The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller*"A beautiful and practical guide to both designing and maintaining a garden and written in her inimitable no-nonsense yet relatable style." The Home Page_________Design the garden of your dreams with the expertise of award-winning garden designer Pollyanna Wilkinson.How to Design A Garden shows you how to untap your garden’s potential and customise the design to suit you and your space: whether that be an extension of your living space for parties and al fresco dining or a calming oasis to relax in.Equipped with all you need to know about light, focal points, hardscaping, and planting, you’ll have the skills to create a mood board, design layout, choose paving, furniture, and plant combinations. Polly expertly guides you to understand how the elements in your garden will work together as one – and she is not shy to share her opinions on certain design dos and don'ts!Once you’ve designed your garden, month-by-month growing guides help you to nurture it, so you can enjoy your dream space for years to come.*How to Design A Garden made the Sunday Times Bestseller list in February 2025 Read more

Mimi Moty - Warm Moments: A Cute and Cozy Coloring Book for Stress-Free!This book offers:- 40 adorable drawings- 8.5 x 8.5-inch pages- Clear, bold lines that make coloring easy and relaxing.- A variety of themes to suit various coloring hobbies.- Amazing for beginners, seniors, and anyone looking to relax and unwind with art.- The best way to bring peace, joy, and a splash of creativity to your day.- An awesome gift for your loved ones!What's inside:Created for adults, girls, and teens alike, this book offers a relaxing escape into the simple joys of home life. Whether it’s hanging out with a friend, relaxing with a pet, or enjoying a quiet moment alone, each illustration captures the heartwarming beauty of everyday living and invites you to slow down, unwind, and find joy in the little things.Join the fun with Mimi! Read more

Bring the beauty of the English countryside into your home with this delightful colouring book! Perfect for adults and children alike, it's packed full of 50 enchanting illustrations of charming country scenes - from cheerful kitchen interiors to serene gardens and picturesque villages. Whether you’re looking for a calming yet creative activity or an inspiring way to spend a lazy afternoon, this unique colouring book is sure to provide hours of fun.50 unique English Countryside IllustrationsEach design is printed on a separate sheetPremium Matte CoverNO duplicate images in this book.Size: 8.5 x 11.5Suitable for Coloring Pens, Pencils, Markers and CrayonsDon't miss out on the opportunity to de-stress and escape to the idyllic English countryside with our Colouring Book. Order now and start feeling calm and relaxed in minutes. Read more

". . . you can't do without it. As a reference book it is unsurpassed." - The Guardian"Absolutely essential" - BBC Good HomesFind the perfect plants for your garden with this inspiring encyclopedia for all gardening enthusiasts!Achieve that beautiful garden oasis you've always dreamt of, and find endless inspiration and guidance for your garden to thrive with this gardening guide! This fully comprehensive yet easy-to-use informative planting guide is what every gardener needs on their bookshelf. Here's what you'll find inside:- A photographic catalogue of 4000 plants and flowers grouped by type, size, then colour, allowing readers to browse and find the best plants for their garden- A detailed "Plant Dictionary" describes more than 8000 species and varieties and their ideal growing conditions- In the Introduction, a "Plant Selector" section lists ideal plants for particular growing conditions, such as coastal areas, shady spots, and different soil types- Fully updated text from garden plant specialists, with more than 1380 new plants added, including the latest and most popular cultivarsDiscover perennials, bulbs, shrubs, and trees, succulents, and ornamental shrubs, all showcased in beautiful, full-colour photography to help elevate your garden to the next level. Use the extensive plant dictionary to look up more than 8000 plant varieties and the best growing conditions.Written by a team of more than 15 top horticultural specialists under the guidance of internationally renowned plantsman and botanist Christopher Brickell, this gardening encyclopedia appeals to all levels of gardeners and continually inspires with achievable garden ideas.This informative yet inspirational book about gardening will appeal to beginners or more experienced gardeners interested in the latest cultivars and horticultural advice. Read more

Take a wander through Adam’s garden as he reflects on the plants that have shaped his life.The scents of the rosemary and thyme lining the garden path instantly welcome you to what follows: a wildflower meadow, an ornamental kitchen garden, a shady courtyard, terrace and borders, gravel garden, and woodland walk, taking you on a tour through Adam’s garden.As you go, Adam explains his design and planting choices, drawing on personal feeling and memories as well as years of experience.Plant profiles provide inspiration for your own planting dreams, interspersed with practical know-how on plant care and design ideas to help you create flow and moments of pause using pathways, arches, water features, and pots. Read more

