I enjoyed what I read of this book, especially the history of victory gardens. Unfortunately, it was only available as a self destructible temporary ARC and it expired before I could finish it to publicly review it.

I almost managed to read fifty percent of this book before it expired. There was a lot of information here, especially helpful to people who want to seriously consider gardening. Surprisingly, there are anecdotes by older people who remember their childhood and the time when there was an actual need for people to grow their own foods.
It is a pretty unique book. Unfortunately, since I did not manage to read the entire book, I cannot provide a more in-depth review than this one.
I recommend it to aspiring gardeners!

We have a very small patio space but this book gave me hope that we can grow food for ourselves given our small space. The book has a good layout and is an easy read.

A wonderful welcome tool for those wanting to begin small container gardening. Maggie gave very helpful tips which was easy to follow. Highly recommended.

I accessed a digital review copy of this book from the publisher.
This book is good for beginners. It has both history and updated information about container gardening. The book goes over what plants are best to grow, what containers to use, and when to plant. If you are an absolute beginner, this is a great book.

A great read for anyone with a garden or planning on starting a garden. tons of useful information and tips!

The Container Victory Garden; A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Your Own Groceries by Maggie Stuckey was a delightful book to have as I am currently planning my first container garden! What a wonderful guide! I felt so lucky to be gifted a physical copy for myself! I have shared on my goodreads, bookstagram, and booktok!

Humor, History, and Help for new and veteran gardeners!
A cute and fact-filled guide for people with small spaces, interest in container gardening, or who want to create a garden to add food to their table but aren't ready or able to have a large garden or small homestead.

I liked that it was easy to read, flip through, and reference with tips in highlighted sections, a good appendix, and clear, colorful picture filled instructions.

I really enjoyed the author’s relaxed and humorous writing style. There’s a tremendous amount of information that should help anyone be successful with container gardening. The personal stories of people who shared their memories of original Victory Gardens were a pleasant bonus..

Want to grow food in a container? This book is for you!

The Container Victory Garden is a book about growing vegetables, herbs and edible flowers in containers. Containers make it easy to grow food for people with limited space, limited mobility or no gardening experience. I have grown herbs successfully in containers and wanted to start growing some vegetables. In the past I have not had very good luck growing vegetables in containers. I am confident this book will change my success with growing vegetables in containers.

There is tons of information in this book about selecting containers, starting with seeds, recommended tools, options on potting soil, ways to optimize your space, etc. One of the best tips I found was adding water gels to your potting soil so you do not have to water as often. There is a great tip for planting from a six-pack on page 79 I had never heard of before. Buy the book to get the tip, it is a good one.

The rest of the book provides details about growing types of vegetable, herbs and edible flowers. Buy this book and like me, you can have success in container gardening.

The end of winter always makes me ready to start some seeds and dream of the gardens future bounty. Sometimes I plant things all over our yard and other times I only feel like tending to containers. This book is very inspirational if you have to limit your gardening dreams to a very small area. THE CONTAINER VICTORY GARDEN, A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO GROWING YOUR OWN GROCERIES by Maggie Stuckey will help you grow some food in the tiniest of spaces.

This book includes descriptions of traditional victory gardens, with the how and why they came about. There’s also beautiful illustrations showing families enjoying their plants and each other. It’s full of very informative listings of proven plants perfect for growing in containers. All sorts of plants from vegetables, herbs, and even edible flowers. So many great ideas!!

I hope to do some big scale gardening projects this year but I’ll also add several of these container plants to my porches just because I feel like it. 5 stars!

Thanks so much to NetGalley Harper Celebrate, and Harper Horizon for the opportunity to review this book.

This is an appealing and accessible guide to growing plants and taking some steps toward our own food security and satisfaction with safe, accessible, high quality food which is good for physical and mental health. It's written in simple straightforward language with solid concrete steps on how to get started and how to progress.

I love this book! History, humor, and helpfulness for people like me who want to grow things but never seem to have any luck.
I'm going to be recommending this one to all my friends. I adore that she highlighted some plants that grow best in containers and specifically what they need to thrive. Container gardening for the gardening novice.

