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		<title>How Does Your Garden Grow?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An approachable guide that takes you through the small steps needed to grow and care for your garden. Gardener and expert flower-grower Milli Proust will help you achieve your gardening goals whether you dream of a flower-filled haven or a productive, vibrant space to enjoy. Discover the best ways to start growing, from planning and designing your space to successful planting combinations and ideal varieties for year-round interest.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>A modern and practical guide to growing and caring for a flower-filled garden through the seasons.</b></p>
<p><i>How Does Your Garden Grow?</i> is an approachable guide that takes you through the small steps needed to grow and care for your garden. Gardener and expert flower-grower Milli Proust will help you achieve your gardening goals whether you dream of a flower-filled haven or a productive, vibrant space to enjoy. Discover the best ways to start growing, from planning and designing your space to successful planting combinations and ideal varieties for year-round interest.</p>
<p>This book offers beginners guidance on garden care, practical advice on propagating, seasonal tasks and personal stories that demystify the growing process. Featuring stunning photography from Milli&#8217;s own garden, learn to play with colour and texture as you grow in confidence and create your own beautiful outdoor sanctuary.</p>
<p>Over the course of a decade, Milli has transformed from a beginner to a renowned flower grower, experimenting with different combinations, building new beds, and working with existing ones. This book is a compilation of all the knowledge and lessons Milli has learned over the years, aimed at guiding new and budding gardeners, who aspire to grow in a way that brings them beauty and joy throughout the year.</p>
<p>This is a must-have book for all flower fanatics.</p>
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		<title>The Kew Gardener&#8217;s Guide to Growing House Plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div>Kew Growing House Plants is an illustrated guide to the most trendy and popular indoor plants with advice on choosing, growing, styling, projects and propagation.Â </div>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>The essential guide to growing house plants.</b></p>
<p><b>From the world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this book introduces the 70 best house plants to grow at home and teaches you how to cultivate each one. With 12 easy and inspiring projects and beautiful botanical illustrations, this is part of the best-selling series of Kew Gardener&#8217;s Guides, now available in paperback.</b></p>
<p>Are your house plants forlorn? Do they need more knowledgeable attention? With the help of experts from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, discover which plants are delicate and which indestructible, whether these are cacti, succulents, air plants or those famous for their flowers, foliage, fragrance and even air-freshening powers.</p>
<p>Learn how to <b>nurture your house plants</b> and cultivate an oasis of calm using the advice and projects in this pretty guide to 70 of the best. Here you&#8217;ll find plants for all tastes, all rooms, cold and warm temperatures, all light levels and every skill set. <b>Find the right home for your plants and the right plants for your home</b>.</p>
<p>This beautifully illustrated guide mixes authoritative plant profiles with exquisite botanical prints and12 step-by-step photographed projects that show how to create and display the trendiest and lushest arrangements today. Kew expert Kay Maguire goes back to the basics of choosing, potting, feeding and care, then looks further at <b>pruning and propagating </b>in order to make more plants.</p>
<p>This is the perfect book for new or experienced indoor gardeners wanting to improve their outlook, freshen their air and cultivate a little bit of calm. It is filled with invaluable tips, tricks and handy advice to help your plants thrive.</p>
<p><b>This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles available:  </b><b><i>Growing Herbs, Growing Bulbs, Growing Fruit, Growing Orchids, Growing Vegetables, Growing Roses, Growing Trees, Growing Cacti and Succulents, Growing Perennials, Growing Shrubs, Growing Alpines</i>.</b></p>
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		<title>Growing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Escape into Ramona's garden, find peace within these pages. A love letter, and gentle guide, to the power of nurturing - flora, fauna and yourself - in whatever outdoor space you have, be it a plot, patch or pot. Each season brings self-care lessons, glimmers of joy and growing opportunities. Spring is a time of reawakening, summer is a time of generosity, autumn brings transformation and winter invites us to slow down.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Escape into Ramona&#8217;s garden, find peace within these pages.</b></p>
<p>A love letter, and gentle guide, to the power of nurturing &#8211; flora, fauna and yourself &#8211; in whatever outdoor space you have, be it a plot, patch or pot.</p>
<p>Each season brings self-care lessons, glimmers of joy and growing opportunities. Spring is a time of reawakening, summer is a time of generosity, autumn brings transformation and winter invites us to slow down.</p>
<p><i><b>&#8220;Over the years, I&#8217;ve found solace in gardening, which has allowed me to discover who I truly am. If my mental health feels turbulent, the seasonal rhythm in the garden is a predictable and reassuring constant. Through this book I hope to help you nurture your personal journey through the act of gardening. If you have never gardened before and are feeling intimidated at the thought of getting started, this book will give you permission to begin.&#8221; Ramona Jones</b></i></p>
