Proven Winners is one of the leading plant brands, known by home gardeners as the best source for reliable annuals, perennials, and shrubs. Their first book will provide new gardeners all the know-how they need to plan, start, create, and maintain a great home garden. The book includes concise advice on soil, irrigation, and fertilisation; design suggestions for a range of spaces; tips on planting beds, border, and containers; and design recipes that focus on colour, garden type, and seasonality. The Proven Winners Garden Book will give new gardeners the confidence they need to be great gardeners. AUTHORS: Ruth Rogers Clausen was trained at Studley Horticultural College in the UK and has been in the industry for several decades on both sides of the Atlantic. She has written several gardening books and lectures widely on a range of horticultural topics. Her work received the GWA Gold Award, and she was the horticulture editor for Country Living Gardener for more than seven years. A graduate of the New York Botanical Garden School of Professional Horticulture, Thomas Christopher worked for ten years as a horticulturist for Columbia University on an historic Hudson River estate. More recently, he has focused on writing about horticulture, publishing articles in a wide range of magazines and newspapers. 325 colour images