Container and Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners and Beyond: A Guide to Growing Your Own Vegetables, Herbs, Fruit and Cut Flowers

by Wendy Silveira

Container and Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners and Beyond exquisitely and visually shows you how to leverage every square inch of your gardening space.

Starting a garden is one of the most rewarding things you can do. And you'll soon see the rewards of your efforts with beautiful views, delicious flavors and colorful blooms.

Even if you are green-thumb challenged, this book will help transform you into a talented gardener!

This 2-in-1 gardening book not only covers popular raised bed gardening in detail, but also includes gardening in containers, even recommending the best vegetable varieties that will grow in your containers.

If you feel that you don't have enough space to grow vegetables and herbs, let alone a fruit tree, or even a few flowers, then this book is tailor-made for you.

Easy to follow step-by-step instructions enable you to construct your own raised beds, and sow seeds - both outdoors and indoors. In addition, there are 50 quick-reference growing guides - conveniently color-coded to help you to quickly and easily find all the information you need at your fingertips to grow a wide variety of vegetables and herbs, fruit and cut flowers as well.

Using the ground-breaking 3-season garden plans, you will be able to grow a spring, summer and fall harvest from your raised bed, utilizing the highly effective square-foot method.

As an added bonus, your gardening journey will culminate in Wendy's tried and tested delicious recipes, where bounty from your garden finds its way to your table.

In Container and Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners and Beyond, author Wendy Silveira shares a lifetime of gardening experience. Wendy will take you on a journey from gardening basics to gardening techniques, which will enable you to get the most out of your garden.

Her engaging style of writing, peppered with witty comments, makes it easy for the beginner, and the gardener further along the gardening path, to grow in garden knowledge.

Throughout the book the author has spotlighted useful and innovative products, which will ensure success in your garden.

Genres: Gardening, Food

146 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2020

About the author

Wendy Silveira, born and raised in South Africa, has been a life-long passionate gardener of edibles and ornamentals. Faced with a lack of plant varieties in South Africa, she spearheaded a campaign to import Chinese Tree peonies and English cottage garden plants, which she developed into a successful mail-order business. Moving to the United States, she and her husband morphed the peony business into a successful website.

Wendy is a natural educator; whether lecturing on the garden club circuit, contributing to gardening magazines, or teaching English for many years. The next logical step was to share her gardening knowledge. Garden guru, educator, wordsmith and entrepreneur, Wendy brings a fresh perspective to your gardening bookshelf. Visit Wendy at www.wendysgardenstore.com for personalized gardening services, and a wide variety of innovative garden supplies just a click away.

Reviews

[Chantel Toomey]

Very informative for beginners who plan to garden in raised beds and containers!

[martyn benny]

Container and Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners and Beyond is an outstanding guide that makes growing your own food feel both achievable and genuinely enjoyable, regardless of your experience level.

Wendy Silveira combines practical instruction with an encouraging, approachable writing style that removes much of the intimidation beginners often feel when starting a garden. Every chapter builds confidence, guiding readers step by step from planning and construction to planting, harvesting, and ultimately enjoying the rewards of their work.

One of the book's greatest strengths is its dual focus on raised beds and container gardening. Whether you have a spacious backyard, a small patio, or only a balcony, the advice is tailored to help you maximize every available inch of growing space. The inclusion of recommended vegetable varieties for containers is especially helpful for gardeners working with limited room.

The 50 color-coded growing guides are an excellent reference, making it quick and easy to find essential information on vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers. I also appreciated the three-season garden plans, which demonstrate how thoughtful planning can extend harvests throughout much of the year while making efficient use of available space.

Beyond the gardening techniques, the addition of recipes creates a satisfying connection between garden and table, reminding readers that gardening is about more than growing plants it's about creating healthier, more rewarding lifestyles.

Whether you're planting your very first seeds or looking to improve an existing garden, this book offers practical knowledge, clear guidance, and plenty of inspiration. It's an excellent resource that encourages readers to cultivate both successful gardens and a lasting love for growing their own food.

[Linda K]

One of the most straight-forward helpful books I have found,

I have read hundreds of gardening books. About a third have been on strictly container gardening and raised bed gardening. This is one I highly recommend to every gardener from beginning to experienced. Excellent advice and information. I read it on kindle unlimited for free, will purchase and add website to my computer. I plan to share with my grandchildren as well!

[Elise]

For beginners and beyond

I really enjoyed this book! It is packed full of resources, tips, and ideas for the beginner and more experienced gardener. I have been growing vegetables for a long time, but look forward to trying my hand at growing cut flowers with the information from this book. Hopefully my garden will soon be full of colorful blooms for all my pollinators.

[Danielle Ross-Knoll]

I’m new to raised bed gardening and I appreciate how this book breaks it down for us newbies. Great emphasis on educating through technique and terminology. What I like most is the back of the book and pages dedicated to vegetable and plant type. I’ve marked several that will help with this season’s planting.

[Tennye GiOtis]

Ok, but missing some important information for the US

I'm never sure as I read thru this if she's talking about our zones in the US . Maybe I just missed it.

[Sophie]

Good information but in my opinion not enough information on container gardening. Lovely pictures.

[Kim]

An excellent guide, easily understood and carried out. What I did, worked well. I will employ more of the system next year.

[Jennifer Lynn]

Good information. Lots of great ideas.

[Deb]

Very good, lots of information and help. would highly recommend for biginners