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		<title>Propagating plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you long to grow your own plants from scratch? This complete guide from the experts at the RHS will teach you how to propagate every type of plant. From fruit trees and ornamental shrubs to exotic orchids and succulents, get all the info you need to propagate 1,500+ garden plants. Crammed with hundreds of step-by-step tutorials and clear advice, ranging from straightforward and simple to more in-depth and challenging. The rating system in the plant-by-plant A-Z dictionaries provides you with a quick reference to the relative ease or difficulty of each method of propagation.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Fill your garden with beautiful plants for next-to-nothing</b></p>
<p>Do you long to grow your own plants from scratch? This complete guide from the experts at the RHS will teach you how to propagate every type of plant.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a thrifty gardener who wants more plants for free, then this book is perfect for you! From fruit trees and ornamental shrubs to exotic orchids and succulents, get all the info you need to propagate 1,500+ garden plants.</p>
<p>Crammed with hundreds of step-by-step tutorials and clear advice, ranging from straightforward and simple to more in-depth and challenging. The rating system in the plant-by-plant A-Z dictionaries provides you with a quick reference to the relative ease or difficulty of each method of propagation.</p>
<p>How long do your seedlings need to germinate? What makes a healthy stem cutting? How do you know what type of rootstock to use when grafting plants? Find out the answer to these questions and more in the most comprehensive guide to propagating plants ever published.</p>
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		<title>Start growing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you love house plants and you're ready to try something new then this is the book for you! Step away from your screen and discover the joys of growing and connecting with nature. Find simple step-by-step projects for every season accompanied by beautiful photography to guide you throughout. Whether you have a windowsill, patio, small patch of grass, allotment or more room to play with, you'll find projects to suit your space. From growing salad on your windowsill and creating a houseplant haven in your bathroom to growing outdoor fruit and veg or creating a beautiful garden boarder, this book covers all your practical gardening basics and the tools you'll need to start out with.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Easy, budget-friendly, year-round gardening projects for complete beginners, from This Morning&#8217;s gardening expert.</b></p>
<p>If you love house plants and you&#8217;re ready to try something new . . . this is the book for you! Step away from your screen and discover the joys of growing and connecting with nature.</p>
<p>Find simple step-by-step projects for every season accompanied by beautiful photography to guide you throughout. Whether you have a windowsill, patio, small patch of grass, allotment or more room to play with, you&#8217;ll find projects to suit your space. From growing salad on your windowsill and creating a houseplant haven in your bathroom to growing outdoor fruit and veg or creating a beautiful garden boarder, this book covers all your practical gardening basics and the tools you&#8217;ll need to start out with.</p>
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		<title>A year in a small garden</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA['A Year in a Small Garden' follows Frances Tophill as she creates her new garden in a terraced house in Devon. Working in a small space, the book documents her journey to bring life to her garden, including tips and tricks for you to achieve similar results in whatever spaces you have at home. The book is structured around the stages of building her small garden, and branches out to include small community gardens Frances works with, as well as projects to create in small spaces at home - with a focus on growing food and planting in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way. Featuring new photography shot throughout the year, as well as Frances's own journal and garden notebooks, this book will not only give you an insight into Frances's journey creating her first garden - but will help you create a beautiful, productive, garden at home.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>A Year in a Small Garden </i>follows Frances Tophill as she creates her new garden in a terraced house in Devon. Working in a small space, the book documents her journey to bring life to her garden, including tips and tricks for you to achieve similar results in whatever spaces you have at home.</p>
<p>The book is structured around the stages of building her small garden, and branches out to include small community gardens Frances works with, as well as projects to create in small spaces at home &#8211; with a focus on growing food and planting in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way.</p>
<p>Featuring new photography shot throughout the year, as well as Frances&#8217;s own journal and garden notebooks, this book will not only give you an insight into Frances&#8217;s journey creating her first garden &#8211; but will help you create a beautiful, productive, garden at home.</p>
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		<title>Containers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This complete primer on how to make an eco-friendly container garden is dedicated to showing that everyone can have a garden, no matter the size, that can benefit the planet. Featuring an easy-to-follow guide to green techniques, as well as a helpful series of plant profiles, this is the perfect handbook for a sustainable container garden.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>&#8216;In this enlightening guide to container gardening, Ann Treneman comprehensively dispels the notion that growing plants in a pot is in any way a second-best option&#8230;the real strength of this book is the author&#8217;s enthusiasm for creating a container garden that will not only look beautiful but will also benefit nature.&#8217;<br /><i>Daily Mail</i></b><br /><b><br />***</p>
