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

**Brand:** editors of creative homeowner, gardening
**Price:** £18.60
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- **What is this?** The Beginner's Guide to Gardening: Basic Techniques - Easy-to-Follow Methods - Earth-Friendly Practices by editors of creative homeowner, gardening
- **How much does it cost?** £18.60 with free shipping
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## Description

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!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Dimensions | 8.5 x 0.8 x 11 inches |
| Edition | Revised |
| Isbn 10 | 1580115632 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-1580115636 |
| Item Weight | 1.25 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Part Of Series | Gardening |
| Print Length | 176 pages |
| Publication Date | November 30, 2012 |
| Publisher | Design Originals |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ looks like everything it was promised to be
*by  on Reviewed in the United States March 11, 2017*

Just got it in the mail, looks like everything it was promised to be. Clear and easy to read, with great photos and instruction. Hoping this will help me with my lack of a green thumb this year.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book!
*by  on Reviewed in the United States July 9, 2016*

I purchased this for my Grandson who is starting his first garden. He's found the book very helpful, he just posted a photo of his first flowers, grown from seed! Great book!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very informative
*by  on Reviewed in the United States May 30, 2019*

Helpful book

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