Eight gardening books to encourage you to get rising

Charlotte Moss flowers

For the famous interior designer Charlotte Moss, no room is complete without flowers. In her eleventh book, she tried to capture the thoughtful arrangements that underline her personal spaces and those of her customers. The book contains many helpful tips and is ideal reading for gardeners who want to show their precious flowers indoors.

Charlotte Moss Flowers by Charlotte Moss, $ 67.50 in bookstores and online (rizzoliusa.com).

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The naturally beautiful garden

In this book, author Kathryn Bradley-Hole explores what it means to have a garden that works with nature rather than against it. The lush images of around 30 gardens from around the world show that environmentally conscious methods do not lose beauty or creativity.

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The Naturally Beautiful Garden by Kathryn Bradley-Hole, $ 75 in bookstores and online April 13 (rizzoliusa.com).

First garden

Style icon CZ Guest wrote this charming book in 1976, and when it came to print (which is easier to find), none of her personal gardening adventures and practical tips and tricks for beginners were left out. Truman Capote’s brisk introduction and great illustrations by Sir Cecil Beaton remain.

First Garden by CZ Guest, $ 50 via TorontoVintages on etsy.com.

Braid sweetgrass

This book was an instant best-seller, and for good reason. The author and botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer connects her readers with land and nature in a wonderful way. For them, plants and animals are our oldest teachers. Kimmerer withdraws from her life as an indigenous scientist, revealing the gifts and teachings that living things, be it a strawberry or a salamander, can offer.

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Science, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, $ 52.50 in bookstores and online (milchweed.org).

Plantopedia

Not everyone has access to a plot of land or even a balcony to create their own garden. For those whose horticultural space is limited, this book serves as a guide to growing indoors. This makes the prospect of successful plant training feel attainable.

Plantopedia: The Definitive Guide to Houseplants by Lauren Camilleri and Sophia Kaplan, $ 55 in bookstores and online (smithstreetbooks.com).

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Mellon the hare

Bunny Mellon loved to fly under the radar in her lifetime, but has become a style icon since her death in 2014. Numerous illustrated books focus on her exquisite homes and gardens, but it is this brilliant biography that delves deep into her life and narrates some of her greatest gardening projects, including remodeling the White House rose garden.

Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American-Style Legend by Meryl Gordon, $ 36.50 in bookstores and online (grandcentralpublishing.com).

Gardens of style

For many great style creators in the fields of fashion and interior design, gardens are the places where they are constantly inspired – just think of Christian Dior’s floral print smock from the 1950s. In this book, influential figures, including former Hermès designer Nicole de Vésian and decorator Bunny Williams, open the gates of their private sanctuaries.

Gardens of Style: Private Hideaways of Janelle McCulloch’s design world, $ 75 in bookstores and online (rizzoliusa.com).

Flowers

This classic has nothing to do with waxing, but rather shows the splendor of flowers from the perspective of fashion and still life photographer Irving Penn. Tulips and orchids are caught at their peak, while roses and poppies are torn into putrefactive states. Penn transforms every blossom from the wonder of nature into a work of art.

Flowers by Irving Penn, $ 335 via BooksforQuacks on etsy.com.