GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

This book contains fun activities and free stickers and seed collecting envelopes to encourage your budding young gardeners. There's always something new and fun for your child to do in the garden! Help them learn about growing plants and projects to enjoy with these easy-to-follow ideas. They'll grow perfect plants from tiny seeds, make a colourful window box and create a garden of plants that thrive in the dry. Then use the free stickers and seed collecting envelopes to label plants and organise themselves in the garden (seeds not included). Plus, spiral binding makes it easy for them to keep their page. Get back to nature together and have fun indoors or out.

ISBN: 9781405328630

Eager to wear gardening gloves but feel lost in the garden? Full of practical tips and detailed step-by step instructions, The First-Time Gardener is the beginner's guide to gardening. Kim Wilde turned from show biz to gardening and learned from scratch to become a recognised expert in the field. Beautifully illustrated throughout this one-stop guide will teach you the very basics of what gardening is about. Introduction: / Why gardening can be so rewarding / Why it's important not to expect too much too soon / Why planning is the key Details of each essential garden technique: / Main soil types and the benefits/drawbacks of each / Fundamental tools / Guide to plant terms -- demystifying words such as perennial, biennial, bulbs, rhizomes and many more The book assumes no prior knowledge and takes you through the basics of planning a garden, choosing plants and turning your ideas into reality -- including how to make the most of climbers, containers, and hanging baskets. But it will also help you assess what you've already got in your garden. Not all gardens should be created from scratch, as per the TV makeovers.In fact, if you can wait a while to see what happens in your new garden, then you may find you've inherited some weird and wonderful plants.
Contents include: / Planning a garden / Tips on planting, pruning and propagation / Hard landscaping / Choosing plants / Taking care of your garden -- digging, weeding, watering and feeding / Gardening techniques / Green gardening / Growing fruit, vegetables and herbs / Trouble shooting and pest control / The possible pitfalls and helping you to identify what's gone wrong and how to resolve it

ISBN: 9780007270781

When you get a garden of your own it is exciting but a bit overwhelming, too. Where do you start to get it under control if it's been neglected? How do you know what to prune and when - and how? What are the secrets to making sure that the new plants you buy will thrive when you get them home - and how you can be sure that you're putting them in the right place?This hand-holding guide to gardening for beginner's leads you through each step of each task, making it easy to get it right and ensuring that you don't waste time, money and effort with unsuitable plants or poor techniques.

ISBN: 9780276442681

Guided inspiration and practical preparation are the foundations of an individual and beautiful garden. This book offers first-time gardeners the opportunity to develop an understanding of simple design and planning principles, as well as providing advice on the best plant varieties for produce and for ornament; allowing them to create an interesting garden in any sort of location."The First-Time Garden Specialist" shows how to assess a plot and how to start planning the design. It also explains which tools and materials might be required. Basic construction options are also included, such as creating privacy, paths, water features and play areas. The book also contains a host of suggestions for the kinds of plants that can be grown and the containers that can be used.This compact book looks at a number of garden scenarios in detail and explains the kinds of things that need to be thought through, such as types and styles, options and designs, key elements etc. Bright photographs and instructive illustrations of a huge variety of plants and required techniques really bring this book to life.

ISBN: 9781845379261

In this book, Helen Dillon encapsulates, in her inimitable witty and accessible style, her lifetime of gardening know-how, deep love of plants and assured sense of design. Here is illumination for every gardener - from the beginner wondering why nothing will grow in the garden of the new house to the sophisticate aiming at exquisitely subtle effects. Thoughtful ideas on garden style are underpinned by practical advice on looking after plants and careful instructions on the basics of digging, planting and propagating. Helen Dillon teaches us all how to garden, and garden well. Helen Dillon is revered world-wide as one of the most skilled and perceptive gardeners of our time. She comes from Perthshire in Scotland and has been living in Ireland with her husband, Val, for the past thirty-four years. Much sought after as an author, broadcaster and garden consultant, she lectures frequently in the United States and New Zealand as well as all over Britain. She has also travelled extensively in order to study plants in Nepal, China, South America, South Africa and New Zealand.
In 1999, she was awarded the Gold Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in England and in 2003 the George Robert White Medal of Honour of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. In autumn 2004, she was made a Distinguished Counsellor to the Board of the New York Botanical Garden. Her garden in Dublin has been open to the public for the last twenty years. Previous books include "Garden Artistry" and "On Gardening."

ISBN: 9780711227101

16 step-by-step projects for growing plants and flowers suitable for both indoor and outdoor environments, all climates and all conditions, introducing and explaining gardening terms, techniques, equipment and tools, with colour photographs of children in action. Illustrated with colour photographs.

ISBN: 9780754802211

Whether you're a complete novice or looking to improve your existing gardening skills, this is the complete guide on how to garden, from the experts at the RHS. Just about to start your first ever gardening project, or looking to improve an existing plot? Whatever your level of expertise, you'll find everything you need to know in this easy-to-follow guide. From bulbs to borders, weeds to watering, pick up gardening techniques, practical basics, and simple skills which will have your garden blooming, this title includes top tips to guide you every step of the way with clear, easy-to-follow advice and photographs. Find out the principles of good of gardening - how plants work and how to give them what they need. This is your one-stop guide to creating and enjoying a garden of your own.

ISBN: 9781405328524