Gardening Made Easy : A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning, Preparing, Planting, Maintaining and Enjoying Your Garden Book

	Introduction	7
	Gardener's Calendar	8
Part 1	Making or Remaking a Garden
1	Planning Your Needs	12
	Personal requirements	12
	Practical considerations	14
	Design considerations	16
	Choosing a garden style	18
	Planning the layout	20
	Planning the planting	24
	Four garden designs	26
2	Understanding Your Garden	28
	The soil	28
	Finding out about your soil	30
	The climate	32
3	Understanding Plants	36
	Reproduction	36
	Plant names	38
	Plant categories	40
4	Choosing the Plants	44
	Making a planting plan	44
	Grouping the plants	48
	Buying plants	50
	Misleading plant descriptions	52
5.	Plants to Learn With	54
	Trees	54
	Shrubs	58
	Perennials	62
	Annuals and biennials	66
	Bulbs	70
6	The Tools of the Trade	72
	Essential	72
	Desirable	74
	Optional extras	76
	Storing tools	78
	Looking after tools	79
	Machinery	80
	Clothes	81
7	Preparing the Ground	82
	Clearing the site	82
	Eliminating weeds	84
	Digging	86
	Levelling	87
	Improving the soil	88
	The no-dig garden	89
8	Planting and Transplanting	90
	Trees, including orchard fruit	94
	Shrubs, including fruit bushes	95
	Climbers	96
	Perennials and biennials, including vegetables	98
	Annuals	100
	Bulbs and corms	102
	Moving mature plants	104
	Root pruning	106
9	Lawns	108
	Making a new lawn	108
	Renovating and maintaining a neglected lawn	112
	Alternatives to grass	114
Part 2	Looking After Your Garden
10	Pruning	118
	The reasons for pruning	118
	General principles of pruning	122
	Trees	124
	Deciduous shrubs	126
	Evergreen shrubs	127
	Formal hedges and topiary	128
	Special cases	130
11	Weeding	134
	Clearing weeds	134
	Weed prevention	137
	Recognizing weeds	140
12	Watering	142
	Knowing your climate	142
	Conserving water	144
	Effective watering	146
13	Feeding	148
	The balanced diet	148
	Types of fertilizer	149
	Choosing and using fertilizers	150
	Special diets	152
14	Diseases and Pests	154
	Fungal diseases	154
	Pests: insects above ground	158
	Pests: underground insects	160
	Pests: mammals	162
	Natural pest control	164
	Non-chemical pest control	166
	Chemical pest control	167
15	Increase and Multiply	168
	Growing from seed	168
	Increasing by division	174
	Taking cuttings	176
	Layering	180
Part 3	Becoming a Specialist
16	The Kitchen Garden	184
	Choosing a site	184
	Preparing the plot	186
	Crop rotation	188
	Choosing vegetables	190
	Choosing fruit	192
	Greenhouses	196
	Choosing a site	197
	Choosing a greenhouse	198
	Using the greenhouse	198
	Equipment	200
17	Water Gardening	202
	Making a water feature	202
	Choosing and planting	208
	Making a bog garden	212
18	Containers and Hanging Baskets	214
	Choosing a style	214
	Choosing containers	216
	Planting	218
	Buying container plants	219
	Container plants	220
19	Growing Roses	226
	Choosing a site	226
	Types of rose	228
	Climbers, ramblers and standards	231
	Choosing roses	232
	Buying roses	236
	Planting	238
	Looking after roses	240
20	Growing Alpines	244
	Choosing a site	245
	Buying, planting and maintaining	247
	Choosing alpines	248
21	Growing Herbs	254
	Layout and design	254
	Planting	255
	Choosing herbs	256
22	Growing Wild Flowers	262
	Woodland flowers	262
	Meadow flowers	263
	Making a flowery meadow	264
	Choosing wild flowers	266
	Useful Addresses	274
	Indexes	275