GARDENING
A City of Gardens
Barbara H. Seeber
trade paper
322 pages
193186840-9
20.00

This new title spotlights glorious public gardens in and around the Nation's Capital. Explore signature plants, plans and the personalities who shaped these amazing spaces. Includes historic estates, botanic gardens, contemplation gardens and parks.


Trees & Shrubs of Virginia
Gupton & Swope
trade paper
206 pages
0-8139-2114-7
19.95

Long unavailable in hardcover, we welcome this guide in its first paperback in 2002. Each species selected for description is accompanied my a color habitat picture and a close-up of flower or fruit.


The Virginia Gardener's Companion
Donna Williamson
trade paper
192 pages
9780762743117
14.95

This easy-to-understand guide will help you grow abundant flowers, plentiful vegetables, and sturdy trees and shrubs with Virginia climate and soil conditions in mind.


Virginia Trees & Wildflowers
Pocket Naturalist
laminated fold
1583552502
5.95
Whether hiking in the forest or strolling through your neighborhood, it's always nice to know the names of the trees and flowers you encounter. This handy, colorful folded guide will help you tell the birches from the beeches.


The Washington Post Garden Book
Adrian Higgins
trade paper
254 pages
0-9625971-5-5
18.95

Perfect for active reference during sunny times and fodder for garden daydreams in the colder months, this is a well-written and beautifully-illustrated guide.


Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge Parkway
J. Anthony Alderman
trade paper
222 pages plus color plates
0807846511
11.95

More than just a traditional field guide, this book will help visitors to the Parkway and its environs locate and identify over 275 varieties of wildflowers, finding their way to the best overlooks and recreation areas for enjoying each season's blooms.


Wildflowers of the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains
Gupton & Swope
trade paper
208 pages
0-8139-2113-9
19.95

This is the first paperback edition of this popular regional field guide. Wonderful color photos and helpful coded side page markings make plant identification a snap.