Secondhand Gardening Books

A classic work by Britain's most highly respected plantsman, updated for the 21st Century.This is the classic work by a gardener who combines a passionate love of his subject with...

Where do you get your organic or obscure vegetables from? With Grow Vegetables you need only go as far as the garden. From juicy tomatoes and crunchy celery, to swedes,...

From flowers that bloom year-round to living carpets, the plants highlighted in this book will transform any garden. New gardeners and keen amateurs will find all the information they need...

Information, inspiration, tips and trivia to help you make the most of your gardening year This guide to how to look after and enjoy your garden month by month is...

RHS Can Anything Stop Slugs assists with all of the most common problems encountered in a garden - as well as some slightly more unusual ones. The RHS's Chief Horticulturist,...

This title contains plenty of delicious, healthy and wholesome exploitation-free recipes. It provides solution-based approaches to nurturing personal effectiveness and health. It discusses eco-friendly living, home and garden design, veganic...

For anyone who's wanted to live the dream but never had the nerve to try. It was a derelict smallholding so high up in the Black Mountains of Wales it...

This is a celebration of the beauties and possibilities of Heliotrope and Honeysuckle, Auricula, Snapdragon, Spanish Iris and Corydalis, and all the other plants that enliven and exalt the gardens...

The Renaissance garden was exemplary of the genius and aristocratic flair which characterized the age. Whether through neglect or the vagaries of fashion, most were lost or altered beyond recognition,...

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...

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...

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...

With his controversial designs and experimental use of materials, Diarmuid Gavin has challenged the way we think about the ordinary domestic garden. In Diarmuid Gavin's Big Ideas from Homefront in...

Hamlyn All Colour Gardening: 200 No-work Garden Ideas shows you the lazy way to have a lovely garden! The book includes expert tips, practical advice and inspirational ideas for your...

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....

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...

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...