Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Translator's note -- How Gardens Are Laid Out -- How a Gardener Comes into Being -- The Gardener's January -- Seeds -- The Gardener's February -- On the Art of Gardening -- The Gardener's March -- Buds -- The Gardener's April -- Festival -- The Gardener's May -- Blessed Rain -- The Gardener's June -- On Vegetable Growers -- The Gardener's July -- A Botanical Chapter -- The Gardener's August -- On Cactus Growers -- The Gardener's September -- Soil -- The Gardener's October -- On the Beauties of Autumn -- The Gardener's November -- Preparation -- The Gardener's December -- On the Gardening Life -- Explanatory Notes -- Afterword -- A Chronology of Karel Capek -- A Brief Chronology of Josef Capek.