Gardening books from Bored Feet Press

Backyard Beekeepers of the Bay Area

Judith Adamson

A love letter to honeybees and beekeeping, this detailed and fascinating, extremely accessible book begins with solitary bees sharing earth with T. rex, then traces their evolution to modern times.

Mrs. Feeny and the Grubby Garden Gang

by Sandy Baker. Illustrated by Jim DeWitt

Lovers of gardening will enjoy reading this book together with their children. how does “meany Mrs. Feeny” solve her destroyed lawn and kid issues?

The Habitat Garden Book
Wildlife Landscaping for the San Francisco Bay Region

Nancy Bauer

This delightful little guidebook will help you transform your own backyard, patio or community site into a healthy home for a wondrous array of fascinating and beneficial creatures.

Pomegranate Roads
A Soviet Botanist's Exile from Eden

Gregory M. Levin, translated by Margaret Hopstein

A Man who fell in love with pomegranates and risked his life to protect their biodiversity tells his adventurous story in Pomegranate Roads. Ignoring threats, the scientist trekked across Central Asia and the Trans-Caucasus to collect 1,117 varieties of the fruit.

Vineyard Simple
How to Build and Maintain Your Own Small Vineyard

Tom Powers

Finally a book that makes home vineyard planting and wine grape growing accessible to anyone with even a little spare land. Tom Powers has created a how-to book filled with valuable information for the novice viticulturist.