Books

How to – Garden

Learn how to improve a garden.

RHS Complete Gardener’s Manual

Learn how to plan, sow, plant, and protect your garden throughout the year with expert tips and techniques that will see your garden flourish.

Discover how to design with plants by using colour and texture to create inspirational displays, and keep them at their best with jargon-free guides to pruning and preventing pests and diseases.

The perfect all-around practical book for gardening beginners, also for those looking for a step up from a beginners’ gardening book.

The Well-Tended Perennial Garden by Tracy DiSabato-Aust

Whether you’re familiar with terms such as deadheading or feel clueless when it comes to flowers, you’ll benefit from adding this time-tested gardening guidebook to your shelf.

The latest edition has monthly planting schedules and maintenance instructions to give you the best garden on the block.

Vegetable Gardening for Beginners by Jill McSheehy

Everything from choosing seeds to varieties of planting beds to harvesting techniques is covered in this easy-to-read beginner’s guide.

Level up from novice to experienced vegetable grower in one season. 

Raised-Bed Gardening for Beginners by Tammy Wylie

Utilizing raised beds in your garden will make efficient use of your space as well as organize your plants neatly.

Vegetables will thrive using the raised bed techniques laid out in this useful beginner’s resource.

The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency by John Seymour

Detailed step-by-step guide for achieving a self-sufficient lifestyle tailored to your needs and environment.

Whether your goal is to become a green-fingered gardener or you’re looking to lower your carbon footprint like never before, this all-encompassing horticulture book has something for everyone to love, with a diverse range of self-sufficiency skills to suit your individual needs and preferences.

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