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Garden books on planting design, horticulture, flowers, trees, food growing, and the landscapes that shape them.
A carefully edited catalogue of current titles, forthcoming books and enduring backlist.
Naturalistic Planting Design
The Essential Guide
Nigel Dunnett's award-winning guide to naturalistic planting — selecting plants, layering for seasons, creating biodiverse, low-input gardens.
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A Beautiful Obsession
Inside Jimi Blake's Hunting Brook Gardens in Ireland. A plantsman's world of bold combinations and maverick planting, with Noel Kingsbury.
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Shrouded in Light
A design-led exploration of naturalistic planting inspired by the world's wild shrublands. Photographs and planting ideas for richer, more resilient gardens.
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The Cut Flower Sourcebook
Rachel Siegfried's guide to growing beautiful cut flowers: plant portraits, seasonal advice and design ideas from Green and Gorgeous flower farm.
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The Essential Tree Selection Guide
A practical reference for choosing the right tree for any site. Tree selection guidance for gardeners, landscape designers and urban planners.
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How to Make a Wildflower Meadow
A hands-on guide to creating a wildflower meadow in any garden — from soil preparation and seed choice to maintenance and seasonal care.
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The Crevice Garden
A complete guide to the crevice garden — a new approach to rock gardens that mimics alpine conditions, with planting, construction and plant selection.
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A Field Guide to the Plants of Armenia
A comprehensive botanical guide to the flora of Armenia — one of the world's most botanically rich regions, with over a thousand plant species described.
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Gardens Under Big Skies
Contemporary naturalistic gardens across the Netherlands — inspiration and ideas from the Dutch wave of planting design and landscape architecture.
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The Jungle Garden
Bring the lush, exotic look of tropical houseplants into your garden. Plant selection, design ideas and year-round care for a jungle-inspired outdoor space.
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The View from Federal Twist
James Golden's New Jersey garden, Federal Twist. Essays and photographs on wild-inspired planting, design philosophy and working with difficult terrain.
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Tokachi Millennium Forest
Dan Pearson's pioneering project in Hokkaido, Japan — gardening with nature at landscape scale. Design philosophy and photographs from Tokachi.
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Bringing the Mediterranean into your Garden
A guide to creating Mediterranean-style gardens in any climate — drought-tolerant plants, design principles and plant combinations from Olivier Filippi.
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Planting the Oudolf Gardens at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Piet Oudolf's celebrated planting scheme at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, plant by plant. A detailed guide to one of the most influential gardens of our time.
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The Dry Gardening Handbook
Olivier Filippi's essential handbook for gardening with drought — plant selection, soil, techniques and Mediterranean design for a warming climate.
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Botanical Brain Balms
Fifty-six plants proven to support memory, mood and mind. A science-led guide by Nicolette and Elaine Perry of Dilston Physic Garden.
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Home-Grown Mushrooms from Scratch
A step-by-step guide to growing edible mushrooms at home, from spawn to harvest. Cultivation techniques for oyster, shiitake, lion's mane and more.
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Roy Lancaster: My Life with Plants
The autobiography of Roy Lancaster, one of Britain's most-loved plantspeople — decades of plant-hunting, gardening and broadcasting in his own words.
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How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool
A complete guide to designing and building a chemical-free natural swimming pool — planning, construction, planting and maintenance.
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Plant Love
Bestselling science writer Michael Allaby reveals the scandalous reproductive lives of over 200 plants — botanical sex, deception and desire.
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Planting Design for Dry Gardens
Olivier Filippi's guide to designing beautiful, drought-tolerant gardens — plant palettes and design strategies for dry climates.
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The Scything Handbook
Learn the art and craft of scything: hand-cutting grass and hay with a traditional scythe. A practical manual for gardeners, smallholders and meadow keepers.
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