From the Book - [First American edition.]
Assessing your space: weather; sun, shade, seasons; your microclimate; your soil; landscape inspiration
Flower beds & borders: designing beds and borders; size, shape, layout; choosing your plants; making a planting plan; sunny and shady sites; wet, sticky soils; dry, free-draining soils; exposed sites; rock gardens; choosing buying plants
Perennials, annuals, & biennials
Shrubs, growing & pruning
Climbers, growing & pruning
Grasses, bamboos, & ferns
Lawns, meadows, & gravel gardens: What sort of lawn? Maintaining your lawn; What's wrong with my lawn? Making a new lawn; alternatives to grass; wildflower meadows; gravel gardens
Container gardening, with care and maintenance
Crops: where to grow; growing vegetables (root, leafy, peas, beans); fruiting vegetables; herbs; fruit trees, bushes, and soft fruits
Tools & techniques: basic tool kit; watering; mulches; feeding your plants; compost; digging; weeding; eco-gardening; propagating plants
Garden doctor: What's wrong? Garden pests & parasites; Plant diseases; Keeping plants healthy
Garden year planner: early spring; mid-to-late spring; early summer; mid-to-late summer; fall; winter
Understanding plant names.
