Community Garden

Community gardens. Grab your shovel, spade and other tools....let's band together and make more community gardens. Community gardens can enhance health by providing physical activity. They can also help to alleviate hunger and help various groups in our nation to develop job skills and form tighter neighborhood associations, sharing various vegetables like tomatoes, fresh corn, lots of greens, fruits, items from orchards, etc.

Are you searching for a guide that unlocks the secrets of sustainable urban living? Look no further! "The Urban Homesteading Guide" is your comprehensive handbook to transform your city life into a flourishing oasis of sustainable practices, from gardening to preserving your harvest and building a resilient community. Can this guide really help me start my own urban homestead, even if I'm a complete beginner? Absolutely! Whether you're a novice or an experienced gardener, this book provides step-by-step instructions, creative ideas, and real-life examples to guide you through every aspect ...

A charming garden tour. A poisonous surprise. And one seaside B&B blooming with secrets. When Blakely Monroe inherits the Oceanspray Bed & Breakfast, she expects overbooked rooms, nosy knitters, and maybe a crooked scarf or two—not a body among the roses. Slightly OCD and still learning to loosen her grip on life and her knitting needles, Blakely is determined to prove she belongs in Maplewood Bay, even when chaos takes root. With her dog Scout and farmer-neighbor Bobby watching her back, Blakely digs into a mystery that refuses to stay buried. The victim, Mrs. Bailey, was disliked, ...

A garden coordinator dead in the rosemary. A detective calling it an accident. And a chef who knows plants don't lie. Six weeks without a murder. Fiona Firth thought she might finally get her quiet summer back. Then she finds Clara Pemberton face-down in the rosemary beds at 7:58 on a Tuesday morning, and nothing about it looks like a fall. The stems are broken in the wrong direction. Clara's trowel is missing from her belt. And Clara's notebook suggests she was closing in on someone who'd been stealing from the garden for months. With her restaurant team at her side and her orange tabby ...

Two feuding neighbors unite to resurrect a neglected city garden in this uplifting and quietly joyful novel by Sara Nisha Adams, author of the beloved The Reading List. In a small pocket of London, between the houses of No.77 and No.79 Eastbourne Road, lies a neglected community garden. It was a...

Looking to cultivate more than just plants? Look no further than "Cultivating Community," the guidebook for anyone wishing to start, sustain, or improve a community garden. With 20 comprehensive chapters covering everything from garden design to community outreach, this eBook provides the ultimate resource for creating a garden that grows more than just greens. Chapter 1 lays the foundation for your community garden, helping you understand the basics of gardening and organizing a group. This leads naturally into Chapter 2, which focuses on how to cultivate a strong team to bring your garden...

A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener presents “a truly uplifting book on the power of gardening—and how it can change people’s lives” (Stylist, UK). The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the “real” life that lies outside. When...

Discover the transformative power of plants with "Horticultural Therapy," an enlightening eBook that explores the profound connection between humans and nature. This comprehensive guide delves into the roots of plant-based healing and reveals the science behind how interacting with plants can enhance your emotional well-being, physical health, and mental clarity. Unearth the secrets of how plants positively impact your emotions and physical health in Chapter 2. Whether you're looking to reduce stress, boost your immune system, or find mental clarity in a busy world, this book will guide you...

Maggie Montgomery only wanted to make new friends—but finding a body wasn’t part of the plan. When Maggie arrives at Veronica's greenhouse to pick up her Shady Pines Garden Club membership card, she instead discovers the club’s formidable leader lying dead among the flowers. And as the town’s newest resident, all suspicion falls on Maggie. Determined to clear her name, Maggie teams up with her loyal beagle, Sherlock, and her new friend, Tessa, to dig up the truth. Uncovering the real killer won't be easy in a town where secrets are buried deep, and appearances can be deceiving. With...

Permaculture is more popular than ever, but it can still be a daunting concept. If you are new to permaculture and interested in learning more, Practical Permaculture offers authoritative, in-depth, and hands-on advice for a more holistic approach to sustainable living. Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein, two dynamic leaders in the permaculture community, explain the basics of permaculture, share their design process, and explore various permaculture systems including soil, water, waste, energy, shelter, food and plants, and animals and wildlife. 

