Gardening all-in-one for dummies(r)

A complete basic reference for gardeners-seven books in one! Gardening is America's 1 leisure activity, enjoyed by seventy-eight percent of U. . households. Drawing on the terrific content of books in our For Dummies gardening library, which together have sold more than 400,000 copies, this omnibus volume delivers everything novice gardeners need to transform a humdrum backyard into a spectacular garden. Separated into seven book-length modules, this 744-page book covers all the major gardening topics-basics, landscaping, lawn care, roses, perennials, annuals, bulbs, herbs, and vegetables. Written with the participation of the prestigious National Gardening Association and featuring 300 black-and-white illustrations as well as sixteen pages in full-color, this is an unbeatable basic garden reference-the latest entry in our hugely successful For Dummies All-in-One series extension. The National Gardening Association is America's largest member-based, nonprofit gardening organization.

Introduction. Book I: Gardening Basics. Chapter 1: Getting Your Garden Off the Ground. Chapter 2: Zoning Out in Your Climate. Chapter 3: Digging Up the Dirt on Your Soil. Chapter 4: Balancing Your Garden's Diet. Chapter 5: Pruning from Limb to Limb. Chapter 6: Tooling Around the Garden. Chapter 7: Avoiding Plague, Famine, and Pestilence in the Garden. Book II: Garden Design. Chapter 1: Plotting Your Landscape Design. Chapter 2: Building Your Landscape. Chapter 3: Containering Your Excitement. Chapter 4: Lawn(ging) Around. Chapter 5: Tree-ting Yourself to Shrubbery. Book III: Roses. Chapter 1: Everything's Coming Up Roses. Chapter 2: Flowers That Smell Sweet as a Rose. Chapter 3: A Rose by Any Other Name. Chapter 4: Rose, Rose, Come to Stay, Plant You in the Garden Today. Chapter 5: We Beg Your Pardon, We Do Promise You a Rose Garden. Book IV: Perennials. Chapter 1: Perennials Nonstop. Chapter 2, Perennials in Any Kind of Weather. Chapter 3: Perennials to Buy, Grow, and Plant. Chapter 4: Perennial Care and Cleaning. Chapter 5: Perennially Digging Special Features for Your Flower Bed. Book V: Annuals. Chapter 1: Shining the Sunlight on Annuals. Chapter 2: Pickin' Out Annuals, Puttin' 'Em in Your Garden. Chapter 3: Raising Your Annuals Right. Chapter 4: Singing the Annual Alphabet Song. Book VI: Bulbs. Chapter 1: A Bulb's Life. Chapter 2: Take Care, Little Bulb. Chapter 3: A Bulb for Every Garden. Chapter 4: A Bulb for All Seasons. Book VII: Vegetables and Herbs. Chapter 1: Visualizing Veggie Vineyards. Chapter 2: Vegetating the Day Away. Chapter 3: Growing, Growing, Grown!Chapter 4: Getting Down to the Herb of the Matter. Chapter 5: Taking Care of Herbness, Every Day. Chapter 6: Cataloging Herbs. Index.