Gardening Tips for Adults

April showers bring May flowers, along with the start of an exciting summer gardening season. Get tips, tricks, advice, and ideas from these great books about gardening!

Updated May 13, 2025
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Ultimate Guide to Planting and Harvesting a Vegetable Garden: Expert Tips--When and Where to Plant, Pests and Disease Control for over 70 Vegetables
Editors of Creative Homeowner
Paper Book
Every gardener needs at least one comprehensive gardening book on their shelf and this is it! An all-in-one resource for beginner and advanced gardeners with chapters on what you need to think about before starting a garden, planning, prepping, choosing the vegetables, sowing, growing, small space...
The money-saving gardener : create your dream garden at a fraction of the cost
Lautenbach, Anya
Paper Book
Beat the rising cost of living and transform your garden on a budget with Anya the Garden Fairy. The Money-Saving Gardener reveals the tips and tricks to keeping costs down without compromising on style or impact. Learn how to repurpose what you have and give new life to...
Martha Stewart's gardening handbook : the essential guide to designing, planting, and growing
Stewart, Martha
Paper Book
An instant New York Times Bestseller "If you want to be happy for a year, get married. If you want to be happy for a decade, get a dog. And if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, make a garden."  --Martha Stewart, Martha Netflix Documentary<...
The backyard homestead guide to growing organic food : a crop-by-crop reference for 62 vegetables, fruits, nuts, and herbs
Cobb, Tanya Denckla
Paper Book
The latest addition to Storey's bestselling Backyard Homestead series, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food is a one-stop reference for all the key information food gardeners need to grow a healthy, bountiful garden. Author Tanya Denckla Cobb spent years gathering and...
The ultimate flower gardener's guide : how to combine shape, color, and texture to create the garden of your dreams
Carey, Jenny Rose
Paper Book
"Full of practical insights, ideas, and inspiration to help you grow the flower-packed garden of your dreams."--Greg Loades, author of The Modern Cottage Garden The colors, shapes, and scents of flowers are as ravishing to the senses as to the soul. But it's all too easy get things wrong: colors...
Essential guide to organic vegetable gardening : techniques and know-how for planning, planting, and tending a home vegetable garden organically
American Horticultural Society
Paper Book
The American Horticultural Society Essential Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening is a comprehensive yet beginner-friendly handbook for growing edible gardens from the foremost authority in American gardening.
Container gardening-the permaculture way : sustainably grow vegetables and more in your small space
Tsimba, Valaery
Paper Book
Permaculture--rooted in centuries-old techniques for growing food with care for the Earth--is the key to producing a bigger harvest than you ever thought possible on your balcony, patio, driveway, deck, and anywhere in between! With sustainability as her guiding principle, Valéry Tsimba...

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