<p>This complete primer on how to make an eco-friendly container garden is dedicated to showing that everyone can have a garden, no matter the size, that can benefit the planet.</b></p>
<p><i>RHS Greener Gardening: Containers </i>guides you through greener choices when it comes to creating a container garden including materials, design, plant choice and maintenance. A few pots on the patio or a window box can become a dynamic mini eco system. A balcony garden can attract wildlife. With the right plants to choose from, a patio can hold an orchard. It&#8217;s all a matter of &#8216;thinking green&#8217;, using recycled materials when possible, being wildlife-friendly, choosing plants that will avoid waste, and gardening sustainably.</p>
<p>Featuring an easy-to-follow guide to green techniques as well as a helpful series of plant profiles, this is the perfect handbook for a sustainable container garden. </p>
<p>Sections include:<br />&#8211; Setting up your container garden<br />&#8211; Container gardening techniques: sourcing plants, containers &#038; contents, watering, feeding &#038; troubleshooting<br />&#8211; Creating containers: growing in groups, choosing a theme, how to create a map or a plan</p>
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		<title>The resilient garden and allotment handbook</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Create a thriving garden or allotment that works in harmony with nature and will flourish in the face of ever-changing environmental conditions. In 'The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook', expert organic gardener Sally Morgan shares a wide range of ecological concepts from permaculture, regenerative gardening, agroecology and more to boost your garden's biodiversity and enrich your soil.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Create a thriving garden or allotment that works in harmony with nature and will flourish in the face of ever-changing environmental conditions.</strong></p>
<p>In <em>The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook</em>, expert organic gardener Sally Morgan shares a wide range of ecological concepts from permaculture, regenerative gardening, agroecology and more to boost your garden&#8217;s biodiversity and enrich your soil. This must-have guide will help you:</p>
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<li>Build your soil so it&#8217;s full of healthy organic matter and protect it through no-dig practices,  composting, cover crops and mulching</li>
<li>Increase resilience through productive plant combinations and polyculture</li>
<li>Create wildlife-friendly habitats utilising walls and fences, log piles, water features and wild corners</li>
<li>Choose the right plants to  attract pollinators  and plant defenders</li>
<li>Combat disease and keep pests at bay  using natural predators, companion planting and trap and barrier crops</li>
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<li>The importance of collecting genetically diverse seeds from plants that have adapted to local conditions</li>
<li>Sustainably manage water in your garden, especially in times of drought or excessive rainfall</li>
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<p><strong>Whether you&#8217;re a passionate gardener, allotment holder or grower, <em>The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook</em> will help you future-proof your garden by giving it everything it needs to adapt and succeed, whatever the climate challenge. </strong></p>
<p><strong>(Previously published as <em>The Healthy Vegetable Garden</em>, now updated and revised)</strong></p>
<p><em>&#8216;A must-read for anyone who wants to know how to grow their own zero-food miles, pesticide-free veg, while treading gently upon our planet.&#8217;  </em>Dave Goulson, author of <em>The Garden Jungle </em>and <em>Silent Earth</em></p>
<p><em>  &#8216;</em><em>This book could not be better timed, and given Sally&#8217;s lifetime experience of organic gardening, it&#8217;s bound to inspire all those who want to &#8216;grow back better&#8217;</em>.&#8217; Helen Browning, Chief Executive, Soil Association</p>
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		<title>Vertical gardening</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With low-cost and sustainable DIY projects, this practical guide helps gardeners to make use of small spaces by growing upwards. Vertical gardening offers great opportunities to grow flowers, vegetables, succulents and herbs, particularly for those with a balcony, patio or compact garden. It can also be a fantastic way to showcase creative and sustainable design choices, whether you've got wood, terracotta pots, burlap sacks, fabric or even plastic bottles. From privacy screens to foldable storage, this helpful guide includes step-by-step DIY projects, plant care tips and tricks, and practical information on the special challenges that come with planting in a compact garden, including advice on pests, drainage and plants suited for gardens with limited light. Illustrated throughout, 'Vertical Gardening' celebrates the versatility of growing up in a small or awkward space.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>With low-cost and sustainable DIY projects, this practical guide helps gardeners to make use of small spaces by growing upwards.</b>  Vertical gardening offers great opportunities to grow flowers, vegetables, succulents and herbs, particularly for those with a balcony, patio or compact garden. It can also be a fantastic way to showcase creative and sustainable design choices, whether you&#8217;ve got wood, terracotta pots, burlap sacks, fabric or even plastic bottles.   From privacy screens to foldable storage, this helpful guide includes step-by-step DIY projects, plant care tips and tricks, and practical information on the special challenges that come with planting in a compact garden, including advice on pests, drainage and plants suited for gardens with limited light.  Beautifully illustrated throughout with aspirational photography and useful diagrams, <i>Vertical Gardening</i> celebrates the versatility of growing up in a small or awkward space.</p>
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