Gardening

For many the word "garden" conjures up images of lawns and herbaceous borders soil and secateurs mulches and manure and the niceties of horticultural technique. But in order to make...

In this book, the authors reveal how they exploit colour to full effect in garden planting. Moving right through the spectrum, they show how each colour can be used to...

Fire your imagination with this fantastic guide to creative plant combinations. Anna Pavord's perfect planting suggestions help solve the perennial problem of what to plant with what for best effect....

"These seeds will captivate you whether you're a gardener or not." - The Washington Post "A sumptuous guide to 600 of the world's weirdest and most beautiful species, from the...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*This book is all you need to start your garden transformation. Henry is so knowledgeable and thinks outside the box - pure garden magic! - Zoe...

Whether you're struggling with insomnia, the kids have eczema, or your partner is feeling under the weather, this book could have the answer. With easy recipes ethnobotanist James Wong shows...

With concern about pesticides and pollution rising, the pendulum has swung back in favour of "natural" organic gardening methods. An important factor in successful organic gardening is the balance between...

Fresh and gently radical... a manifesto for a new way of looking at your garden, perfect for this moment in time, and very appealing indeed. Gardens IllustratedA quiet, contemplative piece...

'A brilliant read for anyone who wants to grow a greener world, one patch at a time.' - Jonny Hincks @gardenwithjonny, author of Garden Yourself HappyStart growing your own fruit,...

Japanese Maples

There are times when we simply wish to read about our hobby and not be badgered by advice. If you enjoy reading about plants whether or not you can grow...

Only a new vegetable & herb expert could improve on the Vegetable & Herb Expert - Britain's best-selling guide to grow-your-own. Now updated and enlarged with more information, this new...

Herbaceous perennials flower each year, dying down in the winter and springing back to life the following spring. They are central features in the landscape of a garden as they...

A gardening reference which lists entries alphabetically, this guide presents all the information needed to grow, feed, prune and propagate the commonest garden plants. Each entry is illustrated and self-explanatory,...

Christopher Lloyd (Christo) was one of the greatest English gardeners of the twentieth century, perhaps the finest plantsman of them all. His creation is the garden at Great Dixter in...

In the spring of 1903, Country Life's first staff photographer, Charles Latham, set off from London's Victoria station with his large-format camera and several boxes of fragile glass negatives bound...

A study of gardens and their history combines scholarship, detailed description and photography. This book is divided into thirteen sections, beginning with ancient Egypt and proceeding via the European Middle...

Water lilies, ponds, a Japanese footbridge and blankets of glorious flowers: nothing evokes Claude Monet's Impressionist paintings quite like images from his garden at Giverny, about 50 miles northwest of...

This book explains how to design and construct formal and informal pools and ponds, lakes, streams and bog gardens, leisure pools, splash pools, tubs and spas, fountains, geysers, gushers, cascades...