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Planting a Few Ideas

These books add beauty, motivation and inspiration to any gardener’s gift — or wish — list.

Books are a magic carpet ride through imagination and experience. Titles on this year’s recommended gift/wish list include richly illustrated volumes that inspire, inform, and just might instigate a garden makeover. Personal essays offer encouragement and a comforting glimpse of gardening trials, wins, and the inevitable losses, as recounted by expert and seasoned gardeners. And in what has become a classic that belongs on every gardener’s bookshelf, a storytelling botanist expands our understanding of the natural world and enriches our cultural literacy.

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GROW in The Seattle Times