One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram in the American colonies.
In 2003 a MORI poll for the Royal Horticultural Society revealed that an extraordinary number of us are interested in attracting wildlife into our gardens.
Worm Farming for Beginners:: Your Guide to Start and Maintain a Worm Farm on a Budget and Start Making Money From EARTHWORMS [Essential Concepts to Vermiculture, Vermicomposting, and Worm Bins.
Much has been written about the history of Victorian life, the Industrial Revolution and the improvements brought about by the great reformers, including the many improvements to recreation and leisure.
Teach Yourself - the world's leading learning brand - is relaunched in 2010 as a multi-platform experience that will keep you motivated to achieve your goals.
Perk up your garden, your cooking, and your health with this "e;comprehensive look at microgreens"e;-from arugula to Tokyo Bekana-includes recipes (City Bitty Farm).
Maximize the beauty, privacy, and property value while reducing the maintenance, labor, and costs of your outdoor living space with BarCharts' new Landscape Design Techniques QuickStudy(R) guide.
Simple steps to gardening success, from the experts at the RHSGet your lawn looking lovely all year round with RHS Simple Steps Lawns and Ground Cover.
What can be more convenient than being able to nip into the garden to pick some salad for lunch, some herbs for the pot or some fresh veg or fruit for dinner?
With hardly any previous veg-growing experience and even less time, when Gardener's World design guru Joe Swift decided to take on a 250 sq metre allotment in north London, some people thought he was mad.
Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth-century England, designing country estates and mansions, moving hills and making flowing lakes and serpentine rivers, a magical world of green.
In the fourth River Cottage handbook, Mark Diacono tells us everything we need to know to create our own productive, organic garden, no matter where we live.
Cultivate a mindful new habit in 2023 with Be More Bonsai, and discover how the art of growing bonsai trees can lead to a happier, more mindful way of lifeAmid the chaos of modern life, the ancient art of tending to bonsai can bring calm and perspective.
A new edition of this essential guide to organic gardening from one of Britain's best-loved gardeners, Geoff HamiltonWhether you want to grow succulent strawberries and mouth-watering marrows untainted by chemicals or find natural methods of pest and weed control, this is your practical, easy-to-follow guide to growing organic.
The essential guide to growing plants in small spaces, indoors and outDress up your patio with flowers, create your own vegetable patch on a balcony or bring impact and style to your conservatory with RHS How to Grow Plants in Pots.
Discover over 450 species of wild flowers found in Britain and Northwest Europe with this new edition, in association with the RSPB, now in ebook formatFrom orchids to cowslips, discover over 450 species of wild flowers, arranged by colour and family, with this pocket-sized guide.
Grow into a better gardener with Chris Beardshaw; BBC TV s Flying Gardener now in paperbackFrom cutting and grafting to fending off bugs and pests, Chris Beardshaw, BBC TV s Flying Gardener and two-times Gold Medal winner at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, explains how understanding nature will make you a better gardener.
Start living the good life with this complete guide to natural, organic and chemical-free gardening A DK Made with Care book is created using the best ethical and environmental practices possible.
Professional landscapers and all those involved in creating green spaces have long been in need of a book that is a guide to plant specification, but also makes sense of plants and their cultivation.
ntdecken Sie, wie Sie Ihren Garten in ein blühendes Paradies verwandeln können, das nicht nur ästhetisch ansprechend, sondern auch ökologisch wertvoll ist.
'A remarkable book from one of our greatest plant experts' DAILY TELEGRAPHWith a new introduction by Monty DonIn revealing what worked in her own garden, Beth Chatto passes on a wealth of advice gleaned from her personal experience.
