances 

CONTAINER AND FRAGRANT GARDENS: HOW TO ENLIVEN SPECIES WITH 

CONTAINERS AND MAKE THE MOST OF SCENTED PLANTS

Loewer, Peter 

DESIGNING WITH SUCCULENTS

Baldwin, Debra Lee 

FEARLESS GARDENING:BE BOLD, BREAK THE RULES, GROW WHAT YOU LOVE

Bohl, Loree 

FLOWERS ARE PRETTY WEIRD

Mosco, Rosemary

FLOWER ARRANGEMENT, THE COMPLETE BOOK 

For Home Decoration 

For Show Competition 

Rockwell, F. F. & Grayson, Esther

FLOWERS, GEOMETRIC FORM 

Benz, M. “BUDDY” 

Johnson, James L. 

FLOWER HOUSE PLANTS 

TIME-LIFE Encyclopedia 

FROM SEED TO PLANT 

Gibbons, Gail

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 

ARRANGEMENTS 

Cyphers, Emma Hodkinson (Revised)

GARDEN BOOK FOR HOUSTON, A 

AND THE GULF COAST 

River Oaks Garden Club 

Watkins, Julia

THE GARDEN REFRESH

Holmes, Peter

GARDEN RENOVATION 

Schwartz, Bobbie

The GARDENER’S GUIDE TO SUCCULENTS

Matsuyama, Misa

GARDENTOPIA

Johnson, Jan 

THE GARDENER’S PALATE

The Ultimate Garden Plant Planner 

Doubleday & Company, Inc

GARDEN IDEAS AND OUTDOOR LIVING 

Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine 

GARDENING, TAYLOR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF 

Taylor, Norma 

GARDEN POOLS FOUNTAINS & WATERFALLS 

Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine 

HANDBOOK FOR FLOWER SHOWS 

National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc. 

HOW TO SAY HELLO TO A WORM

Percival, Karl
 

The INSPIRED HOUSEPLANT

Stearns, Jen

LANDSCAPING WITH NATIVE TEXAS PLANTS 

Wasowski, Sally & Ryan, Julie 

LITTLE GARDENER

Cerny, Julie

LIVING WITH AIR PLANTS 

Kashima, Yoshiharu

MAISIE GOES ON A NATURE WALK

Cousins, Lucy

MARTHA'S FLOWERS

Stewart, Martha 

THE MONTH BY MONTH GARDENING GUIDE

Bohmig, Franz

MY TINY VEG PLANT

Leenderta, Lia

THE NEW HEIRLOOK GARDEN

Ogden, Ellen Ecker

THE NEW HEIRLOOM GARDEN: DESIGNS, RECIPES, AND HEIRLOOM PLANTS 

FOR COOKS WHO LOVE TO GARDEN

Ellen Ecker Ogden

THE NEW SOUTHERN LIVING GARDEN BOOK

Editors, Southern Living Magazine

THE NEW VEGETABLES, HERBS, & FRUITS

Biggs, Matthew & McVicar, Jekka

*THE NO-DIG CHILDREN’S GARDENING BOOK

Dowding, Charles

ORCHID MODERN

Hachadourian, Mark

PLANT PARTNERS: SCIENCE-BASED COMPANION PLANTING STRATEGIES 

FOR THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Walliser, Jessica

*RESETTING THE TABLE: STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT

THE FOOD WE GROW AND EAT

Paarlberg, Robert

ROSES, COMPLETE BOOK OF 

Rockwell, F. F. & Grayson, E. 

*SEED GROWS

Portis, Antoinette

SOIL SCIENCE FOR GARDENERS:WORKING WITH NATURE 

TO BUILD SOIL HEALTH

Pavlis, Robert 

SOUTHERN HERB GROWING 

Hill, Madalene Barclay, Gwen 

with Hardy, Jean 

STRIKING SUCCULENT GARDENS:PLANTS AND PLANS FOR 

DESIGNING YOUR LOW-MAINTENANCE LANDSCAPE

Frank, Gabriel

STYLISH SUCCULENTS 

Kondo, Yoshinobu
 

SUCCULENTS FOR BEGINNERS

Matsuyama, Misa

TEXAS FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING: 

Plant, Grow, and Eat the Best Edibles for Texas gardens

Grant, Greg

DOUG WELSH’S TEXAS GARDEN ALMANAC

Welsh, Douglas F.

TEXAS GARDENER'S HANDBOOK

Groom, Dale

TEXAS GETTING STARTED GARDEN GUIDE

Irish, Mary

SPERRY’s COMPETE GUIDE TO TEXAS GARDENING

Sperry, Neil

TEXAS TOUGH GARGENING

Lemon, Randy

UNEARTHING THE SECRET GARDEN: THEPLANTS AND PLACES

THAT INSPIRED FRANES HODGSON BURNETT

McDowell, Marta

WILD ABOUT WEEDS

Wallington, Jack 

WILDFLOWERS OF TEXAS 

Ajilvsgi, Geyata 

WILD+FREE NATURE: 25 OUTDOOR ADVENTURES FOR
KIDS TO EXPLORE, DISCOVER, AND AWAKEN THEIR CURIOUSITY
Arment, Ainsley

WILD DAYS: OUTDOOR PLAY FOR YOUNG ADVENTURERS
Irvine, Richard

A WOMEN’S GARDEN: GROW BEAUTIFUL PLANTS AND MAKE
USEFUL THINGS: PLANTS AND PROJECTS FOR HOMES
Anderson, Tanya