Gardening with Grains - Bring the Versatile Beauty of Grains to Your Edible Landscape

Brie Arthur's Gardening with Grains is a passion project that grew from a light-bulb, aha moment - that's when she realized we've been missing a dynamic piece of the burgeoning foodscape movement. We've learned the joys of interplanting our blooming flowerbeds with veggies, herbs and berries - but what about the grains, those ancient and beautiful grasses that practically gave us civilization: wheat, barley and oats for winter; corn, rice and sorghum for the warm season. Gardening with Grains is a pioneering book, a companion to Arthur's The Foodscape Revolution. Richly illustrated, it combines history, environmental benefits and personal stories with simple how-to's for planning, growing and harvesting 6 important grains. Includes 12 chef-tested recipes for inspiration. This is a design book, too, with planting patterns and suggestions, no matter how much or how little garden space you have. These grains are ornamental grasses, and they show off beautifully in any setting. The grouped plantings reveal the grains' varied colors and textures, interplanted with flowers like poppies, larkspur, snapdragons, nigella, zinnias, sunflowers and marigolds. Not only flowers, but salad greens and other decorative veggies play well with grains. Gardening with Grains is foodscaping for fun, beauty and bragging rights. . . and maybe even some homemade beer and bread.(Genus illustrations and garden plans by landscape architect and botanical artist Preston Montague.)

List of contents

Introduction: “Greetings from my sunny front yard in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina.”

PART ONE: The Story

Chapter 1: My Grain Journey

Chapter 2: What are Grains and Why Should You Grow Them?


Chapter 3: The Entwined History of Humans and Cereal Grains (briefly told)


Chapter 4: Ancient Grains, Heirloom Grains, Chemistry and more



PART TWO: Meet the Grains

Chapter 5: Six Great Grains To Grow: Cool Season: Barley, Oats, Wheat; and Warm Season: Corn, Rice, Sorghum

*Genus illustrations by Preston Montague

Chapter 6: Other Grains I’ve Grown (or tried to grow!): Amaranth, Buckwheat, Millet, Quinoa, Rye

PART THREE: In the Garden

Chapter 7: Designing with Grains and Companion Plants
*Landscape drawings by Preston Montague

Chapter 8: Harvesting, Processing and Storing Your Grains

PART FOUR: What’s Your Pleasure?

Chapter 9: Decorating with Grains: Bringing the Beauty Indoors


Chapter 10: Cooking with Homegrown Grains: 12 easy recipes for a yard-to-table adventure

Conclusion

Resources


Acknowledgments


About the Author

About the author

Brie Arthur is recognized as one of the young leaders who are helping to determine the future of the horticulture industry. In 2017 she was awarded the first ¿Emerging Professional¿ distinction by the American Horticultural Society, and was named in Grower Product News to the Class of 2017¿s ¿40 Under 40.¿ Brie is the founder of Emergent: A Group for Growing Professionals, and is vice president of the International Plant Propagators Society, Southern Region (president in 2020). She has a degree in Landscape Design from Purdue University and is a correspondent on the PBS television show ¿Growing a Greener World,¿ where she shares practical advice from her own one-acre suburban foodscape near Raleigh, North Caroline. Recently, she did grain installations on NYC¿s High Line, on rooftop gardens at NYU, and at Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas. As a professional garden industry communicator, Brie is committed to getting the message out that all things horticultural are the way to create a healthier future for the world.

Summary

Here is a bright new take on foodscaping your garden. Brie Arthur’s Gardening with Grains is a passion project that grew from a light-bulb moment. That is when she realized we’ve been missing a dynamic piece of the burgeoning foodscape movement.
We’ve learned the joys of interplanting our blooming flowerbeds with veggies, herbs and berries, but what about the grains, those ancient and beautiful grasses that practically gave us civilization? Why couldn't we grow wheat, barley and oats for winter; corn, rice and sorghum for the warm season?
Gardening with Grains is a pioneering book, a companion to Arthur’s The Foodscape Revolution. Richly illustrated, it combines history, environmental benefits and personal stories with simple how-to’s for planning, growing and harvesting those six important grains...plus 12 chef-tested recipes for inspiration.
This is a design book, too, with planting patterns and suggestions, no matter how much or how little garden space you have. These grains are ornamental grasses, and they show off beautifully in any setting. The grouped plantings reveal the grains’ varied colors and textures, interplanted with flowers like poppies, larkspur, snapdragons, nigella, zinnias, sunflowers and marigolds. Not only flowers, but salad greens and other decorative veggies play well with grains.
Gardening with Grains is foodscaping for fun, beauty and bragging rights. . . and maybe even some homemade beer and bread.(Genus illustrations and garden plans by landscape architect and botanical artist Preston Montague.)

Foreword

MARKETING AND PUBLICITY HIGHLIGHTS

• Review copies to national print media and radio (targeted)



• Review copies to leading gardening and lifestyle bloggers (targeted)



• Author will speak, schedule book readings and demonstrations at garden centers, public gardens, community groups and horticulture industry events. Conservative estimate of more than 100 talks a year for this book.



• Author will continue to expand social media presence on all platforms and will continue doing radio interviews and podcasts.



• Niche marketing by publisher to garden centers and nurseries.

Additional text

"Brie Arthur is the real deal. She is extremely knowledgeable. She has worked in all aspects of horticulture under the guidance of some of the gardening greats of our time. Brie is the cheerleader we need to inspire us to action. And, most importantly, she practices what she preaches."

Product details

• Authors: Brie Arthur
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2019
• EAN: 9781943366354
• ISBN: 978-1-943366-35-4
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Illustrations: full color photos throughout
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Sustainability, Gardening, GARDENING / Ornamental Plants, Cookery by ingredient, GARDENING / Techniques, GARDENING / Reference, Garden design & planning, Gardening: plants, Specialized gardening methods, Reference works, Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency, Garden design and planning