Our friends at Love the Garden are running a Vegetable Garden competition for all bloggers out there. The prize is a £200 meal at a restaurant of your choice (so don’t choose the chippie – you’ll be in there forever). This month’s theme is potatoes, so all you need to do is post a potato…

This is a simple but brilliant book explaining how to keep bees in a natural, sustainable way. Forget specialist equipment and “traditional” intensive farming methods which stress the bees and lower their natural resilience.

This book approaches the subject from three user-friendly angles: which trees are best for foliage and colour; what each offers at different times of year; and which do best in differing situations, whether it be sunshine or shade; dry or damp; acid or alkaline. It shows you what to plant with, around and through your...

Naturalistic gardens are sometimes referred to as prairie planting schemes as the North American prairies have often served as the inspiration for this contemporary style of gardening. Also many of the most exciting and colorful perennials we grow come from these once extensive grasslands. The schemes presented in this second book in the series use...

The open meadow is sunny and fully exposed to the wind. Perennials suited to these conditions never need staking or cosseting, but instead can be planted in wide drifts to fill garden spaces with colour and movement. These are the schemes to use in most common garden situations to replace lawns and old fashioned borders....

World class gardening courses on planting design, by Hilary Th ...

World class gardening courses on planting design, by Hilary Th ...
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