This book is perfect if you're like me and get a little overwhelmed or intimidated by all the information and choices in a lot of how-to books. So this is what I want and probably what you'd like too- a chance to look at a bunch of real people's gardens and find out how they did, what choices they made and how it turned out. That sounds simple but this is a really nice book to have. These are gardeners sharing with other gardeners and that really appeals to me. Also, this book is beautiful- magazine-sized and so many pictures. It's a great book to sit and flip through.