Learn How to Grow Fruit Trees That Thrive

Learn to turn your yard into a beautiful and productive food forest. This book is unique because the author, Dani Baker, authentically shares her experiences and the reader learns both from her successes and from her mistakes.

What's Wrong with My Fruit Garden: 100% Organic Solutions for Berries, Fruit Trees, Nuts, Vines, and Tropicals is an excellent resource no matter what type of fruit you grow. The authors help you identify fruit tree pests and diseases so that you can learn how to deal with them.

Storey's Guide to Growing Organic Orchard Fruits for Market or Home Production is a wonderful resource for intermediate level orchardists. It includes information on site and crop selection, planting, care and harvesting as well as business basics.

The Holistic Orchard: Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way isn't necessarily an easy read but it is filled with wonderful suggestions that will help you delve deeper into holistic growing techniques. It's written by the inspirational organic grower Michael Phillips.

Landscaping with Fruit: Strawberry ground covers, blueberry hedges, grape arbors, and 39 other luscious fruits to make your yard an edible paradise is a classic and gives a great overview when it comes to planning an edible garden. This is a book to turn to for inspiration.

Apples of North America: Exceptional Varieties for Gardeners, Growers, and Cooks is wonderful research guide if you're thinking of growing heirloom cultivars and it is filled with fascinating histories of America's heirloom apples. It's a wonderful gift for someone you know who loves growing apple trees.

The New Book of Apples: The Definitive Guide to Over 2,000 Varieties is the ultimate guide of apple cultivars. It's not cheap but it is a must have for any passionate apple tree grower.

Grow a Little Fruit Tree: Simple Pruning Techniques for Small-Space, Easy-Harvest Fruit Trees is a sweet book and an easy read that will inspire you to keep your fruit trees compact. The author sees pruning as an ongoing "conversation" with your fruit tree...a concept that we at Orchard People love.

How Plants Work: The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do is not a fruit tree care book! But reading it is a life changing experience as you will begin to gain a deeper understanding of all our plants needs - so that we can help them to thrive.

Attracting Beneficial Bugs will change your perspective on gardening forever. You will see how beneficial insects can be our best allies in growing healthy fruit trees and other plants. It's an easy read and you will refer to it again and again.

If you think soil science is complicated and boring, you need to read this Soil Science for Gardeners. It will gently introduce you to science of soil and it empowers you with knowledge that you can easily apply in the orchard or garden. Read it over a weekend and you'll be a better grower on Monday.

This book is a classic that you must have on your shelf. You'll learn how to protect fruit trees, berries, vegetables, trees and flowering crops. It's a quick and easy reference book written by a team of top horticulture experts. Published first in 1996, this is an oldie...but a goodie.

This fantastic book will teach you how to make your own holistic sprays for your fruit trees and other plants from shells, bones, weeds and other locally sourced materials. Written by NIgel Palmer and a foreword by John Kempf, this is a must-have book.

A beautiful hard cover book that would inspire anyone to start a forest garden, whether in a private backyard or in a larger space. It's written by UK agroforestry expert Martin Crawford. A wonderful gift for a loved one - or for yourself!