Explains, in simple text and illustrations, the growth and development of plants, including how animals spread seeds, why flowers are important, and what happens to plants in winter.

Gardening begins with understanding plant parts, which this text covers in an in-depth yet engaging way. Readers will learn the science and physiology behind seeds, bulbs, and sprouts, and their role in each stage of a plant’s life. This text looks at elementary science curricula through the high-interest perspective of hands-on gardening, covering plant life cycles and ecosystems, and more. Readers will be encouraged to get in the garden and handle these important plant components. Age-appropriate language, colorful images, fact boxes, and diagrams make learning about plants and gardening fun.

A comprehensive, richly illustrated reference on how to grow plants from seed provides everything a gardener needs to know about germinating, growing, and cultivating more than five hundred different types of flowering plants, furnishing essential information on light, soil, spacing requirements, climate, general plant care, and propagation, with quick-reference charts covering more than one thousand species. Original.

This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. Lois Ehlert's bold collage illustrations include six pages of staggered width, presenting all the flowers of each color of the rainbow.

Named a Best Gift Book for Gardeners by The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Domino magazine, and Goop. The team behind the inspirational design sites Gardenista.com and Remodelista.com presents an all-in-one manual for making your outdoor space as welcoming as your living room. Tour personality-filled gardens around the world and re-create the looks with no-fail planting palettes. Find hundreds of design tips and easy DIYs, editors’ picks of 100 classic (and stylish) objects, a landscaping primer with tips from pros, over 200 resources, and so much more.