Books About Greenhouses and Gardening 

The more you know, the better your plants will grow! We have provided you with a list of some instructive and and some beautifully illustrated books to help you get the best out of your gardening experience. Go purchase them for your own or just check them out at your local library.

About Greenhouse Gardening

Greenhouse Gardener's Companion: Growing Food And Flowers In Your Greenhouse or Sunspace by Shane Smith. Illustrations by Marjorie C. Leggitt. Fulcrum Publishing, 2000. ISBN-10: 1555914500; ISBN-13: 978-1555914509. 544 pages.This is an excellent book that provides an overview of your greenhouse, its environment, and how to determine your greenhouse needs. It gives advice on setting up your greenhouse, how to propagate plants and also includes suggestions for your budget, as well as eco-friendly ideas. There is a list of more than 300 flowers, vegetables, fruits, and herbs, information on how to deal with pests and disease, as well as schedules you can use for the year-round enjoyment of flowers and food.

Ortho's All About Greenhouses, edited by Michael McKinley. Meredith Publishing Group, 2001. ISBN-10:0897214633; ISBN-13: 978-0897214636. 96 pages. A beautifully illustrated book filled with pictures of greenhouse kits, as well as plans for ten greenhouses, and plans for benches and rooting boxes. You can learn techniques for growing vegetables year-round. You will learn how to maintain your greenhouse environment so that your plants so that they remain healthy. There are also suggestions of up-to-date greenhouse equipment to help you get the most our of your greenhouse.   

Sunset Greenhouses by Fiona Gilsenan. Sunset Publishing Corp. 2001. ISBN-10: 0376032642; ISBN-13: 978-0376032645. 112 pages. This is a comprehensive guide to building your dream greenhouse. There are illustrations of building plans for conservatories and greenhouses, including electrical wiring, ventilation, heating, and irrigation. This book also includes a guide on how to grow plants and offers advice for growing bromeliads and orchids. 

In Your Greenhouse: A Beginner's Guide by Greta Heinen. Birch Publishing, 2000. ISBN-10: 0969803001; ISBN-13: 0969803003. 75 pages. A basic, easy-to-read guide for the novice greenhouse gardener, including choosing a greenhouse, cooling, ventilating, heating, maintenance, fertilizing and other topics. Full of illustrations and photographs.

Gardening In Your Greenhouse, by Mark Freeman. Stackpole Books, 1998. ISBN-10: 081727769; ISBN-13:978-0811727761. 144 pages. A useful guide to help you garden in your greenhouse.  

The Greenhouse Expert by D.G. Hessayon. Sterling, 1994. ISBN-10: 0903505401; ISBN-13: 978-0903505406. 128 pages. This book offers a comprehensive overview of greenhouses, including greenhouse structures and accessories. It includes an wonderful guide to help you care for and maintain your greenhouse and includes help in identification of plant  pests and diseases.  It also includes a calendar to help you keep track of what you need to do each month in your greenhouse.

Greenhouse Gardening: Step By Step To Growing Success (Crowood Gardenign Guide) by Jonathan Edwards. The Crowood Press, revised 2004. Illustrated. ISBN-10: 185223976; ISBN-13: 978-1852239763. 128 pages. As the title suggests, this is a step-by-step guide to help the greenhouse gardener be a sucessfull gardener.

The Greenhouse Gardener Handbook by An Swithinbank. Frances Lincoln Publishing, 2006. ISBN-10: 0711224358; ISBN-13: 978-0711224353. 192 pages. A good handbook for the greenhouse gardener. 

Growing From Seeds 

Seed Sowing and Saving. Step-By-Step Techniques For Collecting and Growing More Than 100 Vegetable, Flowers, And Herbs, by Carole Turner. Storey Publishing, LLC, 1998. ISBN-10: 1580170013; ISBN-13: 1580170017. 224 pages. This book has practical, hands-on pictures to help you start seeds immediately. You will learn to sow seeds for over 100 vegetables, perennial and annual flowers, herbs and even wildflowers. There are hundreds of illustrations that show you step-by-step, how to determine when your seeds can be harvested, how to collect them, and then, how to store them. 

The New Seed Starter's Handbook by Nancy Bubel. Rodale Publishing, 1988. ISBN-10: 0878577521. 385 pages. Everything a gardener needs to know about starting vegetable, flowers and herbs from seed. 

Plant Propagation 

Secrets of Plant Propagation: Starting Your Own Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Shrubs, Trees, and Houseplants by Lewis Hill. Garden Way Publishing Co. 1985. ISBN-10: 0882663712; ISBN-13: 978-0882663715. 168 pages. Learn to start your own flowers and vegetables and raise shrubs and trees. This book is excellent for beginners as well as experienced gardeners. There is a step-by-step approach for beginners so that they can get the results they want. Experienced gardeners will learn new techniques and get new ideas for improvement. The book contains illustrations that show the gardener which tool to use and how to most effectively use spaces in your garden or greenhouse.