I started this read expecting to find a simple gardening companion and instead found an absolute gem of a book. The Container Victory Garden has a little bit of everything! Humor, history, help planning and developing the perfect space, a vivid and detailed wealth of information on the plants that thrive in containers, and an extensive appendix of resources and providers of quality seeds and supplies. This will make a fabulous gift for anyone in your life who loves or is interested in delving into gardening!

Having the knowledge to grow your own food is essential. Living in a downtown environment space is limited for a large garden and the idea of container victory gardens is genius! Starting off I love her "I wrote this book for you if...." section. I love the humor Maggie Stuckey brought to the book. Who laughs when reading a gardening book? With my love of history I appreciated the story of victory gardens and what they represent. The second chapter regarding the planning phase was explained well and empowered a reader with necessary knowledge they need to find the confidence to begin. Throughout the book a reader is guided with steps to plan, built, plant, maintain and harvest their own garden. The Container Victory Garden is filled with tips and tricks too, making gardening far easier.

If you are considering a garden this year save yourself the hassle of trial and error. Pick up The Container Victory Garden for a successful planting season!

I received a copy of this ebook for free from NetGalley and Harper in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

The Container Victory Garden is a beginner friendly guide to growing food and herbs in containers written by Maggie Stuckey. Due out 21st Feb 2023 from HarperCollins on their Harper Horizon imprint, it's 272 pages and will be available in paperback, audio, and ebook formats.

This is an appealing and accessible guide to growing plants and taking some steps toward our own food security and satisfaction with safe, accessible, high quality food which is good for physical and mental health. It's written in simple straightforward language with solid concrete steps on how to get started and how to progress.

The author describes "Victory" gardens from the past and draws parallels to cultural stress/crises (like the pandemic) and how people react by going back to basics and how good for mental and physical health growing a garden can be. Following chapters show the importance of planning, sourcing tools and supplies for the best outcomes, growing, troubleshooting, and specific varieties for success growing vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers.

Specific tips and advice are set apart in the text in color highlighted text boxes. Charts are easy to read and understand. The book is enhanced by clear color photographs as well as appealing pastel/pencil line drawings by Janice Minjin Yang and Lee Johnston.

The appendix includes links and information to a number of retailers with selection of quality seeds for gardeners in North America.

Five stars. This is a very useful, appealing, and well laid out book which has value both for new gardeners as well as more experienced readers.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Maggie Stuckey did an amazing job with this Container Victory Garden. I already grow food on my balcony via containers, so it was really nice to read this book and know I'm doing it right such as not being able to grow beefsteak tomatoes, but excelling with cherry tomatoes.

This is a great book for those wanting to grow a garden, even if you have land and aren't sure about how to grow. It is also a great book to read even if you already grow with containers!

“I wrote this book for you if… you don’t have a real garden space.”
Well, that’s perfect for me!!!
The Container Victory Garden covers the concept of Victory Gardens, something that I kind of knew about but wasn’t all that familiar with, where a garden is made from any space you have available as a way to provide food for your household. The book starts with a brief history of Victory Gardens through the years and then provides a ton of great information for every step of the garden planning and planting process. I loved the beautiful illustrations included, which added a different layer that set this book apart from other garden books that focus mainly on photos. A great book for anybody looking to get into container gardening!

You should gift this book in winter to all your friends who love gardening. And then gift a copy to yourself. Start reading it in a cozy place in your home, and imagine the possibilities of your new garden. You want to read this book first because it is full of great stories of the past and frugal ideas for those on a small budget. By the time spring comes around you will be ready to create your produce section at home.

This is a great resource for people wanting to start a container garden. I loved the history woven in about the Victory Gardens--I found it to be inspirational. The illustrations were nice, but I think I would have preferred photos. As someone who has very little space to work with it would have been nice to see images of how one does container gardens in small spaces.

I'm sure this is going to be a very lovely book in person and a great resource to have on the shelf. If your library has an Heirloom Seed Library I would highly recommend this book as a resource for patrons who don't have much growing space to work with.