New Gardening titles
1739903927
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Filbert Press
Resource type: Physical
1035003716
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: One Boat
Resource type: Physical
Note: Going green in the garden has never been easier with Nancy Birtwhistle's sustainable, eco-friendly tips that will help you make the most of your space, and what it can grow. Whether you have a sprawling garden, a modest patch of grass or just a spare windowsill, 'The Green Gardening Handbook' has over 100 tips will help you embrace the joy of growing.
0008595232
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: National Trust Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Discover the joy of growing and using plants indoors and outdoors, no matter how limited your space. If one positive thing came out of the successive lockdowns of recent years, it was a renewed interest in gardening. While life slowed down, we were all looking for simple ways to connect with nature, improve our surroundings and lift our spirits.
1914902017
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Pimpernel Press Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: Most gardens do not have smooth, flat lawns and borders of rich, easily dug soil. We have to put up with damp, sunless corridors between houses, awkward slopes or plots shaded by trees or neighbouring buildings.
0241544017
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Andrew Timothy O'Brien weaves together strands of botany, philosophy, and mindfulness to form an ecological narrative suffused with practical gardening know-how. Informed by a deep understanding and appreciation of natural processes, O'Brien encourages the reader to think from the ground up, as we follow the pattern of a plant's growth through the seasons.
0241558360
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Welcome to Rekha's Kitchen Garden: A North London allotment that is bursting with the very best seasonal produce all year round. With more than 30 years' experience as both an amateur and professional gardener, there is no better guide to home-grown produce than Rekha. Let her teach you the tricks and share the lessons she has learned from a lifetime.
1526639343
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Resource type: Physical
Note: 'A Year Full of Veg' is a month-by-month guide to cultivating the best seasonal veg. With her wealth of experience, Sarah Raven shares the most reliable and bountiful varieties to grow, her tried-and-tested favourite crops, and unusual vegetables, herbs and salads that you can't buy in shops.
0241614805
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: In just one raised bed, author Huw Richards, shows you exactly how to grow vegetables organically, abundantly and inexpensively so you have something to harvest every month of the year.
1914239253
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Kyle Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: There are books that recognize famous garden designers and offer inspiration to would-be garden-makers. And there are thousands of manuals that will tell you how to garden. But only one tells the story of any garden's most important 'raw material' - its ornamental plants.
0241593271
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Discover how to design, create, and maintain a beautiful small garden. Ideal for first-time gardeners, 'Grow Small Gardens' contains everything you need to create a garden in a small space, without compromising on design or beauty. Make the most of your windowsill, balcony, roof terrace, courtyard, or tiny urban garden with clever design tricks to create the illusion of more space, advice on planting to ensure seasonal interest and encourage wildlife, and detailed aftercare to keep your plants flourishing year after year.
0719841259
Paperback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: Boundaries, borders and shelter are essential parts of any garden, but they can be the most difficult to get right. The excitement of buying new hedging plants can quickly be overtaken by difficult upkeep, damage to surrounding plants and a costly waste of time.
1910258288
Hardback
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: The Pimpernel Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: An examination of the relationship between gardens and current environmental issues, and how ideas can be explored that create positive and holistic ways of engaging with the natural world.
1529389410
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Resource type: Physical
Note: National treasure and presenter of ITV's hugely popular Love Your Garden, Alan Titchmarsh brings us his month by month almanac of garden knowledge, facts, advice and inspiration. Here is seasonal advice on what to grow and sow, projects to engage in, as well as wildlife to spot, gorgeous gardens to visit, birds and flowers to celebrate, weather notes, and nature to reflect on in poems, music, and books.
1784728454
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Resource type: Physical
Note: This easy Q&A format book is suited to both beginner and more experienced growers, and encompasses a wide range of subjects to take readers beyond the basics of fruit and vegetable growing.
1784728446
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Resource type: Physical
Note: Aimed at first-time gardeners, those in rented accommodation or anyone with limited outdoor space, this book teaches how to take stock of an environment and start a garden. With ideas for gardens, patio spaces, courtyards, balconies and interiors, these 50 easy-to-adopt ideas provide the steps to success for even the most inexperienced gardeners.
024154436X
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: A plant a day brings beauty your way. Make the most of your garden with 365 of the very best plant varieties - one for every day of the year. From spring blooms to winter interest and everything in between, each plant has been personally selected by expert horticulturist Philip Clayton, who draws on his nearly 20 years of RHS experience.
0711272484
Paperback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers
Resource type: Physical
Note: The perfect guide to help you fill your containers with plants, tend to their needs and watch them flourish every season.
0241545781
Hardback
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
0719840791
Paperback
Year: 2022
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: Plant propagation is an economical, rewarding and sustainable way to increase your plant stock and develop your horticultural skills. This is a comprehensive, practical guide to the various methods of propagation suitable for a wide range of trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, bulbs and tender plants. Chapters cover seeds, cuttings, layering, dividing.
0241459753
Hardback
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Combining practical gardening advice, eye-opening scientific research, reflections on the cultural importance of different species, and evocative accounts of how vital trees are for countless different forms of wildlife, this book will leave you in no doubt that every garden needs a tree. The book features a directory of 50 key species.