About Us
Maybe you’ve started a gardening book and then thought, “I can’t do all this…it’s not practical for a home gardener!”
We get it.
At No Guff Press, we talk about gardening in a way that’s useful and interesting. We want Canadian gardeners to have fun, be creative, and succeed growing.
We believe there’s more than one way to garden. We won’t tell you how to garden. We give you practical ideas you can choose from — to help you be creative and do what suits you and your garden.
Our passion is practical, fun gardening information and inspiration for Canadian gardeners.
Find our practical food-gardening advice, podcasts, and classes at Food Garden Life.
Canadian Gardening Books Since 2011
We’re small and focused: Just books for the Canadian gardener. No Guff Press was founded by Canadian horticulturists and home gardening experts Donna Balzer and Steven Biggs.
Our first book was the Canadian favourite and bestseller, No Guff Vegetable Gardening. The book put a practical yet fun spin on cold-climate home gardening. Informed yet irreverent.
We’ve followed up with titles about gardening with kids and growing exotic crops in cold climates: figs, lemons, and olives.
Our most recent addition is the Canada Gardener’s Journal, an award-winning garden journal, garden planner, and sourcebook — all in one.
No Guff Vegetable Gardening, a Canadian best-seller.
We love what we do. So it means a lot when our books are recognized by our peers in garden communications.
Canada Gardener’s Journal - 2026 GardenComm Gold Laurel Media Award
Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can’t - 2020 GardenComm Gold Award
Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t - Silver Award of Achievement, Garden Writers Association, now GardenComm
Award-Winning Canadian Gardening Books
