Top 10 Gardening Books for beginners
Are you new to gardening? Have you just purchased a house with a garden and do not know where to start? It is not as scary as it looks. Here we will provide you with the top 10 gardening books for beginners. These will help you get off to a good start with your garden. We have taken the customers reviews to provide you with the best gardening books available on the market. You are able to click the links of each book and purchase the book of your choice directly from Amazon. Which Gardening books for beginners will you be purchasing?
Allotment and Kitchen Garden Book
Are you starting an allotment or planning on growing your own fruit, vegetables, herbs, and flowers in a kitchen garden? If so we highly recommend the book Allotment Month By Month. This does exactly what it does on the cover to help you with what you should be doing in the allotment and kitchen garden each month. Below you can see the link for Amazon where you can purchase the book directly. This book is extremely popular with all allotment holders as you will read in the reviews:-
You can check out all the allotment and kitchen garden books we recommend here.
Book:-RHS How To Garden When You’re New To Gardening: The Basics For Absolute Beginners
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RHS How To Garden When You’re New To Gardening shows you the basics to get your green space under control and keep it that way. With the expertise of the RHS, you’ll find simple step-by-step instructions, with clear images to help you create your dream garden, no matter the size and scale.
Grow tomatoes, make a hanging basket, cut back your bushes and prune your roses – simply, practically and efficiently – no knowledge of Latin required!
The perfect way to kickstart a new outdoor hobby – this refreshingly accessible book will help the gardening novice master and enjoy their precious patch of land.
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This book has been rated 4.6 out of 5. It has a 5* rating of 75% out of 350 purchases online. Here is what the customers think of the book:-
- Some reviewers didn’t like the amount of photos/pictures but it was exactly right for me. I found them very instructive and the book is not bogged down with lots of wordy instructions. Each to his own but I thought it was ideal for a beginner.
Book:-RHS Your Wellbeing Garden: How to Make Your Garden Good for You – Science, Design, Practice
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Discover…
How certain plants can form a barrier against air and noise pollution
Which birdsong alleviates anxiety
How plants can help to save energy
Why green is so good for us
Learn how connecting with nature can reduce stress and improve wellbeing. You don’t even need a garden – even a balcony or houseplants can help to boost your mood. Every recommendation is backed by scientific research, drawn together by the team of RHS scientists and experts. Favourite garden designer at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Matt Keightley then suggests how to translate the science into ideas for your green space.
With this groundbreaking book, find out how, in sometimes very simple ways, you can create an outdoor space that nourishes your mind and body, and is good for our planet too.
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This Gardening books for beginners has been rated 4.7 out of 5. It has a 5* rating of 77% out of 100 purchases online. Here is what the customers think of the book:-
- Matt Knightley and Alistair Griffiths along with Annie Gatti and Zia Allaway have put together a well set out book to provide clear guidance in how to develop a garden to benefit your physical and mental health. Breaking each topic into easy to understand sections, while making it accessible to all types and sizes of gardens. Filled with great tips this will be useful at home and at work. Recommended to anyone to get the best out of gardens and gardening and ways of maximising the benefits. Well illustrated and easy to use book.
Book:-RHS Gardening Through the Year: Month-by-month Planning Instructions and Inspiration
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Let BBC Gardener’s World writer Ian Spence tell you month by month what to do when in your garden, and show you exactly how to do it too. This fully illustrated book takes you systematically through the year, each chapter looking in-depth at one month at a time. A handy “To Do” list, along with “Last Chance” reminders and “Get Ahead” tips, gives you an overview of the month’s tasks, followed by an inspirational gallery of “Star Plants” to showcase the visual highlights of the month.
The rest of each chapter is packed with advice on plant care, how to grow your own vegetables and fruit, maintaining garden features such as lawns and ponds, what to prune when, and illustrated step-by-step projects and gardening ideas. A photographic A-Z appendix of nearly 350 plants provides detailed information on growing habit and care.
This updated edition features brand-new visual galleries that showcase a gardening year at-a-glance, with inspirational ideas for achieving colour, scent, or eye-catching foliage in your garden for every month of the year. Each month has updated Weather Watch and plant care information. Packed with essential gardening advice, RHS Gardening Through the Year is the must-have book for new gardeners and a trusty reference for old hands.
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This book has been rated 4.7 out of 5. It has a 5* rating of 78% out of 1000 purchases online. Here is what the customers think of the book:-
- Love this book. Borrowed it from the library but had to buy my own copy. So much information, and good intelligent content. Consult regularly just to check in doing things at the right time. E.g. Pruning, seed sowing, cuttings, Best time to add fertilisers & compost etc.
Book:-Veg in One Bed: How to Grow an Abundance of Food in One Raised Bed, Month by Month
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In just one raised bed, greenfingered wunderkind Huw Richards shows you how to grow vegetables, organically, abundantly and inexpensively so you have something to harvest every month of the year.
Month by month, discover what you need to do and how to do it. Try becoming more self-sufficient in your allotment, a small garden, or even on a roof terrace.
