Here's a beginners guide to gardening:

Selecting Your Garden Space: Choose an area that receives adequate sunlight and has well-drained soil. Consider the size of your garden and whether you'll be planting directly in the ground, in containers, or raised beds.

Choosing Plants: Decide what type of plants you want to grow. Consider factors such as your climate, available space, and personal preferences. For beginners, it's often recommended to start with easy-to-grow plants that are resilient and forgiving.

Understanding Plant Types: Familiarize yourself with different plant types and their growing habits. This includes annuals, perennials, bulbs, and more.

Gathering Tools: Acquire basic gardening tools such as a trowel, hand rake, gloves, watering can, and pruning shears. These will help you with planting, maintaining, and harvesting your garden.

Learning Basic Techniques: Educate yourself on fundamental gardening techniques such as planting, watering, fertilizing, and pest control. Understanding these practices will help your garden thrive.

Starting Small: Begin with a manageable garden size. Starting small allows you to learn and grow your gardening skills gradually.

Plant Growth Stages:

Dormancy: During the dormant phase, bulbs and plants remain inactive, usually during the winter months.

Sprouting: As temperatures warm and days lengthen, bulbs and plants come to life, sending shoots above the soil.

Growth and Bloom: The shoots develop into stems and leaves, and eventually, flowers bloom.

Decline and Dormancy: After flowering, the plant's energy is directed toward bulb or root development. Foliage dies back, and the plant returns to dormancy until the next growing season.

Planting and Blooming Seasons:

Fall Planted Bulbs are typically planted in the fall before the ground freezes. This allows them to establish roots before winter dormancy. Fall planted varieties usually bloom in early to mid Spring.

Spring Bulbs & Plants can be planted as soon as soon as there is no risk of hard overnight frosts. Spring planted varieties bloom later in the Spring season or early Summer.  

Blooming: Depending on the variety and which season it was planted, flowering can occur in spring, summer, or fall. Each variety has its specific blooming season.

By following these steps and understanding the basics of gardening and plant structures, you can embark on a fulfilling gardening journey, whether you have a green thumb or are just starting out.