RHS How to Garden When You're New to Gardening: The Basics for Absolute Beginners

by D.K. Publishing

This fully illustrated handbook explains how to establish a garden from scratch, making the most of its soil and orientation. It offers advice on the planting and maintenance of lawns, hedges, trees, shrubs and flowers, and how to cultivate fruit, vegetables and herbs. A final chapter on Practicalities covers pruning, composting, watering, weeding, dealing with pests and diseases, and how to care for garden tools.

256 pages, Hardcover

Published January 4, 2024

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

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