While I was confined indoors as ‘the beast from the east’ rampaged outdoors, I found myself - ...
7th March 2018 • Read More »The brainchild of Alice Vincent ‘How to grow stuff’ is the long awaited guide on growing plants ...
2nd March 2017 • Read More »Finally a modern approach to garden design in this practical book 'My Garden is a Car Park and o...
22nd January 2017 • Read More »The new gardening book from the popular website ‘Gardenista’ has hit the shelves in good time fo...
9th October 2016 • Read More »Although it is far too late for many ancient British wildflower meadows lost to modern agricultural ...
11th November 2012 • Read More »Isabelle Palmer set up her internet company the balcony gardener when she found it (more…...
10th April 2012 • Read More »Twilight Garden by Lia Leendertz. I like the idea of a book that encourages us to appreciate ou...
15th April 2011 • Read More »Garden Designers at Home by Noel Kingsbury. Peek over the fence into some of our most respected ...
14th April 2011 • Read More »It’s that time of year when the postman’s knees are buckling under the weight of the newly-pub...
12th April 2011 • Read More »The latest edition of Alastair Sawday’s ‘Special Places to stay in Britain for Garden Lovers�...
24th March 2011 • Read More »I’ve invested in a lovely little recipe book called Realm of Fig and Quince: An Anthology of Rec...
25th October 2010 • Read More »The tomatoes are really kicking in now and I’m able to pick them a trug at a time. While we are...
4th September 2010 • Read More »Queen of the Herbs, Jekka McVicar, has taken her expert knowledge further to include recipes in he...
15th August 2010 • Read More »The Royal Horticultural Society Allotment Handbook is a welcome new guide from the ultimate autho...
25th May 2010 • Read More »Christopher Lloyd: His Life at Great Dixter by Stephen Anderton. Christopher Lloyd appointed Ste...
24th April 2010 • Read More »Big Gardens in Small Spaces by Martyn Cox (Timber Press £18.99) is the ideal book for anyone whose ...
21st March 2010 • Read More »Indulge in a bit of nostalgia and learn a thing or two from ‘Dig on for Victory’ a reprint of ...
24th January 2010 • Read More »This is a good time to take a break from practical gardening books and read something really inspiri...
30th December 2009 • Read More »At last week’s Garden Media Guild Awards The Practical Gardening Book of the Year was deservedly w...
19th December 2009 • Read More »The dark evenings and wild weather mean that practical gardening is somewhat limited, so this is the...
2nd December 2009 • Read More »Bob Flowerdew’s Complete Fruit Book is a reprint of this comprehensive guide to the basics of how ...
31st October 2009 • Read More »If you haven’t yet been bitten by the Auricula bug, then ‘The Auricula’ by Allan Guest (£19.9...
12th October 2009 • Read More »Read About – a romantic restoration in ‘The Flowering of Aberglasney’ by Graham Rankin (£30 f...
17th September 2009 • Read More »