Out West Books has suggestions to get your spring garden growing

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Out West Books in Grand Junction recommends three books to get gardening season off to a great start.

The Undaunted Garden

By Laura Springer Ogden
Fulcrum Publishing
$34.95
April 1998
Purchase: Check your local independent bookstore or library.

From the publisher: Well-adapted plants, practical and environmental perspectives, and a uniquely aesthetic approach to gardening in a challenging climate by pioneering plantswoman, garden designer, and author Lauren Springer Ogden.

From Marya Johnston, Owner: Lauren Springer Ogden was one of the first people to identify and educate us about waterwise…