Gardening Basics: How To Design, Plant & Maintain Your Garden

by Ken Beckett, Steve Bradley, Noel Kingsbury

a magnificent garden, this sumptuous and comprehensive handbook bursts with color, stunning designs, and unexpected treasures. Anyone eager to plant a first garden, revive an ailing one, or start over completely, will find this an absolute must-have. Four top experts, and over 1,200 magnificent, specially-commissioned photos, answer every question a beginner might have. * Design the Create and draw a plan; get basic techniques for surfaces, patios, paths, and steps; add ponds and other water features. * Plants for the Choose plants; see how to use small trees, shrubs, and climbers; and learn about roses, clematis, perennials; grasses, bulbs, annuals, container plants, and water plants. * Vegetables, Fruits and Manage crops properly, and find out the special details that go into laying out a vegetable garden. Includes everything from beans, cabbage and tomatoes to melons, strawberries, and peaches--plus culinary herbs. * Care and Find out how to use an array of tools and equipment, and the methods of soil care, feeding and watering, pruning, weed control, and winter care. Helpful "Calendars of Work" make remembering which tasks to do when even easier! If you have a garden or think you might want one, this is an essential a tool as soil or plants. A Main Selection of BOMC's Country Book Club. 276 pages (all in color), 8 5/8 x 11 3/8.

Genres: Gardening

276 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 1999

Reviews

[Amos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked up some useful knowledge and tips to be tried and tested. Time to remix the garden!!

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of gardening basics, with suggested plants and schedule.

[Leah · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book to help you learn all about gardening, from planning to plant care to what plants work well in your zone. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is planning their first garden.