Everyone starts out as a beginner at some point in their lives and gardeners are no different. At one point, every gardener had a first garden. From that first overturned clod of dirt a knowledge base of real-life experience started to grow and with every successful plant to emerge from the soil the knowledge grew even bigger. Even the unsuccessful gardening attempts (ending up in the compost pile) were nuggets of information that gave the gardener fresh perspective and brought him/her one-step closer to that perfect dream garden. Gardening knowledge is something we experience, or are taught through the pages of a book, magazine, journal or even the helpful words from a neighbor. The collective knowledge is used to inspire better gardens, to write articles and books about gardening or to pass on to a son or daughter. Here are some tips to add to your gardening knowledge base.

A gardener's knowledge base consists of information about harvest, nature's laws, pests, seeds, watering, soil content, weather and weeding (just to name a few). Most gardeners will admit that their knowledge base about gardening is a work-in-progress and that they never stop learning about new techniques or new hybrids of plants.

A gardener can use this knowledge base to produce various different types of gardens such as a butterfly garden, flower garden, organic garden, rock garden, rose garden, or vegetable garden or a wildlife garden. The garden may be wild and back to nature or it may be a carefully crafted and landscaped masterpiece. Growing your gardening knowledge can be just as fun and rewarding as growing your garden.