Picture A Garden by Linda Hornberg
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Quick Summary
Picture a Garden by Linda Hornberg is a perfect fit for curious and adventurous young readers in the middle-grade range who are eager to cultivate a lifelong love of nature and gardening and who will delight in the author’s gentle guidance and whimsical illustrations. (StoryGraph)
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Book Details
Picture a Garden by Linda Hornberg
Published by Independent on January 28, 2025
Genres: Non-fiction, Middle-Grade
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Source: iRead Book ToursWhat springs to mind when you hear the word GARDEN? Would it surprise you to learn that the world just outside your door is overflowing with art, science, humor, drama, intrigue, and colorful personalities? Nature has you surrounded. It's time to come out with your hands gloved and your feet galoshed, ready to sow some spinach, pick a peony, mulch a maple, root a rose, graft a grape, stake a spruce, water a walnut, and hug a hemlock.
Set down your screens and take up your trowel.
Adventure awaits!
The stories inside this book are nearly all true. I have never actually seen a chorus line of worms decked out in feather boas, but I can guarantee that there are plenty of real-life larvae out there merrily chewing up the scenery. You can turn orange from eating too many carrots, and there really is a tiny plant island called a liverwart--although there probably are no tiny castaways living on it. Welcome to gardening for smarties. Never stop thinking, wondering, and digging, and you’ll never be bored. Have fun.
Content Rating: G: Topics only include gardening and being outdoors.
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My Thoughts on Picture A Garden
Linda Hornberg has created a delightful, feel-good read for anyone who loves nature, gardening, or just a good laugh.
Through a mix of personal stories, fun facts, and engaging storytelling, Hornberg invites readers to rediscover the magic of the natural world right in their own backyards.
Her playful, witty, and charming writing makes even the tiniest gardening details feel like an adventure. She genuinely loves nature’s science and artistry, and her enthusiasm is infectious.
But don’t expect a dry, step-by-step gardening manual. Picture a Garden feels more like chatting with a friend who’s bursting with excitement about plants and just can’t wait to share.
The author’s hand-drawn illustrations add an extra layer of personality, making this book even more special. I admit the font was a little tricky for my aging eyes, but I doubt the intended younger audience will have any problems with it. And speaking of younger readers, this book is a great way to inspire middle-graders to put down their screens and step outside for a bit.
Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just someone who enjoys a stroll through the park, this book will change the way you look at plants (and maybe even worms).
It’s the perfect gift for a budding gardener and a great way to connect with the next generation over the beauty of nature.
Go ahead and grab a copy today. You won’t regret it! Picture a Garden is available at major retailers and on the author’s website.
I received a copy of the book for the tour. This review is my honest, unbiased opinion.
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About Linda Hornberg
Linda Hornberg grew up in New York, drawing endless paper dolls and adventure comics with her sisters, Brenda and Heidi. She also enjoyed collecting shiny mimosa seeds in little bottles, nibbling parsley from Mom's tomato patch, sword fighting with Iris leaves and flipping cicadas back onto their feet. Her incessant doodling landed her at the Hartford Art School. She received her BFA in Printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Further formal studies led to classes in children's illustration and certification in landscape horticulture.
Linda is a permanent transplant to Seattle, where she remains an enthusiastic gardener, insatiable reader, unapologetic punster, and incurable cat lady. Please do not offer her your strays.
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Guest Post from the author of Picture A Garden
Plant.Read.Grow. by Linda Hornberg
There’s a garden in your mind!
I am a mediocre farmer. Every winter I look forward to the vegetables I plan to start from seed in my sun-soaked raised beds. Once every three or four summers I am rewarded —for no discernible reason— with a bumper crop of radishes, baby carrots, and cucamelons. (If you are unfamiliar with the last one, look up ‘Mexican Sour Gherkin’. Picture Barbie arriving to a Barbie-cue with a whole watermelon in her pink picnic basket.)
The raised beds have shifted further south across the property over the course of twenty years, as the sapling trees I planted when we first moved in have matured to shade out most of the sunlight beaming down toward the backyard. Now, they sit outside the fence, on the strip along the curb. (In Seattle, this green band is referred to as “the parking strip”, and plenty of cars can indeed be found parked at least partway onto it to avoid being sideswiped on our narrow streets. What do you call it? A verge, perhaps?)
Small fruits do well here, with little care beyond watering (it doesn’t really rain all the time in this city, and especially not during growing season!) a scoop of manure, and a bit of pruning and training. Blueberries thrive, and the grapevines would be climbing the telephone poles if left to their own devices. Apples and pears performed admirably until I tired of fighting off the codling moths and leaf rust. (The pear branches made wonderfully aromatic firewood.)
My fingers are crossed on both hands in hopes of seeing my first persimmons this year. The trees are finally mature enough to bloom. Anybody want some Ginkgo berries? My certified male tree went nuts in its eighteenth year after planting. Should I gird my loins, hold my nose and just try them already? (I know they have some purported medicinal value or other, but I can’t remember what.)
I am, above all, a tree enthusiast. I make sure to provide a modicum of flowering perennials for the butterflies and bees, including some winter-blooming Mahonia and rosemary for the hummingbirds. When I originally planned out the (thankfully) blank slate of my garden that first winter, what I had in mind was a scattering of trees, surrounded by beds of low, cottage garden perennials.
Over the decades, everything has evolved and moved (even the trees, although they did not take up their roots and walk). My tree collection now stands at about 25, with the Ginkgo towering over the second-place contender, a gorgeous, peely-barked Stewartia. I no longer have to mulch the paths due to the generous fall of leaves each autumn. I can count four squirrel’s nests, and know the hummers are making their homes out there, but have managed to locate only a single, thimble-sized nest.
As for the perennials, most have strayed —by seed or stolen— to adjacent beds, lived out their expected terms, or been removed as too fussy or invasive. Thus, the best laid plans of gardener and man are often better kept on paper.
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Book Title: Picture A Garden by Linda Hornberg
Category: Middle-Grade Non-Fiction (Ages 8-12), 160 pages
Genre: Children’s Non-Fiction.
Publisher: Peanut Butter Publishing
Publication Date: January 28, 2025.
Tour dates: Feb 10 to Mar 7, 2025
Content Rating: G: Topics only include gardening and being outdoors.
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Congratulations on your book.
Very cute book
Sounds like a really nice book.