CHRISTMAS GIFTS: Santa’s page-turners
- UK expert Ciar Byrne picks out her top page-turners for gardeners
- READ MORE: CIAR BYRNE’s festive finds for the gardener in your life
Things to Do With Plants: 50 Ways To Connect With The Botanical World
by Emma Crawforth (Kew Publishing, £18)
How we all rely on the extraordinary qualities of plants from the basics of food and clothing to inspiring creativity.
The Cottage Garden
by Claus Dalby (Cool Springs Press, £28)
Explores the influence of gardeners such as Gertrude Jekyll, Vita Sackville-West and William Robinson, and offers plenty of advice on how to incorporate their ideas into your own space.
L-R: The Cottage Garden by Claus Dalby (Cool Springs Press, £28); The Cottage Garden by Claus Dalby (Cool Springs Press, £28)
Monty Don (pictured) aims to show a new generation how joyful gardening can be
The Gardening Book
by Monty Don (BBC Books, £28)
Monty aims to show a new generation how joyful gardening can be with straightforward advice on how to grow flowers, food, shrubs and houseplants.
Miss Willmott’s Ghosts
by Sandra Lawrence (Blink, £10.99)
The extraordinary story of the horticulturist Ellen Willmott, famed for sprinkling sea holly seeds in the gardens of people she didn’t like.
Chatsworth: The Gardens And The People Who Made Them
by Alan Titchmarsh (Ebury, £35)
With stunning photography by Jonathan Buckley, Alan is the perfect guide to the eccentric characters behind the gardens of the Palace of the Peak.
Chatsworth: The Gardens And The People Who Made Them by Alan Titchmarsh (Ebury, £35)
What Makes A Garden
by Jinny Blom (Frances Lincoln £35)
The top landscape designer explores why we grow plants and offers a glimpse into her work.
Planting A Paradise: A Year Of Pots And Pollinators
by Arthur Parkinson (Octopus, £22)
Parkinson shows how it is possible to create a colourful haven in the smallest of gardens using containers filled with beefriendly muscari, narcissi, dahlias, figs, and crab apples.
Not Another Jungle
by Tony Le-Britton (DK, £16.99)
The leading influencer gives comprehensive advice on how to care for unusual indoor plants.
L-R: What Makes A Garden by Jinny Blom (Frances Lincoln £35); How Plants Can Save Your Life by Dr Ross Cameron (Quercus, £25)
How Plants Can Save Your Life
by Dr Ross Cameron (Quercus, £25)
Packed with ideas on how plants can boost our well-being, from growing a window box filled with Mediterranean herbs for vitality, to using flowers and foliage in blues, whites and greens to chill out.
The National Trust Gardener’s Almanac 2024
by Greg Loades (National Trust Books, £9.99)
Tips and trivia for every season as well as a head gardener’s job of the month.
RHS Garden Almanac 2024 (Frances Lincoln, £14.99)
RHS Garden Almanac 2024
(Frances Lincoln, £14.99)
The first almanac from the Royal Horticultural Society, with information on folklore, how the phases of the moon affect wildlife and weather in your area.
Gardening With Winter Plants
by Tony Hall (Kew Publishing, £30)
A comprehensive guide to winter bulbs, berries, shrubs, and trees by the Kew experts.
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