By the Book

Start planning a gorgeous spring garden with these savvy suggestions from the Garden Gate Shop.

Text: Katie Underhill

Missouri Botanical Garden: Green for 150 Years

By Elizabeth McNulty, a Missouri Botanical Garden publication.

Missouri Botanical Garden: Green for 150 Years

By Elizabeth McNulty, a Missouri Botanical Garden publication.

Gardens Private & Personal: A Garden Club of America Book

By Nancy D'Oench, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

The Missouri Gardener's Companion: An Insider's Guide to Gardening in the Show-Me State

By Becky Homan, Morris Book Publishing, LLC.

The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants

By Christopher Brickell and H. Marc Cathey, DK Publishing, Inc.

50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants

by Tracy Disabato Aust, Timber Press, Inc.

All books are available at the Garden Gate Shop at the Missouri Botanical Garden, 4434 Shaw Blvd., 314-577-5137, www.mobot.org/shop.