New Garden Book

by Better Homes and Gardens

All aspects of home landscaping and gardening are illustrated and described for the amateur gardener

Genres: Gardening, Reference, Nonfiction, Plants, Crafts

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

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

[Suzy]

Easy to understand and implement. Good photos.

[Xeno · Rating 5 out of 5]

My opinions on gardens have evolved beyond the usual of “pretty flowers, pretty arrangement”. Next time I go for a walk with my friends past the wealthy neighbourhoods, I’m going to pull out the full garden analyses thanks to this book

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wish it had pictures of all the plants it talks about. Only reason for the 4 stars.

[Inga Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful basic information about gardening. I also like the way the book is structured. It's easy to browse and just use it as a reference, if you need to go back at some point and read about a specific topic.
Has lots of pictures accompanying the descriptions for everything it talks about, which makes it so much easier to understand and visualize what you are reading, especially for trimming, pruning and planting :)

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

a lot of good information on plants. But if you are in a colder zone like me (zone 3) there are a lot of plants in this books to skip through. I don't have a big problem with that though. It has nice photos of the different plants as well. Each chapter talks a bit about the plant category first before getting to the plants and their descriptions. It is basic information but definitely helpful if you are new to gardening.

[TurtleneckGirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite gardening book of all time - ever! I've planned and plotted countless garden beds over the past eighteen years with this book propped on my wheelbarrow. The plant portfolios are especially useful, with clear photographs and succinct descriptions. It's falling apart but I'll just keep taping it together (and brushing dirt from between its pages).

[Carolee · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE BEST book I've found so far for overall generalistic advice. I knew very little about landscaping and gardening when I bought this 3 years ago (new house - VERY challenging yard). The book is now highlighted, sticky-noted, doggy-eared, and stuffed with additional pieces of drafts and ideas on paper ... this book is well loved!

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a great resource on the basics of all around gardening. This gives you a place to start and if you want more I depth information you can look online for specifics.