This is a package of 3 books from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Library is designed for the beginning gardener.

• 100 Garden Tips and Timesavers

Includes 100 fully illustrated tips to help you minimize maintenance, maximize enjoyment, save time and money, and conserve water and other resources, organized by subject for quick and easy reference.

ISBN 1-889538-69-8 published by Brooklyn Botanic Garden 

• Easy Compost

Compost deserves its nickname, “black gold.”  Just one generous dose adds as much topsoil to your garden as it would take nature a century to accumulate.  This essential guide shows you all the ins and outs of composting, from what to put into the pile to how best to use your compost in the garden.

ISBN 1-88953803-5 published by Brooklyn Botanic Garden 

• Gardening with Children

What better way to connect children with the natural world than through gardening?  Team up with the youngsters in your care on scores of fun outdoor and indoor garden-related activities.  Share the joy of watching plants and animals that live among them grow and flourish as you guide children in the discovery of natures’ cycles and communities 

ISBN 1-889538-30-2 published by Brooklyn Botanic Garden.   

These are great gifts for any gardener!!!!