100,000+ Books, Games & Puzzles in-stock 🇳🇿

Overnight NZ-wide delivery on in-stock orders 🚀

The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide

How to Combine Shape, Color, and Texture to Create the Garden of Your Dreams
3.92 goodreads logo

Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.

Check link for latest rating.
( 64 ratings, 9 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Summary
The Ultimate Flower Gardener's Guide by Jenny Rose Carey is a friendly, information-packed book offering practical insights, ideas, and inspiration to create a thriving, flower-packed garden. It guides readers on how to start, combine plants for spectacular effects, and maintain their gardens year after year with advice tailored to various gardening goals, including supporting pollinators.
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$6000
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 4-6 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This book is ideal for garden enthusiasts, from beginners keen to learn the basics to experienced gardeners seeking new ideas and inspiration to enhance their flower gardens.

Book Hero thinking about your next read

This fresh, mix-and-match approach to creating a glorious flower garden focuses on the importance of shape, color, and ease of cultivation.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Full of practical insights, ideas, and inspiration to help you grow the flower-packed garden of your dreams.

Greg Loades, author of The Modern Cottage Garden

The colours, shapes, and scents of flowers are as ravishing to the senses as to the soul. But it's all too easy to get things wrong: colours that clash, flowers that bloom at the wrong time, plants that fail to thrive. Enter The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide by expert gardener Jenny Rose Carey. She tells you exactly how to get started, how to combine plants for the most spectacular effects, and how to keep your garden going from year to year.

Whether you’re interested in dramatic colour combinations, how best to use a favourite flower, or how to create a garden for a specific purpose, such as nourishing pollinators, you’ll find the answers in this friendly, information-packed book. As Jenny herself says, “Don’t be afraid; just have a go!”

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

"A detailed and handy reference" praised by Booklist, this book delivers both expertise and artistry, with Publishers Weekly highlighting its encyclopedic knowledge and detailed instruction. Greg Loades calls it "full of practical insights, ideas, and inspiration," while Marta McDowell describes it as "chatty, inspiring, informative, and packed with luscious, mouth-watering photographs." Matt Rader notes Jenny's infectious love of flowers shines throughout, making it valuable for gardeners of all skill levels.

Book Hero reading reviews

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781643260389

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 July 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Timber Press

Illustration: 592 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 252.0mm

Weight: 1120g

Pages: 364

About the Author

Jenny Rose Carey is a renowned gardener, educator, historian, and author, and the former senior director at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society s Meadowbrook Farm in Jenkintown. She previously worked at Temple University for over a decade, first as an adjunct professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture and then as director of the Ambler Arboretum. Jenny Rose has been lecturing nationally and internationally for many years. She is an avid hands-on gardener who has gardened in both England and the United States. Her Victorian property, Northview, contains diverse garden spaces, including a cutting garden, an herb garden, a dry garden, and various mixed flower beds. Jenny Rose and her gardens have been featured on the PBS series The Victory Garden, in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Grow magazine, and The Pennsylvania Gardener.

Also by Jenny Rose Carey

View all
  • The Essential Guide to Bulbs
    The current trend of growing your own cut flowers has brought back into frenzied popularity many varieties that are actually grown from bulbs. Bulbs are easy to plant and simple to grow if you have some guidance. However, none of the bestselling titles currently on the market provide much guidance on how to actually tend and grow and care for...
    Paperback
    $4999
    Elsewhere:
    $6000
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Glorious Shade
    A practical guide to maintaining a shade garden with a useful calendar of seasonal tasks, plant directory and inspiring design ideas. Gardens Illustrated Shade is one of the most common garden concerns homeowners have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can learn to embrace shade as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. In Glorious Shade, Jenny Rose Carey celebrates...
    Paperback
    $6000
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks

