1: GETTING STARTED 1: Which way does your garden face? 2: Know your soil 3: Improving your soil 4: Choosing the right potting compost 5: Choosing healthy plants

2: FLOWERS & FOLIAGE 1: Sowing seeds outdoors 2: Sowing seeds indoors 3: Growing plants that last 4: Growing sunflowers 5: Preparing pots for planting 6: Plant up a colourful container 7: Make a spring hanging basket 8: Planting a shady windowbox 9: Making a border 10: Making raised beds and edges 11: Choosing flowers and foliage for spring containers 12: Choosing flowers and foliage for summer containers

3: LAWNS 1: Laying turf 2: Sowing grass seed 3: How to make a lawn edging 4: Growing bulbs in grass 5: Caring for your lawn

4: CLIMBERS 1: Planting a climber 2: Potting up climbers 3: Create a tower of climbers 4: Make an ivy topiary ball 5: Build a rose arch 6: Pruning a rose arch 7: Pruning a rose on a wall 8: Pruning wisteria 9: Cutting back ivy 10: Raise new plants by layering 11: Choosing climbers for spring interest 12: Choosing climbers for summer interest

5: SHRUBS 1: Planting a shrub 2: Planting a shrub in a pot 3: Planting a bare-root rose 4: Pruning an early summer flowering shrub 5: Lightly pruning shrubs 6: Pruning a shrub rose 7: Pruning hydrangea 8: Pruning lavender 9: Pruning for winter stems 10: Planting a hedge 11: Trimming a hedge 12: Making a topiary cone 13: Repotting a shrub 14: Choosing shrubs for year-round interest 15: Choosing shrubs for autumn interest

6: GRASSES 1: Planting grasses in the ground 2: Caring for grasses 3: Cutting back grasses 4: Dividing grasses 5: Choosing grasses

7: SMALL TREES 1: Planting a tree 2: Removing a branch 3: Moving a tree or shrub 4: Choosing trees for small gardens

8: VEGETABLES 1: Growing seeds in trays 2: Sowing seeds in small pots 3: Growing vegetables from plug plants 4: Raising lettuces on a windowsill 5: Growing tomatoes 6: Growing climbing beans 7: Growing root crops 8: Growing early potatoes 9: Growing potatoes in a bin

9: HERBS 1: Growing herbs from seed 2: Planting a herb garden 3: Planting a herb hanging basket 4: Making a lavender hedge 5: Growing herbs from cuttings 6: Dividing herbs

10: FRUIT 1: Planting a basket of strawberries 2: Planting an apple tree in a pot 3: Pruning an apple tree 4: Soft fruit in small spaces 5: Tree fruit in small spaces

11: PRACTICALITIES 1: Watering plants 2: Making your own compost 3: How and when to prune 4: Caring for your tools 5: Troubleshooting weeds 6: Dealing with pests 7: Preventing diseases 8: Know your garden friends

12: Index 13: Acknowledgements