There's always more to learn about gardening, and that is perhaps one of its chief pleasures. Using more than 1600 illustrations in more than 400 step-by-step sequences, this substantial guide by the American Horticultural Society covers every aspect of gardening from pruning to sowing, watering to feeding, and propagating to planting. Covering trees, flowers, shrubs, climbers, lawns, vegetables, fruit and herbs, this reference includes organic techniques, recycling, and how to eliminate pests and diseases.