Review: Success with Succulents by John Bagnasco and Bob Reidmuller
If houseplants are currently the biggest gardening show in town, succulents have a strong claim to be the star. They . . .
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Review: Tiny Garden, Huge Harvest by Caleb Warnock
There’s a commonly held view that growing veg is possible only if you have a large garden or access to . . .
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Review: Square Foot Gardening: Growing Perfect Vegetables
It’s so disappointing to spend weeks carefully nurturing fruit and veg only to miss picking them at the right time. . . .
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Review: Rosy Hardy – 25 Years of Chelsea
When it comes to column inches and television air time often it’s the garden designers at RHS Chelsea that get . . .
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Review: The Salad Garden by Joy Larkcom
I first encountered French dressing on a school trip to Paris. We were all puzzled by the idea of putting . . .
Read moreReview: My Life With Plants by Roy Lancaster
I first met Roy Lancaster when he led a guided tour of Plas Cadnant gardens as part of the North . . .
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Review: Good Soil by Tina Raman, Ewa-Marie Rundquist & Justine Lagache
For many gardeners, feeding the soil is like the plumbing in a house, essential but frankly uninspiring. Indeed, the women . . .
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Review: Urban Flowers by Carolyn Dunster
It’s been some years since my gardening was confined to a few houseplants and some pots balanced precariously outside a . . .
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Review: Gardens of Marrakesh by Angelica Gray
If gardening books should inspire or inform, then Gardens of Marrakesh succeeds on both fronts. Part history lesson, part traveller’s . . .
Read moreReview: The Book of Orchids
I’ve always been nervous of orchids. Partly because I’m not known for my skill with houseplants. Things that grow outside . . .
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