Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts: 50 Easy-To-Grow Plants for the Organic Home Garden or Landscape

Awards: Named one of the best gardening books for 2023 by Gardens Illustrated. 

2023 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of Achievement.

The easy-to-use resource for growing healthy, resilient, low-maintenance trees, shrubs, vines, and other fruiting plants from around the world—perfect for farmers, gardeners, and landscapers at every scale. Illustrated with more than 200 color photographs and covering 50 productive edible crops—from Arctic kiwi to jujube, medlar to heartnut—this is the go-to guide for growers interested in creating diversity in their growing spaces.

[Levy and Serrano] go way beyond the standard fare… With their help, you’ll be growing persimmons, currants and hazelnuts in no time.

“Outrageous diversity throughout the ecosystem will always be essential for growing healthy fruit and nuts. Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano have provided a thorough guide to adding an intriguing selection of productive plantings to your landscape. Get on board and plant more of everything!” — The Holistic Orchard / Mycorrhizal Planet’s Michael Phillips

“At a time when we are rediscovering the value of biodiversity and habitat enrichment, Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts offers a compendium of lesser-known backyard forageables that can turn a home garden into a homestead landscape ripe with flavor and nutrition.” — The Heirloom Gardener’s John Forti

“Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano are deeply committed plant lovers, and this well-researched, handsome book—with educational photographic portraits of each plant—shares their botanical love affair with us! … Featuring taste profiles, landscape tips, and propagation techniques, Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts is my new go-to guide for growing these plants.” — Foraging and Feasting / Earthly Bodies and Heavenly Hair’s Dina Falconi