St Lynn S Press: 23 books

The slow food movement (with its hundreds of thousands of members and supporters) has changed our relationship with the foods in our lives. Now the slow flower movement is changing the way we think about cut flowers: Yes, we'd all prefer fresh, fragrant flowers in our bouquets, not the chemical-laden...

Veteran horticulturists Pamela Bennett and Maria Zampini have written Garden-pedia to fill the need for a clear, concise book of useful terms for the layman gardener. The authors give the reader easy access to the what, when, why and how of gardening – with 220 of the most common terms you’ll encounter, with color photos throughout.

For Salt Rising Bread, expert bakers Genevieve Bardwell and Susan Ray Brown set out to rediscover the secrets and the science behind this unique yeast-less bread’s “wild microbes,” unique fermentation and memorable taste. Salt Rising Bread is a richly illustrated, recipe-filled treasure of American culinary lore.

The 20-30 Something Garden Guide gives that busy, mostly urban, demographic a fun, non-intimidating introduction to the basics of gardening. Garden expert Dee Nash divides her book into four types and sizes of gardens, starting with “Farming Your Patio, Balcony or Deck” and giving incremental goals...

In The Right-Size Flower Garden, Kerry Ann Mendez shares her successful recipe for having a garden we can manage and love again... the right-size, low maintenance, drought-tolerant garden. The goal is ditching 50% of the work by choosing high-value plants and making simple design changes. You’ll learn...

In Late Bloomer, garden designer Jan Coppola Bills shows us how to successfully rethink our approach to gardening as we age. The author is a second-half-of-life gardener who helps her many friends and clients achieve easy care, low cost, eco-friendly, simple and beautiful gardens. It’s all about maintaining a joyful, healthful connection with the soil – but without the toil.

In The Budget-Wise Gardener, Kerry Ann Mendez gives the inside scoop on nailing the best deals and having it all: selecting plants that give you the most bang for your buck, timing your purchases to take advantage of deep discounts and giveaways, finding treasures at plant, bulb and seed swaps –...

Buffalo-Style Gardens is a one-of-a-kind, offbeat garden design book that showcases the wildly inventive gardens and gardeners of Buffalo – and offers readers "the best of the best” ideas to use in their own small-space gardens. With hundreds of design, planting and DIY tips, authors and...

Everyone longs for fragrant spring blossoms – Snapdragons, Bells of Ireland, Sweet Peas, Sweet Williams and other beauties. But few grow them successfully in their own gardens because they haven’t learned the simple techniques that make it possible. In Cool Flowers, expert flower grower Lisa Mason...