This is a really helpful guide for people with not a lot of space in their outdoor garden. I don't have a yard, so some of it didn't really help me, but some of the plants are easily applied to balcony gardening, since they are so small. I liked that it explained the way to look for compact plants by a list of different helpful hints, and even explained the latin names and how to read them for beginners without a clue of what a jumble of latin means. It lists a bunch of plants by name, which can be helpful if you see them around, but not so much if you are looking for a specific name and your nursery doesn't carry it. The advice given on how to pick out compact plants will probably help solve this problem though. The writing is accessible to beginners and tackles problems that people with outside gardens may face, like no pollinators in the garden. Again, not so helpful to me, but I definitely tucked some of the solutions away for if my parents have garden issues in their yard.