Better Homes and Gardens Step by Step Successful Gardening

by Better Homes and Gardens

Covers lawns, ground covers, vines, shrubs, trees, annuals, perennials, bulbs, vegetables, herbs, roses, fruits, berries, plant care, and indoor gardening techniques

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.

Reviews

[Emma Sotomayor]

This is a fine gardening book for beginners. It includes instructions for how to care for plants in each of the main categories and offers suggestions for garden design and technique. My only complaint would be that it might have offered more gardening design ideas and more step-by-step projects that could make the book a bit more instructive.

[Kelly]

An excellent resource!!! Even though it's from the '80s, it's easy to follow, the pictures are colorful and plentiful, the advice us useful, the plants are referred to with their common names, and it's clearly geared towards the average home gardener. I especially found the rose section useful and easy to understand.

[Cheryl S.]

includes trees and shrubs--basic info

[Cws]

635 Bet