Expert books Series

If you don't have the time, ability or desire to tend to your garden full time, then The Easy-Care Gardening Expert is the book for you.The Easy-care approach can provide a garden which is attractive and looks well-tended, without all the time-consuming, physically demanding work a traditional garden needs.This is a new way of gardening where time-wasting tasks are reduced or eliminated, with advice on: How to make your lawn easier to manage. Choosing easy-care trees, shrubs and fruit and vegetables. Beating the time wasters. Using work saving techniques. Avoiding strain and injury. Beating common pests and diseases.

The Green Garden Expert

by D. G. Hessayon

Published 1 October 1993

The first Garden Expert was published 50 years ago and has taught generations how to garden.It has sold over 5 million copies and has been translated into 27 languages.It is the world's best-selling introduction to gardening. But the world has changed and so has gardening.We still need to know the basic facts, but there are also new varieties and new techniques such as no-digging and no-weeding.Also we are much more conscious of the environment - safety, pollution, the birds and butterflies and the other wildlife which come into our garden, etc. The Green Garden Expert sets out what you need to know in order to look after your garden.It also shows you how to care for wildlife, the environment and your own well-being.Whether you decide upon a completely organic approach or prefer to take just a few steps along the environmentally-friendly road, The Green Garden Expert explains the options.It shows you how to choose the right plants for the right place, and how to plant and care for flowers, trees, shrubs, fruit, vegetables and wild flowers.
It shows you how to tackle weeds, pests and other problems, how to attract and identify birds and butterflies, and also how to avoid becoming one of the 400,000 garden casualties which occur every year. "It's not only for organic gardeners - it is for everyone who wants an up-to-date general gardening guide with the environment in mind.There is information on safety as well as sowing, on birds and butterflies as well as beans" - Dr Hessayon

The House Plant Expert

by D. G. Hessayon

Published September 1980

The Vegetable Expert

by D. G. Hessayon

Published 1 October 1993

Cut in half your time and effort tackling garden tasks! Gardeners throughout the world have turned to Dr. D.G. Hessayon for authoritative guidance on everything from planting fruits and vegetables to house plants and flower arranging. His best-selling Expert series, which has sold more than 39 million copies, continues with expert tips on trouble-free gardening.

Easy-Care Gardening Expert gives you solutions and shortcuts you never knew existed -- it's like having a professional gardener looking over your shoulder to share with you his years of hard-earned wisdom! Pick shrubs and trees to create a "skeleton" for great shape year-round; discover which herbs are practically worry-free, and where to plant them; or try the hundreds of other amazingly useful and easy-to-follow pieces of advice. Complete with gorgeous full-color photos ad illustrations of healthy blooms and gardens, this isn't just another gardening guide.