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This handbook reveals the secrets of professional garden design, and then makes them accessible to everyone, from the keen gardener to the complete beginner. The book contains designs for gardens of all shapes and sizes, providing practical solutions for varying sites, circumstances and needs.

RHS Gardening Through the Year

Whatever the season, this accessible reference book is a guide to a full 12 months of horticultural tasks. Clearly laid out and completely practical in approach, the guide is designed to ensure you make the very best use of your time.

"Ground Force", Practical Garden Projects

A guide to transforming your garden into the equivalent of an outdoor room. A variety of simple projects include: hedges and edges; clearing and levelling; paving and turf; timber - decking, arches, trellises, sheds and summerhouses; and living in the garden - barbecues, sandpits, seats and tables.

1001 Hints & Tips for Your Garden :
An Indispensable Guide to Easier and More Effective Gardening
from the Readers Digest

"Easier, more effective gardening techniques are promoted in a guide which provides an A-Z reference to getting the job done fast. From locating plants appropriate for specific situations to handling plant invaders and adverse weather conditions, this is packed with important, practical tips."

DK Pocket Encyclopaedia: Organic Gardening
Geoff Hamilton (Editor)

"This is a practical guide to creating a safe and productive garden using organic methods. The text outlines the basic principles of organic gardening, with sections on how to improve the fertility of the soil and how to control the garden pests and diseases by natural methods. A plant guide illustrates all the flowers and plants commonly found in gardens and gives useful advice about their cultivation. It includes step-by-step illustrations of gardening techniques and different types of plants."

Creating Small Gardens
by Roy Strong

"A collection of 20 different, but equally successful garden designs, are featured in this book. The text explains the methods and principles behind their planning and creation, allowing the reader to follow or adapt their ideas to his or her own needs."

RHS Encyclopaedia of Plants and Flowers
Royal Horticultural Society

"Included in this revised edition is a plant selector section grouping plants together by their specific features, for example plants with aromatic foliage, plants with fagrant flowers and flowers for cutting. Colour banded pages have been introduced to help the user locate groups of plants quickly."

RHS Plant Finder 2000-2001
Royal Horticultural Society

"Intended for gardeners, horticulturalists and botanists this plant finder provides information on 70,000 plants and their most reputable suppliers as well as lists of Garden Societies, details of National Trust and other gardens open to the public, nursery addresses, telephone and fax numbers, email addresses, opening times, location maps and mail order details for plant purchase. Cross reference tables aims to help the reader find the plant of their choice at a nursery nearby."