Review: How to Grow the Flowers
I guessed reading How to Grow the Flowers would give me some must-grow varieties, hints on cultivation and tips for . . .
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Category: Book reviews
Review: Gardens of the World
I find it hard enough choosing Cotswold gardens when asked for recommendations so making a list when there are no . . .
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Review: Gardener’s Guide books
No garden site is perfect but mine has a couple of particularly tricky issues. It slopes steeply at one end . . .
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Review: From the Veg Patch by Kathy Slack
Cookery books are meant to inspire but rarely to entertain. From the Veg Patch succeeds on both counts with tempting . . .
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Review: Son of the Secret Gardener, & William Barron, the Victorian Landscape Gardener
A couple of new books that landed on my desk have got me thinking about the unsung heroes of horticulture. . . .
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Review: RHS Roses by Michael Marriott
I tend to see a lot of roses on my garden visits, particularly in the Cotswolds. Creating a garden without . . .
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Review: Grounding by Lulah Ellender
I get a lot of gardening books to review, most of them interesting and informative but every now and then . . .
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Review: Lilacs by Naomi Slade
Lilacs are the flower of my childhood. Like many suburban gardens, ours had a lilac tree, nondescript and generally ignored . . .
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Review: The Vegetable Grower’s Handbook by Huw Richards
I do try to be fairly organised when it comes to my vegetable garden but, reading The Vegetable Grower’s Handbook, . . .
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Review: How to Garden When You Rent by Matthew Pottage
For many years, first as a student and then in a rented flat, I had no garden, and my growing . . .
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