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Vicky Chown

A beautiful, stylish and comprehensive handbook from the Bloom Gardener's Guides series, covering everything you need to know to grow your own food.

 Growing your own food is a way to feed your body as well as your soul. Approached in a sustainable way, it can also nurture the land and provide for wildlife. You don’t need an enormous garden, an allotment or a fancy greenhouse to do it. Edible Garden is as much about planting food in your garden borders and sowing crops in pots, as it is about raised beds or kitchen gardens. It’s packed with professional advice, a selection of the best edible plants to grow and tips on getting the most from your space.

 Written by Vicky Chown, a professional forager who teaches urban food growing, it includes a selection of the best edible plants to grow, including:
 • Broad beans 
 • Tomatoes 
 • Peppers 
 • Peas 
 • Basil 
 • Carrots 
 • Aubergines 

 Discover how best to feed, fertilise and fend off pests, to grow the healthiest and tastiest produce possible. There are also plenty of tips on getting the most from your space – you can do just as well with raised beds, kitchen gardens and crops in pots. It’s perfect for both those with large green gardens as well as city-dwellers with balconies, allotments and courtyards. Learn how to grow a wide variety of edible plants, anywhere you like!

 This title is from the Bloom Gardener’s Guide series, complete and comprehensive gardening handbooks. Bloom is an award-winning independent print magazine for gardeners, plant admirers, nature lovers and outdoor adventurers, and winner of the Garden Publication of the Year at the Garden Media Awards 2021. Other titles in this series include Cut Flowers, Shade and Pots.

Frances Lincoln

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Edible Garden: Bloom Gardener's Guide: Feed the ground, sow seed, care for the crops, gather, pick and feast

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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. Discover plants chosen by horticulturalists such as Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury, Sarah Raven and Erin Benzakein, Joy Larkcom and Ron Finley.

 Among recognisable names are the nurserymen, head gardeners, designers, edibles experts, biodynamic practitioners, Chelsea medal-winners and more that excel in their field, each presenting a unique story about their favourite plants.

Dip in for insider secrets, surprising and inspiring tales, and to discover a whole new world of plants.

What Gardeners Grow: 600 plants chosen by the world's greatest plantspeople

Harriet Rycroft

A beautiful, stylish and comprehensive handbook from the Bloom Gardener's Guides series, covering everything you need to know to grow plants in pots all year round.

 No matter how small or large your space, Pots includes top tips on how to plan and prepare your containers, a directory of plants to dip into and pro advice on achieving year-round interest and structure.

 The guide also includes winning combinations of flowers, foliage and bulbs, and plenty of information on caring for your display so it lasts from season to season.

 Gardening in containers is versatile, exciting and rewarding for both you and the wildlife, so whether your plot is a courtyard, balcony, patio or simply a window box, Pots can inspire you to transform it with vibrant planting.

 This title is from the Bloom Gardener's Guide series, complete and comprehensive gardening handbooks. Bloom is an award-winning independent print magazine for gardeners, plant admirers, nature lovers and outdoor adventurers, and winner of the Garden Publication of the Year at the Garden Media Awards 2021. Other titles in this series include Cut Flowers and Shade.

Pots: Fill your containers with plants, tend to their needs, watch them flourish

Benjamin Pope

Find out what needs to be done at just the right time to create a garden full of life and colour all year round.
 
 Keeping on top of when to sow seeds, plant bulbs or prune roses can be tricky for new and experienced gardeners with busy lives. What to Sow, Grow and Do takes the hassle out of remembering what to do next with a month-by-month guide.

 Tracking a year in the garden, it shows you what you need to do when in a series of straightforward how-tos and handy checklists. It also celebrates each month of the year, highlighting the plants in season and the wildlife to spot.

 Seasonal tasks cover everything from maintaining colorful flower beds and a simple veg patch, to encouraging birds to nest and hedgehogs to hibernate in your garden. At the end of the year, you will have a thriving, flourishing garden that’s a joy to be in.

Each month, the book will cover:Monthly tasks • – a full guide that includes the seeds to sow, the plants to prune and a checklist of jobs around the garden, 
Hero plants • – what’s coming into flower, in full bloom, and dying back to help you plan your gardening year, 
Wildlife lifecycle • – the animals and insects going into/coming out of hibernation, migrating, emerging and retreating to help you support nature. 

 Whether you are a seasoned horticulturalist or are just starting our planting you first seedlings, this guide is an indispensible companion to any gardener all the year round.

What to Sow, Grow and Do: A seasonal garden guide

Susanna Grant

"Shady plants deserve ambassadors like Susanna: someone who can view a dim corner as an opportunity rather than obstacle." 
 –– Matt Collins, Head Gardener at the Garden Museum

Work with the light, grow plants and flowers, bring dark corners to life.

 This handbook will tell you everything you need to know to make the most of shady garden spaces. Whether your whole garden, courtyard or balcony is cast in shade, or you simply have a window box on a shadowy sill, Shade will inspire you to transform the space with lush and interesting planting that looks good (and is beloved by wildlife) all year round.

 Rather than a gardener's "problem", an area of shade can open up a whole new world of plants to explore, from delicate flowers and interesting foliage, to handsome trees and vibrant bulbs.

Shade includes top tips on tackling all sorts of shady areas, a directory of plants to dip into and pro advice on achieving year-round colour and structure. It's time to bring those dark corners to life!

 This title is from the Bloom Gardener's Guide series, complete and comprehensive gardening handbooks. Bloom is an award-winning independent print magazine for gardeners, plant admirers, nature lovers and outdoor adventurers, and winner of the Garden Publication of the Year at the Garden Media Awards 2021. Other titles in this series include Cut Flowers and Pots.

Shade: Bloom Gardener's Guide

Celestina Robertson

"Cel grows her beautiful flowers with art and soul." 
–– Shane Connolly, floral designer and author

Prepare the ground, sow seed, nurture, harvest and fill your home with beautiful flowers.

 Growing flowers can bring colour and life to the garden, and also give you an abundance of sustainable floral material to use at home. This handbook shows you how to plan a cutting garden, grow the perfect plants for the vase and nurture them so they thrive from season to season. 

 Whether you have a few pots or a dedicated patch, you can grow beautiful blooms and learn how to cut, condition and arrange them for garden-gathered floral designs all year round, all without the carbon footprint of most shop-bought flowers!

 Cut Flowers includes a directory of flowers, bulbs and foliage to grow, plus pro advice on creating dreamy designs.

 This title is from the Bloom Gardener's Guide series, complete and comprehensive gardening handbooks. Bloom is an award-winning independent print magazine for gardeners, plant admirers, nature lovers and outdoor adventurers, and winner of the Garden Publication of the Year at the Garden Media Awards 2021. Other titles in this series include Shade and Pots.

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