Step into a magical world with the Dreamy Fuzzy Coloring Book!Follow the adorable friends as they journey through enchanting fairy tale adventures. Each page is filled with beautifully illustrated scenes, inviting you to add your own splash of color and personality.Inside this book, you'll find:40 hand-drawn illustrations featuring whimsical fairy tale settings.Relaxing designs to spark creativity and encourage mindfulness.Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through and keep your artwork pristine.Convenient 8.5 x 8.5-inch size—ideal for at-home relaxation or on-the-go fun. Read more

Do you long to create the garden of your dreams? Turn ideas into reality with this brand new edition of the classic design bible. Whatever the size of your garden space, and whether starting with a blank canvas or renewing an existing garden, this in-depth manual offers fresh, achievable ideas.Produced to the Royal Horticultural Society gold standard by a team of award-winning garden designers, this book will guide you through every stage of the creative and practical process. Learn you to visualize your ideas, develop plans, plot out, build and landscape, select the right plants, and apply the finishing touches to make your garden the ideal reflection of your tastes and creativity.With a refreshed look and extensive new content reflecting current trends, including wildlife-friendly and sustainable practices, this 5th edition of the RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Design combines style with substance and responsibility to help transform your outdoor space. Read more

The Garden Against Time is the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller from acclaimed writer Olivia Laing; a passionate, epic exploration of the power and possibilities of gardens.'What a wonderful book this is' – Nigel SlaterWhen Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants, the work drew them into an exhilarating investigation of paradise and its long association with gardens.Moving between the real and the imagined, from Milton’s Paradise Lost to a wartime sanctuary in Italy, to a grotesque aristocratic pleasure ground funded by slavery, Laing interrogates the sometimes shocking cost of making paradise on earth.But the story of the garden can also be a place of rebel outposts and communal dreams, from the improbable queer utopia conjured by Derek Jarman on the beach at Dungeness to the vision of a common Eden cultivated by William Morris. New modes of living can and have been attempted amidst the flower beds, experiments that could prove vital in the coming era of radical change.‘This book is what we need right now: paradise, regained’ – Philip Hoare‘Every generation gets one perfect book about gardens and this is ours’ – Julia Bell‘Prepare yourself to be enchanted’ – Jilly Cooper‘The most magical writing’ – Jeremy Lee‘I felt doubly alive after reading it’ – Celia Paul‘Quite literally unputdownable’ – Jinny Blom‘A book for thinking gardeners everywhere’ – Mary Keen Read more

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A compact guide to everything bonsai.The Japanese and Chinese have been creating bonsai trees for centuries and it is now an internationally popular pastime. This compact and stylish guide will provide everything you need to know to grow bonsai successfully, including shaping with wires, watering, seasonal maintenance, tackling common ailments, choosing the right container, feeding and repotting. A directory of over 90 of the most popular species, illustrated with beautiful photographs, will enable you to find the tree that is right for you. Read more

The perfect planting guide by RHS experts.From a clay border in sun to a shady wall, this gardening book will help you create your dream garden with plants for every site! Featuring over 3000 plants, you'll discover how to get the most out of your gardening space.This beautiful gardening encyclopedia is perfect for beginner gardeners who need reassurance from the RHS to choose the right plant for their garden. Here's what you'll find inside: - Features RHS award-winning varieties of shrubs, hydrangeas, peonies, perennials, roses and many other popular and widely available garden plants- Showcases garden plants for every garden style, as well as flowering plants for year-round colour and problem-solving drought-tolerant plants- "Plant focus" spreads showcase the range of varieties of favourite garden plants, such as roses- Introduction with practical "how-to" gardening advice makes plant care and garden design easy and shows you the best plants for sun and shadePlanning a garden has never been more simple! Whether your garden is stuck in shade or scorching in the sun, this gardening guide advises on the best plants for 30 types of locations, and what to plant and where to plant it for special effects. Plus, a section on fragrant or colourful plants helps you create a fabulous outdoor idyll.Solve your garden problems with simple steps to assess your site and soil and then use the at-a-glance classification guide and photos to choose from over 3000 plants. From creating stylish beds or borders, this indispensable guide to planting is packed with useful gardening tips and inspirational planting "recipes" that will show you how to landscape your garden like a pro. RHS What Plant Where Encyclopedia is an essential gardening reference book for every gardener, and a great gardening gift for green-fingered friends and family. Read more

