Gardening for Beginners

Young couple (heads not seen) use trowels to dig into a small raised garden bed on Astroturf, surrounded by gardening accessories.

New to gardening? You’re in the right place!

BobVila.com is your hub for all things seeds, soil, and plants. We’ll help you set up your first garden— whether it’s a few pots on your patio, a raised bed, or a in-ground plot out back, and select the right plants for your soil and region. You’ll also get all the info you need about fertilizers, garden tools, and controlling weeds and garden pests. 

Get ready to dig in!

Seed Starting

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Want to Start Growing Your Own Food This Year? Plant These 16 Veggies.

Learn more about these easy-to-grow vegetables.

  • Bush of pole beans growing and hanging off brach with a yellow flower in the background.
  • Gardener hands harvesting red radishes.
  • Top-down view of mature smooth spinach plant growing in garden soil
  • Mixed lettuce growing in garden soil.
  • Closeup of raw broccoli rabe.
  • Closeup of rainbow chard, with colorful pink, yellow and orange stems.
  • A zucchini plant growing in a home garden during dry summer.
  • A large rhubarb plant growing in a home garden
  • Basil growing in a home garden in June.
  • Young kale plants growing in the garden.
  • Pea garden plant with open bean pod with exposed peas.
  • flowers that attract bees - pink bloomed chives
  • types of peppers - bell peppers on plant
  • A bushel of ripe red tomatoes on a tomato plant vine.
  • Fingers are pinching the top of a mint plant.
  • Two cucumbers hanging on cucumber plant in garden.