New Gardening titles
0241593336
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Discover the secret to successfully growing trees in your garden. Ideal for first-time gardeners, 'Grow Trees' contains everything you need to bring stunning seasonal interest, structural elegance, and biodiversity to your garden. Learn how to plant and care for your trees with tips on selecting the right site, mulching, and pruning, and discover the perfect tree for your outdoor space with a handy directory including the best trees for small spaces, trees for a tropical look, and trees for maximum carbon capture.
1851245979
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Bodleian Library
Resource type: Physical
Note: Succulents, especially cacti, are the current focus of serious ecological studies but also the darlings of designers and style influencers. Their endearing, characterful looks have given them the status of trendy 'plant pets'. But succulentomania is not new.
0711277141
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: Indoors or outside, in the smallest spaces or as features in large gardens, succulents and cacti are popular in homes and gardens all across the world, regardless of climate. They're resilient, beautiful and easy to care for as long as you're armed with the right knowledge.
1911663976
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Pavilion
Resource type: Physical
Note: 'Ranunculus' offers advice on how to care for and propagate these colourful cultivated members of the buttercup family. Naomi Slade explores a wide range of ranunculus species and cultivars, all beautifully photographed by Georgianna Lane in their technicolour glory from palest pink to deep burgundy via white, orange, red and yellow.
0241593301
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Transform your garden into a haven for all kinds of wildlife. In a world with too much concrete and not enough greenery, every wildlife-friendly garden can make a huge difference. Let author, presenter, and wildlife conservationist Dan Rouse show you how you can make your outdoor space more welcoming for a wide variety of visitors.
0857829203
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Throughout history flowers have been an integral part of human survival and culture. Their shapes, colours, scents and textures have always attracted us, as they do animals and insects. Flowers are used as luxury spices (saffron), and as colouring and flavouring agents - marigolds fed to chickens make eggs more yellow and lavender was Elizabeth I's
1784728403
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Resource type: Physical
Note: The title might sound like a bold statement, but you really will be able to garden by the end of this book. Whether you are a budding botanist or just aspire to have greener fingers, this book will hold your 'horticultural hand' and guide you gently through the principles of gardening.
0241559251
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Exploding myths and offering research-backed advice, this book provides a shortcut to decades of gardening experience by explaining the science behind how a garden grows.
1849947562
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Batsford
Resource type: Physical
Note: Whether you seek sanctuary in your potting shed, find paradise amongst your patio plants or enjoy the simply solace of your hands in the soil, there is beauty, peace and happiness to be found for every gardener in this thoughtful and entertaining collection.
1911670336
Paperback
Year: 2022
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Pavilion
Resource type: Physical
Note: An innovative grow guide for the modern gardener. With fresh, brigh design and clear-cut know-how, it provides all the expert advice and encouragement you need to get growing. Originally published: 2017
208p ; 190mm
0711272905
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers
Resource type: Physical
Note: 'What Gardeners Grow' draws on the experience and passion of the world's most interesting and respected plantspeople to create a glossary of plants to inspire the everyday gardener. A diverse range of some 250 gardeners have contributed their plant choices, each selecting one or more of their most treasured favourites.
1838855432
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Canongate
Resource type: Physical
Note: Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that. To understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture them, even when so many other responsibilities sit upon their shoulders. To recover the histories that have been lost among the soil.
0241575834
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Create a beautiful, climate-resilient, sustainable garden that will take your outdoor space into the future. As we live with an increasingly changing climate, summer droughts, winter waterlogging, high winds, erratic frosts and frequent pests are challenges that all gardeners face. This cutting-edge book shows you how to work with the environment and give your garden what it needs to flourish.
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.
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.
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.