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Plant by Number: Use ICPL to plan your fall and spring gardens

Posted by Melody on Friday, Aug 29, 2014

Last week on Talk of Iowa’s Horticulture Day, Charity Nebbe interviewed Ryan Adams, turf grass specialist, on the best time to reseed a lawn. Lawn and garden care is something I need to learn a lot about, being a newbie homeowner. Our garden spaces are in much need of attention and care as well, but where to start? Lucky for me, I have been immersed in our nonfiction catalog and have been getting to know where to find the books that will help me make my lawn and garden beautiful again.

To inform my lawn and garden needs this fall and next spring, I will be using a "Plant by Number" system, inspired by the numbers in ICPL's nonfiction collection. The Dewey Decimal numbers will guide me to the best information in the library's collection for each part of my lawn and garden planning. Keep reading for the best numbers for perennials, trees, and specialty gardening topics.

Iowa Garden
Photo by Bobby Jett. Gardening by Beth Beasley, Maeve Clark, and friends. Photoshopping of the identification signs by Melody.

 

All of these books live on the second floor at the library. The staff at the Info desk can also provide customized recommendations.

  • 635--General gardening, especially vegetable gardening topics
  • 635.0484--Organic gardening
  • 635.0977--Plants that do well in Iowa
  • 635.642--Tomatoes
  • 635.7--Herbs
  • 635.9--Flowers
  • 635.9312--Annuals
  • 635.932--Perennials
  • 635.93356--Cacti & succulents (see also 635.9525)
  • 635.933734--Roses
  • 635.93432--Hostas, lilies, and tulips
  • 635.9373--Ferns
  • 635.954--Plants that love shade
  • 635.977--Trees
  • 635.986--Container gardening
  • 631.875--Composting*
  • 712.6--General landscape design

Happy fall and spring garden planning!

 

*The Iowa City Landfill and East Side Recycling Center both have compost available for very low cost. Bring a shovel and a container, or a huge truck bed if you have one.

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I've been at the library for more than 10 years now, and I still find joy when choosing the best books for our readers. My current reading journey is taking me book by book through different genres. I'm challenging myself to find books that are enough outside my wheelhouse that I'd pass them by on first glance. The genre I'm looking forward to... more

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