
audiobook
by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick, Mrs. Paynter
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF GARDENING
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
PREFACE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF GARDENING
CHAPTER I THE SITUATION AND SOIL
CHAPTER II ANNUALS
CHAPTER III HARDY PERENNIALS
CHAPTER IV BULBS, CORMS, AND TUBERS
CHAPTER V BIENNIALS
A warm, step‑by‑step guide invites young listeners to discover what it truly means to grow a garden of their own. Beginning with the basics of choosing a spot and understanding soil, the book gently explains why plants need the right conditions before moving on to the cycles of annuals, perennials, bulbs and even simple fruit and vegetable crops. Every chapter is written in clear, approachable language, so children can follow along without feeling overwhelmed.
Bright, full‑page colour illustrations bring each topic to life, from tidy window boxes to bustling countryside borders. The advice is flexible enough for a city‑dwelling child with a pot on a sill as well as for a countryside youngster with a larger plot, encouraging patience, observation and a love of nature. Listeners will feel ready to get their hands dirty and watch their own little paradise take root.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (253K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Shaun Pinder, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
Dec 10, 2014
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1854–1934
A prolific British novelist, she wrote dozens of books that often explored Jewish life in England and Germany with warmth, social observation, and a sharp eye for everyday manners. Publishing as Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick and sometimes Andrew Dean, she brought cross-cultural experience into fiction that still feels lively and human.
View all booksA quietly practical early 20th-century writer, she is best known for helping young readers discover the pleasures of planting, tending, and learning from a garden. Her surviving work has an inviting, hands-on spirit that makes gardening feel approachable and full of small wonders.
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