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Get inventive with these beautifully illustrated cards and envelopes. Created in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK's leading gardening charity, these cards are filled with spring-themed nature illustrations. Featuring buds, blossoms and butterflies, these exquisitely-detailed cards and envelopes are inspired by the gardens of the RHS. Get creative with different colours and materials to decorate these nature...

"By harnessing the power of plants to grow more plants, my garden - which at the outset was always intended to be organic - quietly became vegan by stealth. Realising I had crafted a vibrant, nature-filled and no-dig garden from scratch, and was able to sustain it without lifting a forkful of manure, or any of the other grisly by-products (dried blood, bonemeal) of the animal-exploiting meat, dairy, poultry and fishery industries, filled me with an unexpected buzz. That same buzz has taken my gr...

Unleash your inner geek and let this irreverent romp through the wonders of the garden yield practical results. Curious why caressing your cucumber plants will help them bear more fruit? Or why you should grow oranges from seed even if the fruit is inedible? Or why trees need to sleep and how to help them? Join acclaimed gardener, scientist, and author Lee Reich on a journey through the delights of your garden in this laugh-out-loud treatise on the scientific wonders of plants and soil. Of...

The Low-Water No-Water Garden: Gardening for Drought and Heat the Mediterranean Way. How to create a low-maintenance Mediterranean-style garden, wherever you live. A practical guide with 500 stunning colour photographs

Most of us dream of buying a little house with its own garden. But if you have never gardened before, what do you do with that patch of dirt and grass that is now your responsibility? With 25 years of practical gardening experience behind him, John Cushnie sets out to supply the answers. First of all, he says, the garden should be a source of pleasure rather than a millstone round your neck. It is a canvas on which you can paint any picture you like. All you need are the right plants, a little e...

In this book you'll learn how to prune selectively to admit more light and how to amend soil to increase its moisture retention. You'll also learn about more than 130 plants that accept reduced light and moisture levels-long-blooming woodland gems like epimediums and hellebores, and even lush foliage plants like evergreen ferns and hardy gingers, shrubs, climbers, perennials, ground covers, bulbs, annuals, and perennials- there is an entire palette to help you transform challenging spaces into r...

For beginning gardeners and veteran green-thumbs-this uplifting collection of stories is filled with what every gardener knows-gardens fill lives with a special richness because they are a living reminder of the beauty in the world. "Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul" celebrates all the magic of gardening-the feeling of satisfaction that comes from creating something from nothing; the physical and spiritual renewal the earth provides; and the special moments shared with friends and family onl...

Packed with planting schemes for beds of almost every shape, size and site. The end result is a garden rich in colour, form and texture. Plant choices, cultivation notes and a maintenance guide ensures that the ideas are as simple to follow as possible. Detailed photographs and plans show seasonal changes and the effects of alternative plant combinations.

Gardening on Clay provides valuable information and support for anyone struggling to create a garden from this challenging soil, which can so easily become waterlogged in winter and baked dry in summer. The author guides the reader through the basics of cultivation before going on to look at more detail at the plants that will flourish on clay soil.

Find your route to a more sustainable lifestyle with Dick Strawbridge and his son, James. We can all take steps to reduce our carbon footprint and be more self-sufficient. For some, that might mean heading to the countryside to live off the land. For the rest of us, the reality might involve smaller, but no less important, lifestyle changes: cutting back on plastic or food waste, growing vegetables, preserving meat and fish, preparing jams and chutneys, baking sourdough bread, making your own p...

Put down those harmful sprays and learn natural pest control! Take care of aphids, slogs, Japanese Beetles, Tomato and Tobacco Hornworms, and all the other bad bugs that might be infesting your garden or backyard. Are you sick and tired of pesky insects in your garden? Do you want to stay away from pesticides and harmful poisons that could be hazardous to your health and your garden? If you answered yes to both of those questions, Bug-Free Organic Gardening has all the answers to your troubles....