Gardening is one of life's great pleasures. It offers bountiful wonders—flowers, grasses, fruits, vegetables, trees—that bring you closer to the natural world. It allows you to design private and public displays of infinite variety and for numerous purposes. And the best part: Learning how to grow the garden of your dreams is a skill that anyone can learn with relative ease.
In just six engaging and accessible lessons, How to Grow Anything: Your Best Garden Landscape in 6 Lessons offers you the unique chance to learn alongside a master gardening educator with more than 30 years of experience as she reveals the essential skills of gardening. Melinda Myers—an award-winning horticulturist and ­certified arborist, and a nationally syndicated garden host—guides you step-by-step through the fundamentals, from design to preparation to planting, that any novice gardener needs to know in order to plant and maintain a thriving garden that looks as great as those seen on television and in books and magazines.

Escorting you from public gardens and garden centers to personal outdoor garden spaces to our in-studio garden, Ms. Myers reveals in a conversational and engaging way solutions to common gardening challenges.
   - What plants and flowers are best for your particular space's light and soil conditions?
   - When is the best time to plant, and how can you maximize your harvest? What adjustments can you make as the seasons change?
   - How do you protect your garden against common insects and diseases?
   - How can you choose the right plants and flowers to make an eye-catching design?
   - How do you optimize your vegetable garden or combine edibles and ornamentals in a single space?

According to Ms. Myers, it's all about following what she calls the “four R's”: the right plant for the right purpose in the right place to give you the right look.