Gardening All-in-One For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden)) [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

The National Gardening Association (Author), Bob Beckstrom (Author), Karan Davis Cutler (Author), Kathleen Fisher (Author), Phillip Giroux (Author), Judy Glattstein (Author), Mike MacCaskey (Author), Bill Marken (Author), Charlie Nardozzi (Author), Sally Roth (Author), Marcia Tatroe (Author), Lance Walheim (Author), Ann Whitman (Author)

Book Description

Series: For Dummies (Home & Garden) | Publication Date: February 28, 2003

Seven books in one deliver the dirt on gardening success

Your one-stop guide to a beautiful garden – no experience required!

Puzzled by pruning? Anguishing over landscaping? Can’t tell a hosta from a hyacinth? Don’t worry! This all-in-one reference delivers all the know-how you need to transform an ordinary backyard into a glorious garden. Drawing on the expertise of the National Gardening Association, this garden primer shows you how to have fun playing in the dirt – and start smelling the roses.

The Dummies Way

• Coverage of the essentials and beyond
• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Nifty navigational aids, such as thumbtabs and icons
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• A dash of humor and fun

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Seven books in one deliver the dirt on gardening success

Your one-stop guide to a beautiful garden – no experience required!

Puzzled by pruning? Anguishing over landscaping? Can’t tell a hosta from a hyacinth? Don’t worry! This all-in-one reference delivers all the know-how you need to transform an ordinary backyard into a glorious garden. Drawing on the expertise of the National Gardening Association, this garden primer shows you how to have fun playing in the dirt – and start smelling the roses.

The Dummies Way

• Coverage of the essentials and beyond
• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Nifty navigational aids, such as thumbtabs and icons
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• A dash of humor and fun

About the Author

The National Gardening Association is the largest member-based, nonprofit organization of home gardeners in the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 744 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (February 28, 2003)
• ISBN-10: 0764525557
• ASIN: B001U3YQ92
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,466,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!, February 16, 2009

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Shannon (East Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gardening All-in-One For Dummies (Paperback)

This book is absolutely amazing!! We used to have gardens when I was little but, typical child that I was, I hated it and did not pay any attention. Now I am slowing down and want to do more than plant flowers (although I am not giving them up either!!) and don't know a darn thing about what to plant where. That is where this book comes in!

It has practical tips about what to plant together to balance the nutrients. What plants need the same amount of water and sun (so you don't plant a sun lover in the shade!). And it is so easy to find what you are looking for in a matter of minutes not hours (like some books I have looked at). Plus it doesn't assume you know all of the terminology of gardening (as if I know what air layering, complete flowers, dormant oil, soil sterilizing, and sweating plants are--just to name a few one book I picked up used).

This book is a must read for the basic beginner gardener who just wants to know what plants repel what pests and what should be planted where. It is a great, no-frills instruction manual that is user friendly. I would recommend it to anyone (except people who actually know what sweating plants are, and they probably don't need a guide anyway!!!).

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Focused on flowers, January 15, 2010

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Sam Tracy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gardening All-in-One For Dummies (Paperback)

I got this book as a gift, and it is good. However, how it says "7 books in 1" on the cover, 6 of these are about landscaping and different types of flowers, only 1 is devoted to vegetables and herbs, which was what I was looking for. It looks great for a flower gardener / hobby landscaper though.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Text Text Text, February 15, 2009

By 

Jasmine Johnson - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gardening All-in-One For Dummies (Paperback)

Well I think this book is FULL of information, and is not rigid in any way as in, you don't have to read chapter to chapter! And that's good, but their is lots of text, if you are looking for a colorful book full of interesting well drawn diagrams etc... this is not the book for you! But if you are looking for text than this is your book. I was just hoping for a little bit more. Anyway it's a great reference and I suggest if you need to buy a book on a budget this is your book! HAPPY GARDENING!!!!