The Beginner's Guide to Gardening: Basic Techniques - Easy-to-Follow Methods - Earth-Friendly Practices - Softcover

Editors Of Creative Homeowner; Gardening

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580115632 ISBN 13: 9781580115636

Publisher: Design Originals, 2012

Synopsis

You don't have to have a green thumb to have a healthy thriving garden! Inside The Beginner's Guide to Gardening, you'll learn:

• Skills and Techniques: Valuable expert guide to developing new gardens and taking care of those you already have
• Getting Started: How to choose healthy plants and build productive soil
• Garden Care: Easy-to-follow, time-saving methods and the least toxic disease & pest controls
• Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs: Advice on growing, propagating, and caring for flowers in containers and the garden, with plant encyclopedias
• Roses: How to select, grow, and prune healthy roses, as well as control pests & diseases
• Ground Covers, Trees, Shrubs: Fundamentals on planting, growing, and maintaining, plus detailed plant directories
• Vegetables and Herbs: Introduction to growing and care, including informative directories
• Specialty Gardens: Basics on creating water gardens, butterfly gardens, and gardens for birds

A beautifully illustrated and photographed book that will serve both the novice and experienced gardener well, The Beginner's Guide to Gardening contains all the basics on garden design, how to select healthy plants, how prepare the soil, garden maintenace, and so much more!

In addition, there is everything you need to know about growing annuals and perennials, roses, flowering bulbs, herbs, ground covers, trees and shrubs, vegetable gardens, and creating specialty gardens—all in one concise book!

Few pastimes are as rewarding as gardening. With a little bit of ground and a few seeds or plants, anyone can be a gardener, and almost any collection of plants can be a garden.

Gardening can be a refreshingly simple activity in an increasingly complex world. But you'll have greater success and more fun if you start with an understanding of basic gardening practices. The techniques in this book are easy to follow and suitable for all gardeners—from beginners to advanced. Ecologically friendly methods are included so that you can create a garden that eventually helps to sustain itself.

The tools and materials you'll need are included with each step-by-step project, and each is rated for difficulty. With well over 300 photos and illustrations to guide you through each step of the process, this is your essential starter's guide to beginning gardening!

About this title

About the Author

Consumers recognize Creative Homeowner as their leading and trusted source for the best information, inspiration, and instruction related to the house and home. Creative Homeowner is the preeminent publisher of books on all aspects of decorating and design; home repair and improvement; house plans; gardening and landscaping; and grilling. Creative Homeowner's books stand out from other publications with their complete and easy-to-follow instructions, up-to-date information, and extensive use of color photography. Among its best-selling titles are Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement, Updated Edition; Ultimate Guide: Plumbing, 4th Updated Edition; and Ultimate Guide: Wiring, 8th Updated Edition.

From the Back Cover

THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO
gardening

• Skills and Techniques: Valuable expert guide to developing new gardens and taking care of those you already have
• Getting Started: How to choose healthy plants and build productive soil
• Garden Care: Easy-to-follow, time-saving methods and least-toxic disease and pest controls
• Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs: Advice on growing, propagating, and caring for flowers in containers and the garden, with plant encyclopedias
• Roses: How to select, grow, and prune healthy roses—and control pests and diseases
• Ground Covers, Trees, Shrubs: Fundamentals on planting, growing , and maintaining, plus detailed plant directories
• Vegetables and Herbs: Introduction to growing and care, including informative directories
• Specialty Gardens: Basics on creating water gardens, butterfly gardens, and gardens for birds

Edition details

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580115632
• ISBN 13: 9781580115636
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176