Relax into Cozy Spaces Coloring Book! With 30 adorable hygge-inspired and cozy, autumnal rooms, indoor and outdoor spaces! Color lovely winter snugs by the fire, comfy living rooms, serene camping scenes, pizzerias, cozy cafes and more! Perfect for stress relief and relaxation.The Cozy Facts:30 best quality hand-drawn imagesA mixture of Indoor Rooms, Bakery, Pizzeria, Cafe, and Outdoor SpacesPerfect gift for adults and teensCute gloss coverColor TesterSingle-sided to prevent bleed-through - please use a blank sheet of paper under your designs when coloring to prevent bleed-through with markers Read more

If you want to do your bit to support local biodiversity, start your own wildlife pond in your back garden.Whether you are looking to do something to help the environment, building a feature pond as a family landscaping project, or attracting local wildlife to your garden; a wildlife pond is a perfect addition to your gardening efforts.Learn everything there is to know about wildlife ponds with: - Photographic and illustrative step-by-step guides on planning, creating, and maintaining your pond - A variety of pond types covered, including natural-style ponds, container ponds, and more traditional, formal-style ponds that still attract wildlife- What to expect throughout the seasons, the creatures that will visit, and the aquatic plants that will thrive- Tips on what to look out for in your pond, encouraging a natural eco-system, and how to maintain your newly built pond throughout the yearFind out everything you'll need to know to create a natural sanctuary in your garden! This book shows you how to create a backyard pond without filters, pipes, and chemicals, and how to attract and support local species. RHS How to Create a Wildlife Pond provides easy-to-follow steps on how to dig your own pond line, advice on which pond plants to choose from, and how to make sure local wildlife can enjoy your pond safely. This book will also give you advice on how to take care of your newly built water feature so that you're able to enjoy the local animals, insects and birds for years to come. You can expect to see blackbirds bathing in your pond, hedgehogs using it as a water source, and bats flying over at night to catch insects. This wonderful book is filled with photographs and illustrations that will make planning and creating your own pond a therapeutic and fulfilling experience!Complete the Series: There are so many ways for you to enjoy your garden! If you're looking for tips on environmental changes and landscaping ideas, DK books have even more gardening guides and projects for you to explore. Discover RHS How to Garden the Low Carbon Way, or bring even more feathered friends to your garden with How to Attract Birds to Your Garden. Read more

"I found myself crying ‘yes, yes, yes!’ to every page of this beautiful, inspiring, visionary yet practical and compassionate book." – Isabella Tree, author of Wilding"Marian Boswall’s thoughts and words are much needed at a critical time when we need to treat the earth in a kinder way."– Fergus Garrett, Great Dixter"The Kindest Garden is a marvellous presentation of love and action for soil, plants and nature."– Satish Kumar, activist and speaker"Much more than a gardening book, this is a practical and spiritual guide to reconnecting with nature."– Andy Cato, co founder of Groove Armada and WildfarmedChange the world from your back garden. Leading landscape designer Marian Boswall has worked on some of the UK's most ambitious and innovative regenerative landscape projects, and now she shares her wisdom in this trail-blazing guide. A step-up from sustainable gardening, which focuses on minimising our impact on the earth, regenerative gardening is about making an active contribution to the health of the planet: improving and replenishing biodiversity through our gardens. Whether you have a shady patio, a large plot of land or a windowsill – you can make an impact. Drawing on lessons from forward-thinking farmers, foresters, re-wilders and nature itself, The Kindest Garden shows you how to create a garden that is both a beautiful sanctuary for yourself and also a place where nature can thrive. Come to understand the key elements of your garden (soil, water, ecosystems, materials, energy and planting) on a deeper level and discover how to harness each one for a garden that makes a positive impact. Apply new-found knowledge to practical projects, and plan your planting to nourish the soil. With beautifully-written text, clear explanations and practical takeaways – as well as planting advice, tools, useful diagrams and informative charts –  The Kindest Garden is perfect for eco-conscious gardeners who want to make a real difference. Read more

Learn how to keep your lawn in perfect condition all year round with this handy little guidebook from an experienced National Trust head gardener.Learn how to keep your lawn in perfect condition all year round with this handy little guidebook from an experienced National Trust head gardener.It's packed with invaluable advice on all aspects of lawn design, creation and maintenance, whether you want an immaculate striped formal lawn or a more hardwearing surface for your children to play on, or even a romantic chamomile lawn or one strewn with colourful spring flowers.It includes incredibly useful troubleshooting tips for the typical problems your lawn might experience, including invasive weeds, pests and diseases and the effects of the weather. The author discusses which types of mower work best for different lawns, when and how to water and feed, and how to bring a neglected lawn back to life. He even dabbles in artificial turf and how best to use it, and offers creative ideas for decorative elements such as stepping stones, edgings and winding paths.Beautifully illustrated throughout, this practical guide contains everything you need to keep your lawn in tip-top condition, every day of the year. Read more

