A woman's hardy garden

A concise, practical manual offers step-by-step guidance for planning and tending a hardy flower garden, covering soil preparation, laying out borders and beds, seed-beds and transplanting, and seasonal care of annuals, perennials, biennials, bulbs, roses, lilies and shrubs. Emphasizing simple culture and resilience, it explains mulching, insect control, tool use and timing for sowing and planting, and describes garden features such as walks, lawns, box edgings, pergolas, water elements and a sundial. Illustrated with photographs and sketches from the author’s garden, the text pairs technical instructions with aesthetic advice for arranging color, form and continuous bloom.