Review: A Nation in Bloom by Matthew Biggs
You can’t garden for long without coming across the Royal Horticultural Society. Be it annual flower shows such as Chelsea, . . .
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Category: Book reviews
Review: The Apprehensive Gardener by Griselda Kerr
To the novice, gardening can be a mysterious art, full of rules on when to plant, how to prune and . . .
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Review: The Cotswold Wildlife Park by Harriet Rycroft with Tim Miles
All gardens are shaped by outside influences and every head gardener I meet has their own particular set of things . . .
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Review: Kiftsgate Court Gardens by Vanessa Berridge
Kiftsgate Court is celebrating its centenary. A new book by Vanessa Berridge charts the history of this unusual Cotswold garden. . . .
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The Galanthophiles – a celebration
Growers met at Colesbourne Park for the launch of a new snowdrop book. The Galanthophiles’ Gathering The temperatures may have . . .
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Review: Japanese Knotweed by Nicolas Seal
I’ve yet to meet a gardener who doesn’t have at least one problem weed. I have several with horsetail (Equisetum . . .
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Review: The Creative Kitchen by Stephanie Hafferty
One of the drawbacks of growing your own fruit and vegetables is the almost inevitable glut and the problem of . . .
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Review: The Almanac by Lia Leendertz
Want to know how dew is formed, what the July night sky will show, or the gardening jobs for October? . . .
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Review: Urban Arboreal by Michael Jordan
I’m lucky enough to live in a town where trees are an integral part of the street scene. Few roads . . .
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Review: At West Dean by Jim Buckland and Sarah Wain
I remember once visiting a garden that was neatly divided into ‘his and ‘hers’ with radically different styles in the . . .
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