Keep your plants in great shape.Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Pruning and Training contains everything you need to know to care for more than 80 of the most popular shrubs, climbers, and ornamental trees. Get to grips with all the essential techniques with an expert guide that focuses on realistic aims and achievable results, then put them to use with an illustrated directory that answers all your pruning and training questions.Packed with practical, jargon-free know-how, this easy-to-use guide has everything you need to know to help your garden Grow.

There is a gap in the market for a practical paperback gardening series under £10. The best-selling Expert guides byDr D.G. Hessayon are a gardening publishing phenomenon, having sold 54 million copies since publication in 1959. However, they ceased publication in 2015 when Hessayon terminated his contract with Transworld.As the UK's most dominant and highly regarded practical gardening publisher, DK is well-positioned to launch a new low-price paperback series. Anecdotally, UK retailers recommended DK launch our own new series to fill a yawning gap.In the UK, around 27 million people (out of a population of 64 million) garden (Love the Garden).More than 80% of millennial gardeners in the UK (aged 22-37) grow their own produce to cook, according to a survey conducted by Common Sense Gardening (Horticulture Week, February 2019). The survey also found that 84% of millennials would not garden unless it was simple to do so, and wanted gardening to be made easier.More than 90,000 Brits are currently on allotment waiting lists (The Telegraph, August 2018).In Germany, the demand for Schrebergärten (allotment-like garden plots) has boomed in recent years, driven by younger gardeners interested in enjoying green spaces and growing their own produce. Of Germany's 1m garden plots, 95% of them are currently occupied, and Schrebergärten in Berlin have a 3- to 5-year waiting list (BBC, September 2019).A 2018 report by the National Garden Survey in the US found that 77% of American households are gardening, more than ever before. 18-34 year olds make up 29% of these gardening households, with the "young gardener" actively pursuing knowledge on the subject via non-traditional (i.e. "coffee table") resources, such as apps and gardening websites (Garden Research, 2018).The new generation of gardeners provides DK with a fresh market seeking curated practical advice on the aspects of gardening that most interest them. Our first titles will cover growing your own vegetables (948k posts on #vegetablegarden), container gardening (350k posts on #containergardening), pruning and training (151k posts on #pruning), and eco-gardening (35k posts on #sustainablegardening).Key FeaturesAll information is broken into bite-sized advice, making it easy for the reader to dip into each title to quickly find the information they are seeking.Infographics give the books a contemporary edge.Photos show small spaces to which today's gardeners can relate