_________________'BRITAIN'S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER' - THE TIMESWINNER OF THE THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2015What really goes on in the long grass?Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an English meadow’s life from January to December, together with its biography. In exquisite prose, John Lewis-Stempel records the passage of the seasons from cowslips in spring to the hay-cutting of summer and grazing in autumn, and includes the biographies of the animals that inhabit the grass and the soil beneath: the badger clan, the fox family, the rabbit warren,the skylark brood and the curlew pair, among others. Their births, lives, and deaths are stories that thread through the book from first page to last. Read more

An unprecedented in-depth look at the English garden by one of Britain s foremost garden writers and authorities, this book showcases the enduring appeal of the English garden whose verdant lawns and borders of colorful plants are the inspiration for garden lovers worldwide. Kathryn Bradley-Hole the longtime garden columnist for Country Life takes a fresh look at more than seventy gardens from across England and distills the essence of what makes the English garden style so sought after. Seasonal photographs capture the gardens some grand, some personal, some celebrated, some rarely photographed at their finest moments, accompanied by sparkling, insightful text. Featuring photographs from the unparalleled archives of Country Life, the full story of the English garden is here, from medieval monastery gardens to the Victorians and the Arts and Crafts movement to the twenty-first century. Designs by many of the horticultural world s greats are amply featured, including Gertrude Jekyll, Capability Brown, Piet Oudolf, and Arne Maynard, as well as gardens famous the world over Sissinghurst, Hidcote, and Great Dixter alongside new and less-well-known ones, many open to the public. Read more

New Edition for 2019.First published in 1931 by renowned horticulturalist Arthur Johnson, Plant Names Simplified has become an established classic.Presented in a glossary format, this pocket-sized reference book gives the name, pronunciation and classification of common plants and the meaning behind the Latin origins of the name. This enables the reader to learn how the terms should be spelled and pronounced correctly and provides an explanation of why plants like Helianthus hirsutus is so called - because it is hairy!Plant Names Simplified 3rd Edition is a reliable resource for gardeners of all abilities, park managers, botanists, ecologists, garden designers and horticultural practitioners and students. Read more

'Designer Matt Keightley's first book is a thing of beauty and a valuable source of design inspiration - a stylish guide to a stylish garden.' Gardens IllustratedDo you want your outdoor space to look as stylish and as well designed as your home? RHS Design Outdoors will give you the ideas and know-how you need to make that happen. Award-winning designer Matt Keightley has curated a collection of 35 gardens, created either by him or by other leading contemporary designers, that will provide the inspiration to transform your outdoor space. Gardeners features include award-winning designers Jo Thompson, Tom Stuart Smith, Tony Woods, Charlotte Rowe and Andrew Wilson. For each case study there is a detailed plan, information on the plants and materials used and a wealth of gorgeous photography by leading garden photographer Marianne Majerus.The designs are organized into five categories: Showstoppers at Home - high-design concepts that are nonetheless achievable; Family-friendly - gardens that incorporate play areas and socialising; Minimalist - spaces with larger areas of hard landscaping and bold, restrained planting; Plants First - gardens where more than half of the outdoor space is planted; and Other Spaces - roof terraces, basement areas and front gardens. This wide array of garden styles means that there is inspiration for all types of garden, and for all types of gardener. Read more

' A future classic...' Gardening Book of the Year, Garden Media Guild Awards 2024'One of the year’s most engrossing, thought-provoking books’ The English GardenA reflective book by Jinny Blom (author of The Thoughtful Garden), one of the world’s leading garden designers.What Makes a Garden builds upon the work of The Thoughtful Garden, giving a broader idea of how Jinny thinks about garden design. In particular it emphasizes her multi-disciplinary approach, which embraces architecture, conservation and art, coupled with a strong holistic thread.This fascinating and insightful book looks at how a garden should please all five senses; how it is an alchemical mix of the inanimate and the living; and also how it has to accommodate both the effects of time and the influences of culture.This is not intended as a book of rules but rather a way of thinking about garden design and making sure it responds to the particularities of place, the culture and the demands of the client. Drawing on her work and experience over the last 20 years or so, the book gets to the heart of what people want and need from a garden and what makes it different from a natural landscape.Reflecting Jinny‘s highly individual approach to garden design, the book is filled with warmth and character alongside her expert knowledge. With a broad appeal, this beautiful book is for all garden lovers: thoughtful yet practical and informative, it marries artistry with functionality. Read more