Review: The English Cottage Garden by Andrew Sankey
Living in the Cotswolds, I naturally come across a lot of cottage gardens as part of my job. There’s no . . .
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Category: Book reviews
Review: Grow Easy by Anna Greenland
I see a lot of gardens in my job so it takes something special to lodge in the memory. The . . .
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Review: Hi Cacti by Sabina Palermo
The appeal of Hi Cacti begins with the cover. Primary colours and a cartoon-style image of someone hugging a plant . . .
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Review: The National Trust School of Gardening by Rebecca Bevan
I’ve been looking through ‘The National Trust School of Gardening’, a new ‘how to’ book. Much of my gardening knowledge . . .
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Review: The Flower Yard by Arthur Parkinson
I’ve been reading another dangerous book. After the recent temptation of Naomi Slade’s Lilies, The Flower Yard by Arthur Parkinson . . .
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Review: Zero-Waste Gardening by Ben Raskin
A vegetable garden doesn’t seem the obvious place to fight climate change but in Zero-Waste Gardening Ben Raskin demonstrates that . . .
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Review: Lilies by Naomi Slade
Should Naomi Slade’s books come with a warning? As I found myself writing down yet another ‘must try’ variety from . . .
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Review: RHS How to Create a Wildlife Pond by Kate Bradbury
Reading How to Create a Wildlife Pond one thing is clear. Kate Bradbury is obsessed with ponds. Stopped from digging . . .
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Review: My Real Garden, the book and community
My Real Garden is a celebration of a community that came together during lockdown. I chatted to Ann-Marie Powell about . . .
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Review: The Windowsill Gardener by Liz Marvin
For years before I had a house, I was a windowsill gardener, making do with houseplants and a few pots . . .
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