Beginning in 1986 with National Garden Week, people have celebrated this time of year as a time to garden. In 2002, theNational Gardening Associationresolved to extend the celebration to encompass the entire month of April.
People can make gardens of all sizes, with all kinds of vegetation. Each person can make a garden that fits their needs. A garden can be as small as a windowbox, a front or back yard, or even bigger.
Gardens may help reduce stress, provide fresh flowers or herbs, and many other features.
Gardens also benefit the environment. By putting native plants in a garden, it can benefit pollinators like butterflies and bumblebees. Many people may choose to create "butterfly gardens".
Florida's Best Native Landscape Plants
Natural Florida Landscaping
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
Your Florida Guide to Shrubs
Flowering Trees of Florida
Florida Butterfly Gardening
Compost
The Backyard Orchardist
The American Horticultural Society - Pruning and Training
Books about Gardening
Compost by Ken Thompson
Call Number: WALKER S661 .T46 2007
ISBN: 9780756613419
Publication Date: 2007-02-19
The American Horticultural Society - Pruning and Training by Christopher D. Brickell; David Joyce
Call Number: WALKER SB125 .A485 1996
ISBN: 9781564583314
Publication Date: 1996-08-01
The Backyard Orchardist by Stella B. Otto
Call Number: WALKER SB355 .O78 1994
ISBN: 9780963452030
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden by Lee Reich
Call Number: WALKER SB355 .R45 2004
ISBN: 9780881926231
Publication Date: 2004-05-21
Gardening in FL
Common Coastal Plants in Florida by Michael R. Barnett (Editor); David W. Crewz (Editor)
Call Number: WALKER SB317 .C56 C65 1997
ISBN: 9780813015514
Publication Date: 1997-08-31
Gardening in the South by Donald M. Hastings
Call Number: WALKER SB405 .H395 1990
ISBN: 0878336001
Publication Date: 1991-02-01
Natural Florida Landscaping by Laurel Schiller; Dan Walton
Call Number: WALKER SB439.24 .F6 W35 2007
ISBN: 9781561643882
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
Your Florida Guide to Shrubs by Edward F. Gilman; Robert J. Black
Call Number: WALKER SB435.52 .F6 G55 1999
ISBN: 9780813016733
Publication Date: 1999-05-27
Flowering Trees of Florida by Mark Stebbins
Call Number: WALKER SB435.52 .F6 S75 1999
ISBN: 1561641731
Publication Date: 1990-03-01
Florida's Best Native Landscape Plants
Call Number: WALKER SB439.26 .F6 N46 2003
ISBN: 9780813026442
Publication Date: 2003-11-30
Florida Butterfly Gardening by Marc C. Minno; Maria Minno; Diane Pierce; Thomas C. Emmel (Foreword by)