The Indie Gardening & Nature Bestseller List

Posted Wednesday, Jun 3, 2009

For the eight-week period ending June 2, 2009, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566

2.

Wicked Plants
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illus.), Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565126831

3.

All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!
Mel Bartholomew, Cool Springs, $19.99, 9781591862024

4.

The Botany of Desire
Michael Pollan, Random House, $13.95, 9780375760396

5.

The Garden Primer
Barbara Damrosch, Workman, $18.95, 9780761122753

6.

The Vegetable Gardener's Bible
Edward C. Smith, Storey, $24.95, 9781580172127

7.

The Brother Gardeners
Andrea Wulf, Knopf, $35, 9780307270238

8.

Our Life in Gardens
Joe Eck, Wayne Winterrowd, FSG, $30, 9780374160319

9.

Garden Anywhere
Alys Fowler, Chronicle, $24.95, 9780811868754

10.

Perennial Companions
Tom Fischer, Timber, $14.95, 9780881929393

11.

Square Foot Gardening
Mel Bartholomew, Rodale, $19.95, 9781579548568

12.

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
Michael Pollan, Grove, $15, 9780802140111

13.

Sunset Western Garden Book
Kathleen Norris Brenzel (Ed.), Sunset, $34.95, 9780376039163

14.

50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants
Tracy DiSabato-Aust, Timber, $16.95, 9780881929508

15.

Carrots Love Tomatoes
Louise Riotte, Storey, $14.95, 9781580170277

16.

The Complete Compost Gardening Guide
Barbara Pleasant, Deborah L. Martin, Storey, $19.95, 9781580177023

17.

How to Grow More Vegetables
John Jeavons, Ten Speed Press, $19.95, 9781580087964

18.

The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book
Barbara W. Ellis, Storey, $14.95, 9781603420242

19.

The Wild Trees
Richard Preston, Random House, $16, 9780812975598

20.

Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades
Steve Solomon, Sasquatch, $21.95, 9781570615344

21.

Bringing Nature Home
Douglas W. Tallamy, Timber, $17.95, 9780881929928

22.

A Rose by Any Name
Douglas Brenner, Stephen Scanniello, Algonquin, $19.95, 9781565125186

23.

Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
Fern Marshall Bradley (Ed.), Rodale, $24.95, 9781594869174

24.

The Ever-Blooming Flower Garden
Lee Schneller, Storey, $19.95, 9781603421393

25.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region
Elbert L. Little, Jr., Knopf, $19.95, 9780394507606
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