Houseplants for Beginners is a comprehensive guide to becoming a confident houseplant parent, from what plants to choose to how to make them thrive.

Are you surrounded by weeds? Is your lawn forlorn? Are your bushes diseased? Do you long to create an outdoor space you can enjoy with friends - a garden you can proudly show off? Beginner Gardening step by step shows you the basics needed to get your green space under...

A guide to creating and growing a backyard kitchen garden simply and sustainably--from planning to planting to harvest, with profiles of essential vegetables and herbs, ecological tips, and fun and creative projects Growing food in your backyard (or through...

"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...

Growing an Edible Landscape is filled with advice and tips for converting unproductive lawn and garden areas into food-growing regions where edible plants thrive.

With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder. But the outsize influence that gardens and gardening have had on the mystery genre has been underappreciated. Now, Marta McDowell, a writer and gardener...

Transform your outdoor garden into a picturesque Garden of Eden with this comprehensive garden design encyclopedia! The garden you've always wished for is achievable with this practical gardening bible for all your horticultural needs. Whether you are new to gardening or a...