Martha Stewarts Gardening Handbook

Martha Stewart's first full gardening guide in more than thirty years, published by HarperCollins. It is a book about how a garden is actually made: soil tested before anything goes into it, drainage understood, plants chosen for the ground they will live in rather than the picture on the label.

It works forward from planning to planting to keeping things alive. Annuals, perennials and bulbs. Roses and the cutting garden. Succulents and cacti. Vegetables, herbs, trees and shrubs. The photography runs the length of it, much of it shot in Stewart's own gardens at Bedford.

A reference book more than a coffee-table one, though it holds its own on both counts.

The details

• Hardcover, 368 pages, first edition
• Written by Martha Stewart, published by HarperCollins
• Published 27 June 2025. A New York Times bestseller
• 15.2 x 22.9 cm, 5.1 cm spine
• English. ISBN 978-0063323285
• Hardiness zones and planting calendars follow the US system

A good gift for someone who has just moved, just retired, or just started digging.