Flower Gardening for Beginners

by Amy Barene

Learn how to grow and arrange your own beautiful flowers!

With the right guidance and a little practice, you can grow a cut-flower garden from seed and brighten every room in your home with fresh blooms! Flower Gardening for Beginners has all the information you’ll need to plan, cultivate, tend, harvest, and arrange home-grown flowers—no experience required.

Flower gardening fundamentals—Lay the foundation for success as you learn common gardening terms, essential tools to have on hand, and answers to frequently asked questions.
A guide to planning your plot—Understand your local climate so you can choose the best spot in your yard for your garden and select seeds that will thrive.
Get to know your flowers—Discover detailed profiles that explain how to start 35 different flowers from seed, harvest them, and dry them—so you can grow your favorites year after year!

Create breathtaking bouquets from your own home-grown blooms with this beginner-friendly guide to growing flowers.

Genres: Gardening

178 pages, Paperback

Published July 26, 2022

Reviews

[Denice Langley · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many beginning gardeners quit because they lack the knowledge or local information that will allow them to succeed. I certainly wish I had a comprehensive guide such as this one when I started. It would have save me lots of money on top of the sense of accomplishment that comes from planting a seed or bulb and seeing it grow to flower. This book is excellent for beginners but it's a pretty good reference book for seasoned gardeners too.

[Alex Shrugged · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of this book is just common sense for any gardener, but it is written so clearly and simply that it was a real benefit to me.

The rest of the book was a reference to specific flowers and their various issues. I was especially glad to learn that some flowers could be poisonous to pets. Knowing that would help me to choose which flowers to grow and where.

I might read this book again.

[Hannah Whidden · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best gardening book I’ve ever read and I’d highly recommend this book to all my flower gardening friends!

[Brooklyn Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so informational and easy to understand. I’m going to start my cut flower garden now!

[Savannah Columbia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an easy guide for those interested in growing flowers in their garden. The author goes through the garden prep process and includes profiles for common garden flowers. However, this book does not go into the marketing of flowers. I would say this book is geared towards cut flower hobbyists, instead of commercial or pre-commercial growers.