Product Description

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 and 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 and successful gardening.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #420 in Books
• Published on: 2009-11-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

About the Author
Ian Spence was Gardener's World presenter Geoff Hamilton's right hand man. As Head Gardener at Barnsdale he prepared weekly projects for the programme and today he continues to demonstrate many gardening techniques for BBC Gardener's World magazine. Ian writes plant profiles for The Daily Telegraph's Weekend magazine. He lives in Rutland.

Customer Reviews

At last - an easy to read garden book that covers everything
If you want to maintain your garden but don't have the time to make this a full-time occupation (i.e. you are working full time!!) this is a super help - tells you what to plant, prune, lift, protect etc on a monthly basis. There is even a checklist at the beginning of each month. Just what I needed to make sure that I do the essential things at the right time, so that my garden looks good each year. Loads of lovely pictures, so this book also looks good on the coffee table...!

If you only buy one gardening book, make it this one
This book is fantastic - month by month it tells you which tasks to carry out in your garden and how. This is absolutely priceless when you are new to gardening or when you are short of time (or both!), or it can even just act as a monthly reminder.
There is no complicated jargon but it isn't too simplistic either. The level of details is just right for an amateur gardener.

Each month is then broken down into various categories like Vegetable Garden, Greenhouse, etc... which makes it easier to find what you want. There are also bigger practical projects, like things to build for the garden.
The pictures of plants and flowers are beautiful which makes reading the book even more of a pleasure. And the price is right too, what mnore could one want?

Altogether a perfect book from the RHS!

The best gardening reference for amateurs
I have been looking for a gardening book to help me know just when to do things and this is it. The flower illustrations are excellent, the price is right and I am now buying a copy for my daughter in-law.