The essential garden maintenance workbook / Rosemary Alexander.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-370) and index.

Assessing the garden -- The garden soil -- Making a plan of the garden -- Understanding plant names -- Improving the hard landscape -- Lawns and grass -- Renovating the trees and shrubs -- Moving shrubs -- Renovating borders -- Water -- Weeds -- Cultivating the soil -- The potting shed -- Gardening under glass -- Irrigation -- Woody plants -- Principles for choosing plants -- Living boundaries -- Using woody plants as accents -- Using trees in the garden -- Using shrubs in the garden -- Roses -- Climbing plants and wall shrubs -- Herbaceous plants -- Planting in layers -- Herbaceous perennials -- Bulbs in the garden -- Alpine and rock-garden plants -- Ferns -- Ornamental grasses and bamboos -- Water-garden plants -- Annuals and half-hardy perennials -- The kitchen garden -- Growing plants in containers -- Caring for plants -- Pruning -- Plant propagation -- Greenhouse management -- Pests and diseases -- Organic gardening -- Planning for the future -- What to do when in the garden -- Plant hardiness zones.