Martha Stewart AnnouncesMartha Stewart's Gardening Handbook —Here's What to Expect!

Mar. 15, 2025

Martha Stewart’s ‘Gardening Handbook,’ Martha Stewart.Photo:HarperCollins Publishers; Kevin Mazur/WireImage

HarperCollins Publishers; Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Martha Stewartis headed back to the garden!

The lifestyle guru and author, 83, announced on Thursday, Jan. 23 that her latest book —Martha Stewart’s Gardening Handbook: The Essential Guide to Designing, Planting, and Growing— will be arriving on shelves on March 18.

The release marks Stewart’s first gardening book in decades, according to a news release shared with PEOPLE, and covers everything from basics to general maintenance.

“I’m so excited to share the image of the cover of my next book,Martha Stewart’s Gardening Handbook, coming from@harvestbooksin March,” Stewart wrote in an Instagram announcement. “If you are a green thumb or a novice, this guide contains everything you need to make and grow a beautiful, thriving garden.”

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The book is filled with “practical tips and detailed explanations” for those looking to get more into the craft, covering everything from flowers to succulents to trees.

The book will feature Stewart’s takes on basics like planting techniques and soil tests, her emphasis on “thoughtful planning” for garden goals, sustainability tips for composting, making “organic fertilizers” and growing produce, insight into specialty gardens and even some “practical advice on controlling weeds, preventing disease, pruning and winterizing,” according to the release.

Stewart’s latest book comes decades after the release of her first-ever gardening book, 1991’sMartha Stewart’s Gardening, per herwebsite. Since then, she andMartha Stewart Livingeditors have sharedGardening from Seedin 1999, withGardening 101coming out a year later.

Her forthcoming project marks her101st booksince her debut with 1982’sEntertaining. Over the course of 40+ years in the field, Stewart has penned books on decorating, cooking, crafts and beyond.

‘Martha Stewart’s Gardening Handbook’.HarperCollins Publishers

HarperCollins Publishers

Stewart has also teased an even more personal project in recent months, tellingJimmy Fallonthat the book will be “even more revealing” than R.J. Cutler’s Netflix documentaryMartha.“Watch out. You don’t know what I’ll say about you," she joked while appearing onThe Tonight Showin November.

Gardening Handbookwill arrive on March 18 via Harvest and is now available to preorder, wherever books are sold.

source: people.com