5 Fascinating New Home and Gardening Books to Add to Your Reading List
Bird-Friendly Gardening: Guidance and Projects for Supporting Birds in Your Landscape
Author: Jennifer McGuinness
Seasoned and budding gardeners alike can get a blueprint for cultivating not just plants but a thriving avian ecosystem in their backyard. This book is a compelling ode to the harmonious coexistence of nature, revealing the secrets to transform your garden into a haven where both blooms and feathered friends flourish in harmony. $28 (quarto.com)
Backyard Beekeeper, 5th edition
Author: Kim Flottum
Prepare to don the beekeeper’s veil and explore the buzzy world of apiculture. Using wisdom and wit, Flottum’s expert guidance sheds light on how to create a sustainable and rewarding relationship with nature, from setting up and caring for your own bee colony to troubleshooting common issues, hive management and harvesting gooey liquid gold. $36 (quarto.com)
Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Houses
Authors: Patrick Mauriès and Marie Kalt
From opulent interiors to his meticulous curation of personal style, this guide offers a glimpse inside the private residences of late fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld. A captivating intersection of haute couture and interiors, the pictorial is an intimate portrait of the designer and the spaces that shaped his legacy and creativity. $100 (thamesandhudson.com)
The New French Look
Author: Lauren Li
Design trends come and go, but French interiors have a certain je ne sais quoi that is at once timeless and chic. Li’s book explores this layered, minimalist aesthetic—from the Haussmannian apartments of Paris to the quaint cottages of the countryside—through dazzling photography and inspiration. $35 (thamesandhudson.com)
Strive: Jones Studio Adventures in Architecture
Authors: Marilu Knode (introduction, contributor) and Marlon Blackwell (forward)
Explore architectural innovation with an insider’s perspective on the groundbreaking designs of Jones Studio, founded by prolific Valley architect Eddie Jones. With work spanning four decades, the firm has crafted some of Arizona’s most unique residences and structures with an eye toward sustainability, creating a harmonious dialogue between the Sonoran Desert and the built environment. Among more than 30 essays are looks at unbuilt projects, public art pieces, exhibitions and visionary solutions for building in an environmentally challenged world. $75 (oropublishers.com)
