Stewart covers all of the fundamentals that any newbie gardener would want to start out planting—from rising greens to pruning shrubs—however she additionally goes deep on area of interest matters (climbing hydrangeas, heirloom tomatoes, for instance). All through, she presents the sort of insightful recommendation that comes from many years of gardening. Just like the beloved journal she used to publish (RIP), the e book is a mixture of really helpful DIY data, like a step-by-step information for the way to correctly plant a tree, juxtaposed with purely (and wildly) aspirational glimpses of Stewart’s personal gardens, like a grove of 300(!) Japanese maples she has collected.
Refreshingly, Stewart stays unapologetic in regards to the ambition of her gardens, for instance the chapter on fruit bushes begins, “If you’re keen to decide to a long-term, larger-scale, higher-maintenance endeavor…”
