I've been gardening for about 15 years now. I enjoy the break it gives you from all the stress of the daily routine. I long for the warm weather so I can get outside and work on my garden. It adds life to my yard and much needed color. There are so many different types of flowers it's sometimes hard to know what will work best for my area and will look best. I recently came across a book that I found to be a wonderful help. It's called Flower Gardening. Unlike most gardening books I've come across, Flower Gardening offers real tips and tricks for building and maintaining a flower garden. Most books touch on so many different topics you don't get enough information. Flower Gardening offers 35 easy to do projects for your yard, including builing a birdhouse. They offer easy to follow step-by-step directions. Here's a description straight from the book - This practical, complete guide with detailed plans contains new flower species and eight hot new trends in flower gardening. Includes an A to Z section with descriptions of 477 easy-to-grow plants, suggestions for plants and combinations that will thrive based on where you live and your soil type, plus money-saving tips and seasonal advice. I hope this will help some of you, especially since we will all be outdoors soon enough with the warm weather quickly approaching.