A literary descendent of Ursula K. Le Guin, Ruthanna Emrys crafts a novel of extraterrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting with quiet, tenuous hope and an underlying warmth. A Half-Built Garden depicts a world worth building towards, a humanity worth saving from itself, and an...

A dead landowner. A developer circling the property like a vulture. And the sweetest man in town accused of murder. The Bellford Community Garden isn't just dirt and tomatoes—it's home. So when the landowner turns up dead and a developer circles the property, the future of the garden is suddenly up for grabs. Worse? Burt Kessler—the last person who would hurt anyone—is the prime suspect. Meg Trammell isn't about to let that stand. To clear Burt's name and save the garden, Meg will have to untangle decades-old grudges, buried deals, and motives that go deeper than anyone expected. ...

Community garden steward Frank Mueller is responsible for more than turning over the compost pile. His biggest challenge is the garden know-it-all and busy body, Berta Johnson. Berta can devour the garden's serenity faster than a hornworm can strip the leaves off a tomato plant. When Berta turns up dead and buried in the compost pile, everyone is shocked, but quietly relieved. Who would want to kill Berta? Turns out just about everyone. With no evidence, and an abundance of suspects, solving this murder will be like trying to keep the rabbits out of the lettuce.

From the USA Today bestselling author of Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe comes Heather Webber's next charming novel, In the Middle of Hickory Lane! Emme Wynn has wanted nothing more her whole life than to feel like part of a family. Having grown up on the run with her con artist mother, she’s...

Mira Bell inherits a locked garden, a falling-down greenhouse, and a rabbit who behaves as if he has been waiting for her. Button is small, soft, and apparently determined to save the garden one stolen seed packet at a time. He nudges Mira toward forgotten paths, uncovers buried name tags, and somehow brings lonely neighbors to the gate just when they are needed. The garden once belonged to everyone on Primrose Row. Now a developer wants it cleared by autumn, and Mira has never been good at standing in anyones way. But Button keeps returning to the same patch of earth, where an old promise ...

When the Gardens Died A quiet, powerful dystopian novel about women, food, and what survives when the world doesn’t. Jennifer Cole was planting onions when the sky turned red. The bombs didn’t hit her town. The grocery trucks just stopped coming. As cities burn and systems fail, Jennifer stays on her land—because the soil still listens. While panic spreads and shelves empty, she plants. She saves seed. She prepares for a truth most people refuse to face: Starvation will kill more people than the collapse itself. When women from her past begin arriving—each carrying skills, knowledge...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “[A] five-star read . . . If you love a family saga, sprinkled with historical fiction elements, and strong female protagonists, you need to read this book.”—theSkimm Discover a little town in southern Italy that might be just like every town—with women and men...

Deadly pages, tangled yarn, and one very nosy innkeeper. When slightly OCD B&B owner Blakely Monroe agrees to help host a knitting-themed book event at Maplewood Bay’s cozy bookstore, she expects dropped stitches—not a hated local critic collapsing in the aisle, knitting in hand and poison in her veins. With electronic locks sealing everyone inside and her detective-nosed dog Scout glued to the crime scene, Blakely is suddenly juggling panicked guests, her meddling-but-charming Grandma Rose, and the steady presence of dog-whispering farmer Bobby Zion. Tension crackles through the ...

Imagine a lush, self-sustaining garden for years of abundance—unlock the power of permaculture without daily tending, artificial chemicals, or ongoing costs!

Fiona Delaney believes useful things should be built to last. Callie Ross believes beautiful things can feed a community. When Delaney’s shuttered old schoolhouse becomes the center of a town debate, Fiona sees a practical opportunity: restore the building into a makerspace where people can learn trades, repair what’s broken, and create something lasting. Callie sees the same land differently—as the perfect place for community gardens, shared food, and something alive enough to bring people together. Neither woman plans to back down. But when the town council forces them into a shared...