Everything is explained in clear, photographed steps: building your bed, growing from seed, planting, feeding, and harvesting. Huw shows how to guarantee early success by starting off young plants on a windowsill. He suggests what to grow in each part of the bed, and provides alternative vegetables to swap in or out depending on what you like eating. No-dig gardening methods remove most of the back-breaking work, too.
Veg in One Bed goes beyond the inspiring demonstrations on his YouTube channel “Huw Richards – Grow Food Organically”. In this book he organises all his ideas and suggestions into a blueprint for growing your own vegetables month by month. Little growing experience? Only a small space? No matter – with Veg in One Bed, you can still eat food you have grown all through the year.”
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This book has been rated 4.7 out of 5. It has a 5* rating of 80% out of 1500 purchases online. Here is what the customers think of the book:-
- We have been growing our own vegetables in raised beds for the last 2 years. We live in the west of Scotland and have less sun and more rain. We don’t have a glass house to grow seedlings. We’ve learnt alot over this time and alot of it has been learnt by trial and error. Previous books provide some guidance, so do experienced friends and of course…Monty :)! We think this book adds alot to our basic information because we are not greenfingers in any shape or form! Sometimes you do need something to be a bit prescriptive and tell you exactly what to do, WHEN to do it and in what order. This is what this book is good for. It appreciates that lots of us are city folkies with limited space but wanting to do the best with what we have. We’ve had pretty good crops of beans, peas,kale, spinach, salad leaves, carrots, onions, garlic, chives, courgettes, potatoes, blueberries and raspberries this season but we’re looking forward to next year with a much better plan in our heads! Recommended reading.
Book:- The Complete Gardener: A Practical, Imaginative Guide to Every Aspect of Gardening
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Here, Monty reveals the secrets of growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs while respecting the needs of the environment by gardening organically.
Grounded in his own experience, Monty’s straightforward gardening advice is paired with extraordinarily beautiful photographs taken over the course of a year in his own Herefordshire garden, taking you on a tour of his flower garden, herb garden, kitchen garden, and more.
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This book has been rated 4.8 out of 5. It has a 5* rating of 86% out of 700 purchases online. Here is what the customers think of the book:-
- We’ve recently moved into our new house and just had a chunk of plain lawn to play with. We bought this for some advice and inspiration and, with a lot of effort put in, we are really pleased with how things have turned out.
- Pretty much any questions we had about what to plant where and when, how to care for it etc. were all in this bible of gardening.
Book:-RHS Step-by-Step Veg Patch: A Foolproof Guide to Every Stage of Growing Fruit and Veg
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This gardening book will help you learn how to grow, nurture, and harvest more than 50 types of fruits and vegetables. The bright photos, step-by-step illustrations, and foolproof advice will get you growing in no time.
Perfect for beginners as well as keen gardeners. This planting book will teach you how to plan your space, be it a small raised bed, some pots, or a large vegetable patch.
Maximise your harvest and explore different planting themes that suit your needs! You’ll also discover useful tips for selecting plants to match your theme.
Want to know how to keep pests away and your plants healthy? RHS Step-by-Step Veg Patchcontains brilliant expert advice on how to grow more than 50 different crops. Simply look up the specific crop you want to grow, and follow the photos and clear instructions on planting, nurturing, and harvesting. You’ll also discover the latest popular new cultivars, crops, and heirloom varieties in this updated edition
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This book has been rated 4.7 out of 5. It has a 5* rating of 80% out of 215 purchases online. Here is what the customers think of the book:-
- The BEST fruit and vegetable growing book currently out on the market!! I purchased veg in one bed but found it was really vague and didn’t cover much so decided to try this book. It’s really brilliant as it has lots of detail from the different varieties of each vegetable to how to weed and separate seedlings. Great information on common diseases and how to avoid them. I also like the section about identifying and detecting pests with pictures. Highly recommend for both beginners and avid growers. GREAT BUY. Well done RHS – not just another reference book but nice and user friendly!
Book:-RHS Encyclopedia Of Plants and Flowers
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Drawing on expert advice from the RHS, the book features an illustrated catalogue of more than 4,000 plants and flowers. Organised by colour, size, and type, rather than as an A-Z directory, and accompanied by beautiful, full-colour images, it will help you select the right varieties for your outdoor space. Browse the photographic catalogue to find at-a-glance plant choice inspiration, or use the extensive plant dictionary to look up more than 8,000 plant varieties and the best growing conditions for them.
This new edition features the latest and most popular cultivars, with more than 1,400 new plants added, as well as updated photography, hardiness ratings, and a brand-new introduction. Fully comprehensive yet easy to use, the RHS Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers is the inspirational, informative guide every gardener needs on their bookshelf.
