Martha Stewart Shares Tips From Her New ‘Gardening Handbook’ With Celebratory Livestream

The newest addition to the Billboard Book Club comes from none other than Martha Stewart, who released her 101st book this week, Martha Stewart’s Gardening Handbook: The Essential Guide to Designing, Planting, and Growing.

To celebrate, Stewart and her head gardener Ryan McAllister went live on shopping and streaming platform TalkShopLive to discuss the book from her greenhouse headquarters and offices. Randomly selected copies of the Gardening Handbook will be signed by Stewart, when purchased via Billboard and TalkShopLive.

Throughout the conversation, Stewart gave a tour of her gardening bag and answered fan questions, including the one plant she couldn’t live without. “How about flowers? It’s a silly question because, what flowers?” she responded. “My other answer is vegetables. If you’re stuck on an island in the middle of nowhere, and they ask you if you could take one thing with you, you have to say nutritious food.”

She also shared some hilarious wisdom: “If you want to be happy for a year, take a spouse. If you want to be happy for a decade, get a dog. If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, make a garden.”

Retailing for $40, the Gardening Handbook provides an in-depth guide to teach fans to cultivate a flourishing garden, from understanding soil composition to learning about different types of plants and gardening methods.

Check out Stewart’s message to Billboard viewers and watch the full TalkShopLive livestream above, where you can purchase a randomly signed Gardening Handbook.