Forti, John, <br/><br/>
The heirloom gardener :  traditional plants & skills for the modern world / 
John Forti ; illustrations by Mary Azarian, Patricia Wakida 
 - 263 pages :  color illustrations ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>Angelica -- Apple cart -- Artisanal skills -- Bee balm -- Biodiversity -- Botanizing and herbaria -- Chestnut -- Cordials -- Dandelion -- Distillation -- Dooryard gardens -- Edible flowers -- Elder -- Elm -- Ethnobotany -- Fiddleheads -- Floriculture -- Foraging -- Garden craft -- Gruit -- Heirlooms -- Herbalism -- Indigenous plants -- Jack-o-lanterns -- Johnny-jump-ups -- Kelp -- Kitchen craft -- Kitchen gardens -- Language of flowers -- Lawn -- Maple syrup -- May Day -- Milkweed -- Nasturtium -- Old ways -- Organic growing practices -- Perennial crops -- Queen Anne's lace -- Quince -- Raised beds -- Rhubarb -- Rosemary -- Sage -- Seasonality -- Sorrel -- Tea -- Thanksgiving grace -- Tonics -- Valerian -- Victory gardens -- Wattle -- Wreaths -- Wuttahimneash -- Xeriscaping -- Yards -- Yarrow -- Zinnia -- Zucchini 
<br/><br/> An award-winning heirloom specialist, garden historian, ethnobotanist and writer offers this wood-block illustrated, alphabetical compendium of heirloom flowers and artisanal crafts like distilling and wreath-making to help inspire gardeners to connect with the natural world  Forti celebrates gardening as a craft, and shares the plants, lore, and traditional practices that link us with our environment and each other. Arranged alphabetically from angelica to zucchini, the brief chapters are a trove of garden history to different elements of the craftsmanship behind building an heirloom garden-- and a happy homestead. -- adapted from back cover and Introduction 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781604699937 1604699930 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBC187184  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>020209077  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Heirloom varieties (Plants)<br/>Gardening.<br/>Vegetable gardening--Seeds<br/>Fruit-culture--Seeds<br/>Herbs--Seeds
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>SB455.3  / .F65 2021