The Abundant Flower Gardener

Being a plant lover , i enjoyed reading about various plant combinations to grow...... A wonderful for plant lovers...

This book is a well laid book on starting a suburban garden. The advise is very practical and the designs are traditionally based, which makes it a very good book for beginners and easy care gardeners. There is instructions on fencing, lawn, beds, decking, verandas, porches and paths design. The section on garden style is good and show how to adapt the original base to various looks such as Japanese, cottage, modern, courtyard and more. I like the section on organic gardening, including set up and information on growing many vegetables. Of course there is lots of information on growing and care of other plants for the garden.
A good book for the practical landscaper

When i do manage to put a book down, i love to spend time in the garden. Last year we decided to re design our garden, experimenting with colour and various other combinations. I was so pleased to have had the opportunity to read this book, as it has given us plenty of new ideas and advice. What i also found useful in this book was a chapter about paths and path constructions. Mine certainly needs attention! There is so much useful information in this book with beautiful colour photographs and plenty of diagrams. I can highly recommend this book to all who enjoy their gardens. One of the best gardening books that i have read for some time.

My thanks to Netgalley and the Publishers for my copy. This is my honest review.

Reading the title of this book, Plant Combinations For An Abundant Garden, I thought that the scope of the book would be more limited, that it would just have some ideas about what plants to combine together in a garden. But, the book covered way more than that. It is a comprehensive gardening guide perfect for a beginning gardener, and also good for someone more knowledgeable.

First it discusses the inspiration for your garden, then how to make a plan of your yard on paper, what tools you need to start the work, the prep work you need to do on site, and the order in which to do this. Then it reviews all the things you might put in your garden besides plants, i.e. walls, fences, hedges, gates, patios, decks, paths, steps, lights, garden buildings and more!

My favourite part of the book was the next section, all about different garden designs. Some examples are: a cottage kitchen garden, water garden, Mediterranean garden, formal English garden, secluded city garden, Japanese garden, container garden, wild garden, rock garden, herb garden, et cetera. Included in each section were sample plans for each of these kinds of gardens, and the kinds of plants that would go well in each one.

Then, there was growing information for many kinds of plants – annuals, biennials, perennials, fruits and vegetables.

If your yard is a blank slate right now and you want to transform it into something more, this book is perfect for you. It has everything you need.

Note: I received an advance copy of this book through NetGalley.

This book is easy to read and easy to use. It gives step by step instructions on how to properly build the best place for growing and protect the garden you plant. My grandmother was an avid gardener and taught me most of what I know about gardening today. She grew mainly flowers so this book was great at opening my eyes to how to better grow fruits, veggies, and herbs. I can not wait for summer to get more plants growing and utilize this book even more.

An interested and useful book for people who are interested in gardening.
I liked the clear and detailed explanations and the instructions for different types of garden and plants.
Very useful and highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC