Destination: Books

Rotating Pop-Up Inventory

Just like those Gardening Best Practices books which suggest that you rotate your veggies in the garden from year to year, Destination: Books is rotating its book inventory for our next pop-up on Saturday morning, October 22nd at the Carter Center's Freedom Farmers Market in Atlanta.

Here's a sample of some of the new titles you can expect to see:

Kew Pocket Books 

Gorgeous botanical illustrations on Herbs and Spices, Wildflowers, Japanese Flowers, Fruit, Festive Flora, Herbs and Spices coupled with detailed captions. Artistry made available from the Royal Botannical Gardens' Kew Library and Archives.

Books about Fabric Dyeing

My longtime partner Denise (who does a lot with fabric) curated these two books that she suggests is inventory worthy. 

The Modern Natural Dyer: A Comprehensive Guide to Dyeing Silk, Wool, Linen and Cotton at Home by Kristine Vijar. This book is kind of Dyeing 101 book written for the person who is just starting to learn about dyeing.

Journeys in Natural Dyeing: Technic for Creating Color at Home by Kristine Vijar. This colorful book is more of an in-depth guide to dyeing techniques from around the world.

 

 

These May Interest as Well

Growing Perennial Foods: A Field Guide to Raising Resilient Herbs, Fruits and Vegetables by Arcadia Tucker. She is the author of the popular Tiny Victory Gardens book, which is a solid book for beginners with limited space.

The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Seed Histories of Remarkable Vegetables by Adam Alexander. Inspiring stories about vegetables.  Putting the culture in horticulture.

 

Fresh Offerings

Here are some of the fresh new titles Destination: Books will be bringing to the Freedom Farmer's Market at the Carter Center on Saturday morning, May 28th. 

You can appreciate how exotic fungi can be by thumbing through the 40 color illustrations in the book Fungi from the Royal Botanical Garden’s Fungarium. Fungi features the work of Elsie Wakefield (1886 -1972), a pioneer female scientist and artist who was the President of the British Mycological Society. (Did you know that children’s author Beatrix Potter was also a mycologist?)

You don’t know beans until you’ve read Susan Young’s Growing Beans: A Diet for Healthy People and Planet a slim reference book that covers the basics: bean types, growing beans, soil preparation, cooking tips, proper seed storage and a guide to beans around the globe with lots of color photographs. (I was so inspired I ran out and planted half a dozen Carson Bush Beans.)

Consider the shrub when planning a more environmentally friendly garden. Martin Crawford’s Shrubs for Gardens, Agroforestry and Permaculture is a complete reference book to identifying the qualities of useful shrubs ranging from common fruit bushes to those that have medicinal parts. According to Crawford, you cannot underestimate the ability of shrubs to fight climate change. The book covers over 60 varieties of shrubs and it identifies which plants grow well in the Southeastern parts of North America. (I am thinking blueberries bushes.)

For a more complete list of Destination: Books's pop-up inventory, visit here. 

 

Destination Books on the Road to Birmingham

Weather permitting, Destination: Books will be taking its pop-up book shop to Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday morning, September 18, 2021. We feature books about gardening, sustainability and food culture. We are a guest of Bonnybee Designs at The Market at Pepper Place.

We return to the Freedom Farmer's Market at the Carter Center in Atlanta on September 25, 2021.