The Purposeful Gardener: Double Your Harvest & Create a Food Oasis with Raised Beds, Vertical Growing & Companion Planting

by Tasha Medve

If you’ve been wanting to start a garden but don’t know where to start, raised bed gardening is the perfect solution. Tasha Medve is here with all the tips and tricks readers could ever need for growing abundant garden beds that are easy to maintain and appeal to modern design styles. From a stunning arch made up of pumpkin vines to a towering pea trellis brimming with lush foliage and delicious sugar peas, gardeners of all sizes and skill are sure to find their niche. This book will contain practical tips that teach readers how to grow a sustainable raised bed garden without sacrificing aesthetics.


Medve will cover everything from vertical gardening techniques to companion planting and repelling pests, all the while balancing old garden wisdom with modern tools, technology and knowledge. Readers can choose to grow flowers, herbs, fruits, veggies, or a little of everything! These beautiful raised beds are a great way to get into gardening as a seasonal hobby, or elevate your existing space. Grow thoughtfully into the new year with this guide to a purposeful home garden, and experience the beauty and joy of raised bed gardening.

Genres: Gardening

192 pages, Hardcover

Published January 6, 2026

Reviews

[Paul Sutter]

THE PURPOSEFUL GARDENER serves a most important purpose, and that is to get you outside into your backyard, where you can create a garden to remember. It will also be an annual project that will not only keep you active, but create a space that you can proudly show family and friends, while at the same time enjoying the fruits of your labors, in more ways than one.
Tasha Medve is a noted gardener and blogger, and she has more than a green thumb. She has all the experience to offer her insight and ideas, to make your garden is as lush and luscious as hers. In her most informative book, she offers ideas for producing vegetables, herbs, and flowers. You can make the best of the space that you have, using ingenious techniques to grow the best.
She says that gardening starts with a dream. And that dream expands when you assess your garden to formulate a plan on what you want to grow, where you want to grow it, and the best ways to create the best garden imaginable.
She advises starting small, then let you imagination and possibilities soar. Tasha speaks highly (pardon the pun) of raised beds. This will result in less weeds and maintenance, and it will be easier on the body to tend to. It may also help keep out backyard predators, and certain insects. She advises the best crops to plant to get maximum yield from each.
Herbs are an important part of the garden as well, as they not only smell great, but certain ones may keep away crop-loving insects. Certain flowers such as marigolds with their scent, have the same result. The bountiful amount of photos in the book, also add to the total picture, giving you step by step guidance in planting, creating vertical growing areas, and much more. The book is like the perfect bible for the novice and experienced gardener, taking you to great heights of backyard magic.

[Natalie Scherck]

LOVED this book. My only complaint is now I want to move to where I have lots of land to grow a gigantic garden! I got some great ideas for plants I want to grow and how I want to grow them.

[Ethan Jordt]

Very informative and easy to follow DIY projects and ideas. Fun pictures and learned a lot

[Nada Loughead]

See my review at https://canadiancookbooks.ca/the-purp...