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Book Donations to the DC Takoma Park Library
The Takoma Horticultural Club
(THC), the community's local gardening club since 1916, recently donated
the following garden books to the Takoma DC Library at 416 Cedar Street,
NW. The books are currently highlighted in a special display and are
available for your use--so ENJOY --spring is right around the corner!
- Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together With Children--by
Sharon Lovejoy
- The Well-Designed Mixed Garden--Tracy Disabato-Aust
- The Well Tended Perennial Garden--Tracy DiSabato Aust
- Pots in the Garden: Expert Design & Planting--Ray Rogers
- The Tree Care Primer (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Series)
- Gardening with Children (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Series)
- Buried Treasures: Tasty Tubers of the World (Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Series)
- Designing an Herb Garden (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Series)
- 100 Garden Tips & Timesavers (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Series)
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Series)
- Time Tested Plants: Thirty Years in a Four Season Garden--by Pamela
Harper
- The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual-- by Barbara Pleasant
- The Natural Shade Garden by Ken Druse
14. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants-- Dirr
Also mark your calendars! On Thursday, 2/28 at 7pm the library will host
a talk entitled "Getting Your Garden Ready For Spring" and will feature
the editor of Washington Gardener Magazine, Kathy Jentz. The talk will be
about how to grow a beautiful flower and foliage filled garden and still
honor the Earth by using sustainable gardening practices. You'll learn how
to prep your yard for the new growing season in an eco-friendly way while
getting the whole family involved in this outdoor, bonding activity by
growing green together.
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