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"Du Pont Gardens of the Brandywine Valley" is a book that explores the development of five gardens owned by the du Pont family in the Brandywine River valley. The gardens, which span Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware, showcase different styles and designs, from a potager garden to a grand French-style garden. The book provides detailed descriptions and photographs of each garden, highlighting their historical significance and the du Pont family's commitment to natural land conservation. It is recommended for garden enthusiasts and those interested in American horticulture. [Extracted from the article]

Presents several gardening resources on the Web. Large gardening Web sites; Trade and professional associations; Garden and landscape design history sites.

Although book groups are wildly popular, there's a predictable ho-hum sameness about most reading choices, which tend to be recently published fiction aimed at a female audience and set in contemporary America. For a change of pace, you might want to consider reading thematically. Naturally, our clientele are avid gardeners, so our picks, both fiction and nonfiction, deal with plants, gardens, or the land. The following selections--a hybrid of novels, short stories, poetry, plays, essays, and memoirs--can be happily read both by gardeners and by those who will never pick up a trowel. 'Second Nature: A Gardener's Education,' by Michael Pollan; 'Selected Tales and Sketches,' by Nathaniel Hawthorne; 'New and Selected Poems,' by Mary Oliver.