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Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When landscaper Paula Holliday stumbles upon a mummified corpse on the overgrown property of a wealthy dowager's estate, she joins forces with an ex-colleague, an aging rocker, and a secretive Mexican laborer to solve the crime
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A profoundly moving memoir of rediscovering, reinventing, and reconnecting, as an estranged mother and daughter come together to revive a long-abandoned garden and ultimately their relationship and themselves."--From publisher.
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In these pages, follow Page Dickey's journey: searching for a new home, discovering the ins and outs of the landscape surrounding her new garden, establishing the garden, and learning how to be a different kind of gardener. The surprise at the heart of the book? Although Dickey was sad to leave her beloved garden, she found herself thrilled to begin a new garden in a wilder, larger landscape.
Author
Publisher
Madison Park Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"In the past three months, three brutal murders were committed in the ritzy area of west Los Angeles--each one on the night of the full moon. Lt. Luis Cordova is heading a special undercover task force in search of the killer before he can strike again. And he finds him! Roberto Salazar, a gardener working in the wealthy neighborhood, is idling in his truck waiting for the work day to begin when the police search his truck and find a startling piece...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
In River City, Missouri, the "wedding of the year" is causing florist Bretta Solomon one headache after another. Bretta and a few other River City business owners have been hired by a newcomer to this small Midwestern town to throw an unforgettable party for Evelyn Montgomery's daughter, and Evelyn wants every lavish detail to be perfectly done. Bretta; Oliver, the landscaper; Sonya, the wedding coordinator; Claire, the beautician; Dana, the caterer;...
49) Murder sets seed
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Florist Bretta Solomon must investigate when River City matriarch Cameo Beauchamp is strangled in Bretta's ballroom during a momentary blackout, just after Cameo has accused one of the company of blackmail.
50) Bindweed
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
River City, Missouri, florist Bretta Solomon is happy to spend an occasional day off with her helper, Toby, a slow-witted young man whose mother died from a terminal illness, leaving him on his own. Everyone in town, including Bretta, takes extra care to make sure Toby is doing okay.
However, today, before Bretta can relax, she must fulfill another promise: her father's new, and younger, girlfriend wants to redecorate Bretta's home. Bretta is less...
51) A deadly bouquet
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Hired to provide for River City's splashiest wedding of the year, florist Bretta Solomon becomes suspicious when the ceremony's landscaper and the bride's hairdresser both die suspiciously on the same day.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A witty and engaging history of the first botanists, interwoven with stories of today's extraordinary plants found in the garden and the labIn Paradise Under Glass, Ruth Kassinger recounts with grace and humor her journey from brown thumb to green, sharing the lessons that she learned from building a home conservatory in the wake of a devastating personal crisis. In A Garden of Marvels, she extends the story. "This book was born of a murder, a murder...
Author
Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The Depression-era women of a Darling, Alabama, garden club get to the bottom of a mysterious buried treasure and a young woman's murder.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Henna loves living with her two papas and cultivating her beloved plants on the tiny island of Earth's End--until Papa Niall grows seriously ill. Now Henna is determined to find a legendary, long-extinct plant with miraculous healing powers, even though the search means journeying all the way to St. Basil's Conservatory, a botanical boarding school rumored to house seeds of every plant ever grown. At St. Basil's, Henna is surrounded...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion. Bunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime. With the co-operation of Bunny Mellon's family, author Meryl Gordon received access to thousands...
Author
Publisher
BBC Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Monty Don invites you into Longmeadow, a place that has become synonymous with Gardener's World, to show how he creates and tends his own garden, and how you can bring some of that same magic to our own. Following the cycle of the seasons, Gardening at Longmeadow is a year-long diary of Monty's gardening wisdom - from the earliest snowdrops of January and the first splashes of colour in the Spring Garden, to the electric summer displays of the Jewel...
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