RHS Gardening Through the Year: Month-by-month Planning Instructions and Inspiration

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A comprehensive guide that delivers just what it says on the cover – it’s a month by month breakdown on specific activities to undertake in your garden during the year. The book covers various types of gardens as well as lawn care, seasonal, ornamental and vegetable gardens. Probably not needed for the more knowledgeable gardeners but I would recommend it for those wanting to start out or need help learning to work seasonally in your garden. He worked for many years in Barnsdale, Rutland, preparing weekly projects for the BBC's Gardener's World programme. Packed with beautiful photo galleries that showcase each month's Star Plant , you'll be inspired to have your own garden blooming throughout the year!

I love how it has oodles of tips and things to do to prepare your garden for the upcoming season and what to do during that season. Whatever your level of skills in the garden, expert advice from the well-known gardener, Ian Spence, will help you keep your garden thriving all year round. Keep on top of garden tasks with month-by-month chapters, "Last Chance" reminders, "Get Ahead" tips, and handy to-do lists. Discover How to Keep Your Garden Beautiful from January to December Whatever your level of skills in the garden, expert advice from the well-known gardener, Ian Spence, will help you keep your garden thriving all year round.

Details of general tasks for each month, and those specific to trees and shrubs, ornamental species, fruit and vegetables, and lawns, are followed by an A-Z of over 350 plant varieties.

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This is a very handy guide to looking after your garden throughout the year from what and when to plant to looking after your tools and pest control. Probably the most through guide on “what I should be doing now” that I’ve ever come across and an indispensable tool in the garden. Packed with beautiful photo galleries that showcase each month's "Star Plant", you'll be inspired to have your own garden blooming throughout the year! While I’ve only just received the book (and yet to implement it), I am already using it to plan my gardening work. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab .This fully updated edition includes brand-new visual galleries that showcase a garden throughout the year, with inspirational ideas for achieving colour schemes, your favourite scent, or striking foliage in your garden.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. It gave me some good ideas for my garden, but also a lot of info I didn't need so that's why it's four stars - you already have to know some things to use this book to be able to sift through the info. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Virgin Islands (U. It's easy to follow and good to pick up and put down as you complete various tasks and as the year passes.After introducing plants that offer colour, scent or food for wildlife, this well-illustrated volume explains how to create an attractive and productive garden. Packed with essential gardening advice, RHS Gardening Through the Year is the must-have book for new gardeners and a trusty reference for old hands. This updated edition features brand-new visual galleries that showcase a gardening year at-a-glance, with inspirational ideas for achieving colour, scent, or eye-catching foliage in your garden for every month of the year.