The style has endured ever since: drifts of colourful perennials mingle with fragrant roses, boisterous self-seeders teeter on the brink of chaos, fruit and vegetables scramble through rustic supports. Small in scale, wildlife friendly, natural and organic, ‘old-fashioned’ cottage gardens are perfectly in tune with gardening in the modern day.

Featuring some of the most beautiful examples of cottage gardens in the UK today, these incredible spaces will transport you into a distinctly British world of peonies, foxgloves, roses and dahlias, with interviews with the designers and head gardeners featured to provide plenty of inspiration for bringing your own cottage garden to life.

Celebrating the glorious daffodil, spring flowers whose trumpet shape are instantly recognisable throughout the world, this is the next instalment in the iconic flower series by Naomi Slade and Georgianna Lane.

Narcissus are known for their stunning colours ranging from brilliant yellow and orange to pastel pink and white, and for hailing the beginning of spring. This diverse plant can be traced back to the sixteenth century, and has been used for medicine, decor and as the symbol of many organizations and countries worldwide.

From the uncoventional, cheery ‘Pink Charm’ to the gloriously scented ‘Bridal Crown’, award-winning garden writer Naomi Slade describes over 60 varieties, with suggestions for planting, growing and cutting. Accompanied by Georgianna Lane’s sumptuous and instantly recognisable photography, Daffodils is the perfect gift for any fan of spring flowers, gardeners and florists both amatuer and professional and collectors of this gorgeous flower series.

Learn how to identify wild plants correctly, harvest them at their prime, and use them in delicious recipes and relaxing wildcrafting projects. Each plant is accompanied by photography to help with accurate identification.

Gathering wild food summons us to become active participants in our environment, fostering a profound sense of connection to the natural world around us. At the heart of foraging lies an intricate understanding of the changing seasons, the landscape, and the delicate ecosystems that thrive within.

Danielle Gallacher has been foraging for over 20 years, and in The Forager’s Almanac she shares her expertise on how to safely harvest our countryside’s edible bounties, and how to use them in your cooking – such as pickles, preserves, ciders and lemonades. Danielle also shares her top wildcrafting ideas, including resin firelighters, home remedies, salves and balms to sooth irritated skin.

Fully illustrated throughout and divided into 12 months, you will find practical information on:
– how to get started and what kit to bring
– when and where to forage each plant, with photographs for accurate identification
– medicinal and nutritional information for edible plants
– imaginative recipes using wild foods
– craft ideas for enjoying your harvest

The Forager’s Almanac provides all the tools you need to live in greater harmony with the land throughout the seasons, year after year.

Learn how to identify wild plants correctly, harvest them at their prime, and use them in delicious recipes and relaxing wildcrafting projects. Each plant is accompanied by photography to help with accurate identification.

Gathering wild food summons us to become active participants in our environment, fostering a profound sense of connection to the natural world around us. At the heart of foraging lies an intricate understanding of the changing seasons, the landscape, and the delicate ecosystems that thrive within.

Danielle Gallacher has been foraging for over 20 years, and in The Forager’s Almanac she shares her expertise on how to safely harvest our countryside’s edible bounties, and how to use them in your cooking – such as pickles, preserves, ciders and lemonades. Danielle also shares her top wildcrafting ideas, including resin firelighters, home remedies, salves and balms to sooth irritated skin.

Fully illustrated throughout and divided into 12 months, you will find practical information on:
– how to get started and what kit to bring
– when and where to forage each plant, with photographs for accurate identification
– medicinal and nutritional information for edible plants
– imaginative recipes using wild foods
– craft ideas for enjoying your harvest

The Forager’s Almanac provides all the tools you need to live in greater harmony with the land throughout the seasons, year after year.

By gardening sustainably, you can make a considerable difference to local wildlife. Discover how to chose species and varieties that suit your growing conditions, no matter the size of your space.

Planting Wildflowers is aimed at the keen amateur gardener and those hoping to take their knowledge and experience to the next level.

Planting Wildflowers is part of a series of books aimed at encouraging wildlife into your garden. Other titles in the series are: Planting for Garden Birds, Planting for Butterflies, Planting for Wildlife, Planting for Honeybees.

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. This must-have guide will help you:

• Build your soil so it’s full of healthy organic matter and protect it through no-dig practices,  composting, cover crops and mulching
• Increase resilience through productive plant combinations and polyculture
• Create wildlife-friendly habitats utilising walls and fences, log piles, water features and wild corners
• Choose the right plants to  attract pollinators  and plant defenders
• Combat disease and keep pests at bay  using natural predators, companion planting and trap and barrier crops

PLUS

• The importance of collecting genetically diverse seeds from plants that have adapted to local conditions
• Sustainably manage water in your garden, especially in times of drought or excessive rainfall

Whether you’re a passionate gardener, allotment holder or grower, The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook will help you future-proof your garden by giving it everything it needs to adapt and succeed, whatever the climate challenge.

(Previously published as The Healthy Vegetable Garden, now updated and revised)

‘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.’  Dave Goulson, author of The Garden Jungle and Silent Earth

 ‘This book could not be better timed, and given Sally’s lifetime experience of organic gardening, it’s bound to inspire all those who want to ‘grow back better’.’ Helen Browning, Chief Executive, Soil Association

Shrubs are the perfect plant – they are low-maintenance, there is a variety for nearly every need and they are widely available.

This guide is a perfect mix of practical and giftable gardening reference for the entry level enthusiast who wants to find out more about shrubs and wants to grow them successfully.

Combining the authority and expertise of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew with beautiful artworks and practical advice, this is a giftable hardback for enthusiasts and beginners. Packed with information and inspiration, it covers a range of plants as well as vital information on soil, light and maintenance. Every plant’s needs are revealed so readers can succeed with 50 specimens and 12 easy to follow projects.

RHS The Little Book of Cut-Flower Gardening is the perfect introduction to growing your own blooms. Whether your cut-flower patch is a handful of pots or half an allotment, you’ll find accessible information on successful and sustainable growing, to keep your plot healthy and as productive as possible. As well as introductory chapters on planning and gardening basics, there are details on how to cut your flowers and extend their vase life,
and how to dry flowers for everlasting arrangements.

More than just flowers, the directories break down the blooms and foliage into their different groups. There are sections on annuals from seed, such as love-in-a-mist, ammi and sweet peas; growing bulbs and tubers such as tulips and dahlias; perennials for flower and foliage, such as lady’s mantle, lavender, roses, apple mint and ornamental grasses; and shrubs and trees for foliage, flower, spring blossom and colourful winter stems.