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New Garden Book (Better Homes and Gardens Series)

All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!

Jerry Baker's Giant Book of Garden Solutions: 1,954 Natural Remedies to Handle Your Toughest Garden Problems

Small Garden

New Complete Home Landscaping

Go ahead and get your hands dirty.

Whether you’re growing sunflowers, orchids, or cacti, solid gardening techniques will help you plant and maintain a lush and bountiful landscape—and make it look like you hired a professional. Here’s the dirt on how to:

Choose the right plants for your climate and the best tools to care for them
Test and improve your soil and dig perfect garden beds
Defend your garden against pests, diseases, and other common problems

Gardening Basics

Ready to grow a garden? First, you’ll need to decide what you want to grow—trees, shrubs, herbs, vegetables, or flowers. If you decide to grow a flower garden, there are many different types of flowers that you can incorporate into your landscape. These include annuals, perennials, bulbs, roses, and orchids.

The right planting and growing techniques to use depend on the plants you choose for your garden. (For more detailed instructions on growing specific types of plants, see the Quamut guides to Growing Annuals, Growing Perennials, Growing Bulbs, and Growing Trees & Shrubs.)