Lawns, Paths & Patios focuses on creating the basic structure of your garden, & complementing the basic features with planting, ...

Herbaceous perennials flower each year, dying down in the winter & springing back to life the following spring. They are central features in the landscape of a garden as they appear year-after-year & must be regarded as constant features. This book gives the expert view on the vast array of flowers available.


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* creative ideas & border planting plans
* practical advice on care, maintenance & propagation
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In this definitive guide, Alan Titchmarsh addresses key problem areas & provides easy-to-follow guidance on how to protect precious plants. Encouraging gardeners to create healthy ecosystems, Alan talks through the techniques to deal with harmful pests, weeds, diseases & disorders & suggests preventative measures to ensure happy, disease-resistant plants.

* Directory of pests & problems with over 200 colour illustrations
* Good gardening techniques for preventing disorders
* How to select the right plants for the right conditions
* Advice on chemical versus nonchemical treatments
* Instructions for tackling problems in lawns & borders





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Deals with the basic skills that every gardener needs to know & underst&. Think about what you're trying to achieve, whether it be formative shaping of the plant, maintenance, renewal or rejuvenation. Look at the best tools available for the job & the different techniques to use.


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* guidance on selecting & using tools & equipment
* comprehensive instructions on pruning plants, including roses, shrubs & hedges
* tips on how to increase cropping & flowering
* advice on training for shape & support

Alan Titchmarsh imparts a lifetime of expertise in these definitive guides for beginners & experienced gardeners. Step-by-step illustrations & easy-to-follow instructions guide you through the basic skills & on to the advanced techniques, providing everything you need to create & maintain your dream garden.








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The most successful gardens work with nature to create natural environments in which jobs such as pollination & pest control are left to the wildlife. In this definitive guide, Alan Titchmarsh shows how to create natural ecosystems in your garden to encourage beneficial insects, birds & other wildlife & establish the best environment in which your garden will thrive.

* Design ideas & planting plans for wildlife-friendly gardens
* Wildlife gallery showing common birds, mammals, amphibians & insects & how to attract them to your garden
* How to create natural habitats
* Recommended trees, shrubs & flowers for biodiversity
* Seasonal tasks for the year





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Best-selling author Alan Titchmarsh brings us the definitive guide to gardening throughout the year.

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Fill My Stocking is a collection of Christmas anecdotes, stories, poems & sketches from Alan Titchmarsh, beautifully illustrated with his own watercolour vignettes.

A great raconteur & entertainer, Alan gets together every Christmas with family & friends to celebrate the season & performs much-loved favourites old & new.

Fill My Stocking combines these well-known favourites with his own self-penned festive pieces.

Collected together for the first time, this is the perfect stocking filler for his legions of fans.

Alan Titchmarsh has presented numerous television programmes including the hugely popular How To Be A Gardener & British Isles: A Natural History. He is also a best-selling writer & novelist.







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Today, genes are called upon to explain almost every aspect of our lives, from social inequalities to health, sexual preference & criminality. Based on Darwin's theory of evolution & natural selection, Evolutionary Psychology with its claim that 'it's all in our genes' has become the most popular scientific theory of the late 20th century. Books such as Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene, Edward O. Wilson's Consilience & Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct have become bestsellers & frame the public debate on human life & development: we can see their influence as soon as we open a Sunday newspaper. In recent years, however, many biologists & social scientists have begun to contest this new biological determinism & shown that Evolutionary Psychology rests on shaky empirical evidence, flawed premises & unexamined political presuppositions. In this provocative & ground-breaking book, Hilary & Steven Rose have gathered together the most eminent & outspoken critics of this fashionable ideology, ranging from Stephen Jay Gould & Patrick Bateson to Mary Midgley, Tim Ingold & Annette Karmiloff-Smith. What emerges is a new perspective on human development which acknowledges the complexity of life by placing at its centre the living organism rather than the gene. ...