More from Home & Garden

View all
  • The Edible Backyard
    The Edible Backyard by Kath Irvine is an essential companion for anyone looking to transform their garden into a flourishing, organic paradise. This comprehensive guide takes you through every step needed to grow a variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs in your own garden, ensuring a continuous supply of fresh produce all year round. Gardening expert Kath Irvine shares insights...
    Paperback
    $4000
    Elsewhere:
    $5000
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • A Thousand Feasts
    THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater’s prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with heart, tenderness, yearning and humour' ELIZABETH DAY For years, Nigel Slater has kept notebooks of curiosities and wonderings, penned...
    Paperback
    $2999
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Grow Your Groceries
    Plant-growing ideas and tricks from a leading gardening TikToker. Hacks on how to grow plants from your supermarket shop. Have you ever wondered if you could grow plants from the food you buy? Could you do something with those leftover apple pips? What about growing your own kiwi plant? And what if you could make more plants from the herb...
    Hardback
    $3600
    Elsewhere:
    $4500
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Seasons Where The River Bends
    THE NEW FAMILY RECIPES AND STORIES COOKBOOK FROM JANE AND JIMMY BARNES Join Jane and Jimmy Barnes at their kitchen table in Seasons Where the River Bends, the eagerly awaited follow-up to their bestselling cookbook Where the River Bends. Inspired by the vibrant produce from their cherished Southern Highlands garden, this new volume features more than 60 recipes, sumptuous photography,...
    Hardback
    $4999
    Elsewhere:
    $6500
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • How to Keep House While Drowning
    A gentle guide to cleaning and organising when you're overwhelmed, from a licensed therapist and TikTok sensation PRE-ORDER KC'S NEXT BOOK—WHO DESERVES YOUR LOVE Simple tools to make home care easy when life is hard. When you are neurodivergent, have undiagnosed ADHD, or are struggling with your mental or physical health, keeping on top of the laundry pile and tackling...
    Paperback
    $2700
    Elsewhere:
    $3000
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • The Self-Sufficiency Garden
    Year-round growing plan to yield six portions of veg per person per day plus batching and preserving recipes. Eat homegrown food all year round and save money on your weekly shop by following a simple plan for self-sufficiency. The Self-Sufficiency Garden by Huw Richards and Sam Cooper reveals the results of their two-year journey planning and trialling their own self-sufficiency...
    Hardback
    $3800
    Elsewhere:
    $4500
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Edible Weeds Handbook
    Discover the rich world of New Zealand's wild edible plants with this comprehensive guide. In this comprehensive companion to the best-selling A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand, Andrew Crowe explores the rich culinary world of Aotearoa's non-native plants - the so-called 'weeds'. From miner's lettuce to watercress, taro to acorns, this go-to, illustrated handbook offers...
    Paperback
    $2899
    Elsewhere:
    $3500
    (1)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • The Quiet Home
    'House hushing' is a new interiors trend that's making (the right kind of) noise in these troubling times. Guardian A beautiful, authoritative guide to the concept of house hushing, The Quiet Home incorporates design principles and strategies for dialling down the visual noise in your home, and creating serene interiors that promote calm and wellbeing. It takes a pared-down, thoughtful...
    Hardback
    $5200
    Elsewhere:
    $6500
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • 100 Best Native Plants for New Zealand Gardens (Revised Edition)
    100 Best Native Plants for New Zealand Gardens (Revised Edition) by Fiona Eadie has solidified its place as an indispensable resource for gardeners, whether they are seasoned cultivators or enthusiastic novices. This extensively revised edition not only highlights 100 native species that thrive in New Zealand's diverse climates but also delves into detailed, inspirational, and practical advice to ensure success...
    Paperback
    $4000
    Elsewhere:
    $5000
    (2)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • My Hygge Home
    The new beautiful book from the bestselling author of The Little Book of Hygge about how to use space, light and Danish design to transform your home Our homes should be a place of comfort, a place to feel safe when we shut the door. Somewhere to be ourselves, to unwind and create special memories. Inspired by Danish design and...
    Hardback
    $3600
    Elsewhere:
    $4000
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Yates Garden Guide ANZ Edition
    Our bestselling practical gardening book fully revised and updated. Whether you're a seasoned horticulturist or a novice gardener, the latest edition of Yates Garden Guide ANZ Edition by Angela Thomas offers an invaluable resource that caters to all your gardening needs. This updated edition retains its popularity through comprehensive revisions and fresh insights, ensuring it addresses the challenges and opportunities...
    Paperback
    $3999
    Elsewhere:
    $4999
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Clean & Green
    Simple swaps and innovative ideas for cleaning and maintaining your home that won't cost the Earth. Learn how easy it is to make simple swaps in your cleaning and tidying methods for a more eco-friendly home. This beautifully illustrated black and white guide with 101 hints and sustainable, natural cleaning tips and hacks will help you take small steps that...
    Paperback
    $2999
    (2)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 100,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.