DARYL BEYERS has taught a lot of people how to garden. Fortunately, he’s written a new book about it so we can all benefit from his knowledge and experience.
If you’re new to gardening and want to get off on the right foot, The New Gardener’s Handbook is an excellent place to start.
Beyers knows what he’s talking about. He is the New York Botanical Garden’s gardening program coordinator and teaches their ‘Fundamentals of Gardening’ course.
Previously, he was a staff writer, photographer, and editor for Fine Gardening magazine and a contributing gardening editor at Martha Stewart Living.
He also has years of first-hand, on-the-ground experience with landscape crews and garden centers. The guy behind the wheelbarrow. He has literally been around the block a few times.
Beyers starts at the beginning and covers all of the basics in an easy-to-follow manner.
Along the way he offers plant suggestions, diagrams, photographs, relevant terminology and words of wisdom.
What’s Inside
• healthy soil
• soil testing
• plant selection
• garden planning and design
• planting
• plant propagation
• transplanting
• mulching
• watering
• feeding
• pruning
• weeds
• pests
• diseases
• native plants
• beneficial insects
• composting
• terminology
• tools
The New Gardener’s Handbook – Grow A Beautiful & Bountiful Garden, Everything You Need to Know
240 pages, 8″ x 10″
Hardcover $34.95, Paperback $24.95, Kindle $18.50
ISBN 978-1-60469-874-9
Timber Press – timberpress.com
