This is a new edition of the definitive guide to growing & using herbs from the experts at the RHS. An illustrated A-Z of herbs packed with horticultural information & practical tips perfect for gardeners herbalists & cooks. Discover all about the beneficial properties of over 1 000 herbs from across the globe & learn about their uses in cookery cosmetics & herbalism. A quick identification guide covers the familiar as well as rarely-seen species so you'll always find what you're looking for. Plus a special warning symbol alerts you to potentially toxic or harmful herbs. Garden designs & planting schemes provide ideas for traditional herb gardens or smaller plots. ...

RHS Encyclopedia of Perrenials" is the definitive practical guide to choosing planting & combining herbaceous perennials
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Bring the garden indoors with this life-like collection of 60 easy to peel stickers of creepy crawlies published in association with the RHS. Find out what worms woodlice ants & aphids do to help your garden grow & decorate your stuff with pictures thatll make you squirm. Extra stickers included to decorate school books or projects. ...

In this classic design & style sourcebook Robin Williams shows you how to make beautiful gardens in which every element fits harmoniously into a whole. It has now been fully revised & updated. With a wealth of examples & plans including three-dimensional sketches he sets out the general principles of garden design & guides you through the process of assessing the plot finding a style & choosing every garden element from paths to planting. The book shows a full range of types materials & styles for every garden detail & advises on suitability for different garden situations how to design & construct them & how best to place them. Straightforward explanation professional experience & clear illustrations make this an invaluable handbook. ...

This is a new edition of this expert guide to keeping your garden looking fantastic all year round from the experts at the RHS. Pick from an A-Z of over 2 500 tried & tested plants & flowers that will keep your backyard blooming from spring to winter. From trees to ferns bulbs to climbers discover the growing habits & characteristics of each plant & find suggestions for what to grow in tricky sites or particular conditions. Whatever your level of skill in the great outdoors expert tips & advice will show you how to maintain interest & beauty in your garden throughout the year. ...

Whatever the season this is the new edition of your essential guide to gardening all year round from the experts at the RHS. With specific monthly tasks for every part of the garden expert plant advice tips on organisation & over 1 000 photographs this is the garden reference that not only tells you what to do when but also shows you how to do it. Whether you are a green-fingered guru or are just starting out enjoy 12 months of satisfying & successful gardening. ...

RHS Grow Your Own Crops in Pots is the natural successor to Carol Klein's bestselling RHS Grow your own Veg which has sold more than 300 000 copies since publication. With this book you can turn the tiniest space into a productive & attractive plot using the best varieties & techniques. Follow 30 tried-&-tested container recipes for top tasting crop combinations such as tomato with basil fruit salads & cut-&-come-again vegetables. Discover the essential techniques that every container-gardener should know & use the crop directory to find out the best way to grow more than 60 vegetables fruit salads herbs & edible flowers. ...

Grow Your Own Flowers inspires readers to embrace the multitude of beautiful flowers that can be planted in any garden to make a dramatic difference. It takes you on a journey from understanding how to grow flowers to buying planting & choosing the best varieties from 100 different genera for their garden. Staking propagating overwintering & seed-collecting: all the techniques are explained & shown in step by step sequences. Readers can choose from hundreds of RHS recommended varieties. In this book we show how to grow propagate & choose the best varieties from 100 choice genera. ...

Written by RHS experts with more than 50 years of combined growing experience RHS Grow Your Own Veg & Fruit Year Planner provides the life-changing advice that gardeners need to grow a year-round supply of healthy fruit & vegetables for their table. The book starts with planning what to grow & where to grow it whether that's an allotment a series of containers raised bed or veg patch then how to get the best from your soil & how to get started. Next in season-by-season chapters the book takes the reader from sowing to harvesting with simple clear instructions that will help them stay on top of the challenges & joys of a productive garden. From apples to asparagus raspberries to radishes this book will show how to apply age-old techniques to get the most from your plot. ...

RHS Growing Vegetables & Herbs" is the new practical guide to the essential practice of growing your own food. It will show how to plan a productive plot improve your soil sow & grow up to 50 herbs & vegetables using the tastiest varieties for home eating. There is nothing quite like the taste of fresh vegetables & herbs that you have grown yourself. Guy Barter is the Royal Horticultural Societys best vegetable grower with more than 20 years of growing & showing others how to grow. Demonstrating RHS best practice & using only the tastiest varieties Guy shows how to make a productive plot in any size garden. From soil improvement to crop protection pest control & top harvesting tips with this book readers will be able to grow 50 of the most popular & tasty herbs & vegetables today. This book

Includes:: new veg crops such as super-healthy soya beans tasty Asian greens & the fantastically trendy micro-veg that all the top chefs are raving about."

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