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This book has been rated 4.8 out of 5. It has a 5* rating of 84% out of 340 purchases online. Here is what the customers think of the book:-
- I gave this trusty tome to two different young garden owners this Christmas. Hope they will come to find it as useful and delightful as I have. If not they can stop rising sea-levels or runaway buses with its bulk and weight. It would be even better if this Encyclopaedia of Plants were published in three or four parts and didn’t have to be read on a table
Book:-RHS Complete Gardener’s Manual: The one-stop guide to plan, sow, plant, and grow your garden
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Choose plants that will thrive in your space.
Design a border for year-round colour.
Grasp different pruning techniques.
Discover how to protect your veg patch from pests.
Make the best compost.
Delve into this concise, practical encyclopedia to find all the ideas and advice you need to create a spectacular, thriving garden
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Book:-RHS How to Create your Garden: Ideas and Advice for Transforming your Outdoor Space
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Regardless of your experience or budget, with Adam’s help and know-how you can design your dream garden, whether it’s a small urban garden, a classic cottage garden, a suburban front garden, a low-maintenance space or a city roof terrace. His practical, no-nonsense approach strips away complex garden design concepts and focuses on your needs and preferred garden style to help you plan and build a garden that works for you.
Starting right at the beginning, Adam takes you step by step through the whole process, inspiring you with simple garden design ideas to tackle a full garden makeover or a simple revamp of just one part of your garden, perhaps a tired herbaceous border, a neglected vegetable patch, the patio, or a water feature.
Learn how to design a garden that reflects your practical needs, lifestyle, budget, personality, soil, and climate.
Build it yourself following the clear, uncomplicated step-by-step instructions that show you everything from laying turf to terraces, planting trees or building a raised bed or water feature.
Enjoy it month by month with his simple checklist of what to do when to keep your garden in shape.
RHS How to Create your Garden is about designing an outside space that is real, achievable, and right for you.
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This book has been rated 4.7 out of 5. It has a 5* rating of 78% out of 300 purchases online. Here is what the customers think of the book:-
- Great book from one of the best in the business. If you like Adam Frost on Gardeners World then you will love this book.
- I love how there are sections within sections. So the overarching themes of designing, building and then enjoying your garden can be read as one book, or you can dip in and out when you need a bit of advice from a true pro.
Book:-The Five Minute Garden
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Just what you need…the advice is clear and no-nonsense.’ – Waitrose Weekend
‘The Five Minute Garden is really sparkily written – who’d have known being poked to go outside and get on with a few garden jobs would be so enjoyable?- – Ambra Edwards
The five-minute method to keep your garden beautiful
Garden writer and busy mum Laetitia Maklouf has discovered the secret of happier gardening – do something small every day. She’s packed this book with little bursts of activity: spruce, chop, nurture, fuss or tackle a larger project, all in five-minute forays.
Every day, rain or shine, do something for your garden with whatever time you can spare. Before you know it, you will have a daily gardening habit and a beautiful garden you can enjoy all year round.
Monday spruce
This little enterprise sets you up for your week. It’s a general garden-tidying mission all the baseline jobs but over the entire garden. Don’t get into detail no perfectionism here, but you will get round the whole area. Tidy away anything out of place, weed anything that s obvious when you look around, roughly sweep/blow all terraces, steps and paths and water anything that needs a drink.
Tuesday chop
This is everything that needs chopping and tying-in. Get those secateurs and do the dead, diseased and dying dance. Next, tackle any tree or shrub branches that need pruning or shaping. Tie in anything that needs training. Put everything into a bag for council composting, or chop up fine for home composting. Mow and edge the lawn (summer).
Wednesday nurture
This involves moving and planting. Take stock. Lift and divide perennials that need it in autumn, move (or remove) anything that s not working and replace with something else. Sow seed, prick out, pot on, plant out. Plant bulbs in autumn.
Thursday fuss
This is simple deadheading and fussing. Glass of wine, finger and thumb. Compost or vase. Also feeding containers in summer.
The Friday Project
A day where you pick something that needs doing and go a bit deeper than your normal, slapdash gardening.
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This book has been rated 4.7 out of 5. It has a 5* rating of 77% out of 100 purchases online. Here is what the customers think of the book:-
- I adore Laetitia Maklouf’s emails and Instagram posts and had pre-ordered this book with great excitement. I have been excitedly awaiting its arrival and I was not disappointed!! It is a total gem of a book, filled with hints, tips and totally achievable projects. Laetitia’s writing inspires you to put down that cup, get out of that chair, grab your tools and get out into your garden.
- The book is divided into months of the year and each chapter is divided into Spruce, Chop, Nurture and Fuss. In addition there is a creative project to enhance your garden.
- This is an inspiring and beautifully written and illustrated book. Laetitia writes as though she’s right next to you, reassuring, inspiring and making your garden feel less overwhelming and more relaxing and totally enjoyable!! I am a seasoned gardener but I know that this beautiful book will be close to hand and get lots of use.
We hope you found these top 10 best gardening books for beginners useful. If you would like to check out our Allotment Book reviews check them out here. If you would like to find books to use your produce you have grown – check out our cookbooks here.