Project Garden: A Month-by-Month Guide to Planting, Growing, and Enjoying ALL Your Backyard Has to Offer [Paperback]

Stacy Tornio (Author)

Book Description

Release date: January 15, 2012

The family that gardens together, grows together!

In this beautiful, project-by-project guide, mom and master gardener Stacy Tornio will inspire gardeners young and old to explore, innovate, and cultivate through simple projects that will get a garden growing at any time of year. Your whole family be inspired to:

• Tend beautiful, practical gardens that work in any space
• Plant flowers as colorful as they are hardy
• Whip up delicious meals from vegetables you planted yourself
• Decorate your garden with nature-inspired crafts
• Give the gift of growing, with divided plants, cuttings, and seeds you save yourself

Best of all, whether you are tending flowerbeds in spring, stewing July's tomatoes, or coaxing bulbs to bloom mid-winter, you'll be doing it together.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Stacy Tornio is an editor of Birds & Blooms and a certified Master Gardener. Stacy teaches gardening classes at the University of Wisconsin, and she is constantly developing new projects to try with her own children, ages six and four.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media; Original edition (January 15, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440527725
• ISBN-13: 978-1440527722
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.6 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #427,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Nature > Gardening

More About the Author

I'm a gardener, nature lover and writer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I grew up in Oklahoma, growing just about every vegetable imaginable. I even had my own veggie stand at the local farmer's market with my brother. love being outside in nature and creating books that encourage the same thing! Visit my website for project ideas and more at www.destinationature.net.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Honestly Kid Friendly January 10, 2012

By Vicki Schilleman

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This book offers a wide variety of garden-related chapters, divided by months of the year. In each chapter, there is a section on plants, on planting, on crafts you can enjoy with your children, ideas for recycling everyday items into garden art, and recipes for the produce and herbs that you create in your garden. Unlike many "kid-friendly" books that you'll see, it is readily apparent that the author really has done these projects with her children and the focus is from the perspective of a child. The text is easy to read and you can "hear" the author's voice in the way she writes, and the photographs and illustrations add to the high quality of this book. I bought one for myself, and then immediately ordered another as a gift for my mother. The book is also supported by the author's website (http://www.stacygrows.com) where there are how-to videos and blogs.

Overall, a great book at a really good price.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book! February 7, 2012

By James A. Bibler

Format:Paperback

I bought this book because I work with children and love gardening. I wanted ideas about projects that were fun and easy for children. I got all that and more. This book has garden/nature projects for every month. Often the projects use recycled materials. In addition, it has month by month ideas for garden layouts, recipes, and plant descriptions. It also features interesting and fun tips such as a list of plants that have heart shaped leaves for the month of February. The pictures are colorful and inspiring and the book is very easy to use and read. I wish I had this book when my daughter was young. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has, plays, works with, or enjoys children. Its a treasure!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of great projects for kids January 11, 2012

By Crystal Pufahl

Format:Paperback

I have two small children and I love the helpful ideas in this book. It is organized very nicely by month and has a ton of great projects and ideas to get the kids involved in gardening. Plus there are great recipes (my kids love to help in the kitchen!) Great for moms, teachers, grandparents, anyone!