You don't have to have a green thumb to have a healthy thriving garden! Inside The Beginner's Guide to Gardening, you'll learn: Skills and Techniques: Valuable expert guide to developing new gardens and taking care of those you already have. Getting Started: How to choose healthy plants and build productive soil. Garden Care: Easy-to-follow, time-saving methods and the least toxic disease & pest controls. Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs: Advice on growing, propagating, and caring for flowers in containers and the garden, with plant encyclopedias. Roses: How to select, grow, and prune healthy roses, as well as control pests & diseases. Ground Covers, Trees, Shrubs: Fundamentals on planting, growing, and maintaining, plus detailed plant directories. Vegetables and Herbs: Introduction to growing and care, including informative directories.