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Grow Figs Where You Think You Can't: Growing Figs in Cold Climates and Pots

$49.00
Coming Soon

REVISED SOFTCOVER EDITION COMING FALL 2026

The completely revised edition of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t has grown from fewer than 100 pages to 320 full-colour pages. It draws on years of growing figs in Toronto and on ideas shared by inventive cold-climate and container fig growers around the world.

If you think figs are only for Mediterranean hillsides and sun-drenched patios, think again.

In Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t, horticulturist Steven Biggs shows how home gardeners are harvesting bowls of ripe, honey-sweet figs in places where winter routinely reaches freezing temperatures and colder.

This is a practical guide to growing figs in cold climates and small spaces. Whether you’re gardening in Ontario, Idaho, Pennsylvania, or anywhere with real winters, you’ll learn how to make figs work where they shouldn’t.

Along with the key concepts, you’ll get real-world strategies from growers who are doing this successfully.

The original edition of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t won a Silver Award of Achievement from the Garden Writers Association, now GardenComm.

REVISED SOFTCOVER EDITION COMING FALL 2026

The completely revised edition of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t has grown from fewer than 100 pages to 320 full-colour pages. It draws on years of growing figs in Toronto and on ideas shared by inventive cold-climate and container fig growers around the world.

If you think figs are only for Mediterranean hillsides and sun-drenched patios, think again.

In Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t, horticulturist Steven Biggs shows how home gardeners are harvesting bowls of ripe, honey-sweet figs in places where winter routinely reaches freezing temperatures and colder.

This is a practical guide to growing figs in cold climates and small spaces. Whether you’re gardening in Ontario, Idaho, Pennsylvania, or anywhere with real winters, you’ll learn how to make figs work where they shouldn’t.

Along with the key concepts, you’ll get real-world strategies from growers who are doing this successfully.

The original edition of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t won a Silver Award of Achievement from the Garden Writers Association, now GardenComm.

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Praise for the revised edition

“Think figs are only for warm climates? Think again! Let Steven Biggs show you how to successfully grow healthy, productive fig trees in cold regions with his expert tips on planting, care, overwintering, and harvesting.“

Niki Jabbour, award-winning author and CBC garden expert, Halifax, Nova Scotia

“When I first started growing figs, the original edition quickly became my go-to reference. This revised and updated edition builds on that strong foundation with a wealth of additional insights for novice and experienced growers alike.”

Toronto Joe, Founder, FigFanatic.com

Inside, you’ll learn

  • How to grow figs successfully in containers (and why pots can be an advantage)

  • Simple, reliable ways to protect your fig trees through winter

  • Which fig varieties actually perform well in colder climates

  • How to prune, water, and feed so that you get good harvests

  • What you need to know to ripen fruit in shorter growing seasons

  • Common mistakes that lead to disappointment—and how to avoid them

Growing figs isn’t about perfect conditions. It’s about understanding the plant and working with what you have.

Why go to the effort? Fresh figs are rarely available in stores, and when they are, they’re never as good as one picked ripe from your own tree.

Whether you’re just getting started or looking to finally get a reliable harvest, this book will show you how to grow figs where you live, even if you think you can’t.

Written in Canada by Canadian horticulturist Steven Biggs and independently published by No Guff Press. Steven has worked in horticulture for over 25 years and has been growing figs and other tender crops in containers for over two decades.

He is the author of Grow Olives Where You Think You Can’t and the award-winning Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can’t. As host of The Fig Culture Podcast, he interviews cold-climate fig growers and experts from around the world.

Book Details

By Steven Biggs
Paperback, 320 pages
6 × 9 inches
Full colour throughout
ISBN-13: 978-0-9868144-7-1
Published by No Guff Press, 2026
C$49.00
Printed in Canada for Canadian distribution