By Susan Wilhelm, Certified Master Gardener

For many gardeners, reading about gardening is the next best thing to working in their garden or tending their containers. Below, in no particular order, are sources to consider if you are looking for a book for your favorite gardener this holiday season.

• Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia – The Master Gardeners’ Bookshelf
• The Joe Gardener Show with Joe Lamp’l – Great Garden Reads: Must-Have Books For Every Gardener
• Garden Design Magazine – Gifts Gardeners Will Love – Books
• Mid-Atlantic Gardener – Gardening Books 
• Pegplant – New Books: 2018
• A Way to Garden – favorite field guides (from a real field-guide freak!)
• American Horticultural Society – AHS Gardening Books