Assessing your space. How to assess your space ; The weather ; Sun, shade, and the seasons ; Your microclimate ; Your soil ; Landscape inspiration

Flower beds & borders. Designing beds and borders ; Size, shape, and layout ; Choosing your plants ; Making a planting plan ; Sunny sites ; Shady sites ; Wet, sticky soils ; Dry, free-draining soils ; Exposed sites ; Rock gardens ; Choosing and buying plants

Perennials, annuals, & biennials. Growing perennials ; Growing annuals and biennials

Bulbs. Growing bulbs

Shrubs. Growing shrubs ; Pruning shrubs

Climbers. Growing climbers ; Pruning climbers

Roses. Growing roses

Grasses, bamboos, & ferns. Growing grasses ; Growing bamboos ; growing ferns

Lawns, meadows, & gravel gardens. What sort of lawn? ; Looking after your lawn ; What's wrong with my lawn? ; Making a new lawn ; Alternatives to grass ; Wildflower meadows ; Gravel gardens

Trees. Trees ; Caring for trees

Hedges. Hedges ; Caring for hedges

Containers. Growing plants in containers ; Care and maintenance ; Growing crops in containers

Crops. Where to grow crops ; Growing vegetables ; Root vegetables ; Leafy vegetables ; Growing herbs ; Growing fruit ; Fruit trees ; Fruit bushes and soft fruits

Tools & techniques. The basic tool kit ; Watering ; Mulches ; Feeding your plants ; Compost ; Digging ; Weeding ; Eco-gardening ; Propagating plants

Garden doctor. What's wrong? ; Garden pests & parasites ; Plant diseases ; Keeping plants healthy

Garden year planner. Early spring ; Mid- to late spring ; Early summer ; Mid- to late summer ; Fall ; Winter

Glossary

Understanding plant names.