Getting Started
Creating a first garden or first tackling a long-neglected one - they're daunting tasks, not prone to the instant makeovers we're accustomed to seeing on TV. Where to start?
That's what my coaching clients usually ask, so I'm adding to this page as fast as I can.
Photo: Border at River Farm, home of the American Horticultural Society.
Hiring Professionals
- Is there a Gardening Coach in your area? Check the Directory. And if someone near you isn't listed there, here are some suggestions about how you can find one, anyway.
- Me and My Landscape Architect is my happy report about getting some cheap help from an expensive professional.
- Coming soon - using the free or low-cost design help offered by nurseries.
Help on this Site
- How to Learn to Garden - because it's not just about starting your garden; it's getting you started as a gardener.
- Design/Install Lessons Learned is about the steps rearranging a garden, with photos.
More Great Information on Line
- Minnesota's Renegade Gardener is one of my favorite gardening writers, and his Landscaping 101 is a must-read.
- Michele Owen wrote some Rules for Beginners and 38 commenters chimed in - great stuff! It's called "Initiation Rites".
- I recommend this 10-part series "Getting Started in the Garden" from Slate Magazine.
And in Print
- Mrs. Greenthumbs
by Cassandra Danz is not just instructive for the beginner - it's hilarious.
- Mrs. Greenthumbs Plows Ahead
- The Garden Premeir by Barbara Damrosch
- Dirt: The Lowdown on Growing a Garden with Style
- Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden
- The Inviting Garden
- Bloom and Blossom: The Reader's Guide to Gardening
- A Sand Country Almanac
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