Book Reviews

Anya Lautenbach - The Money Saving Gardener


Brilliant English Gardens by Clive Nichols and Venetian Gardens by Monty Don and Derry Moore


RHS Bridgewater by Phil McCann and Chatsworth: the gardens and the people who made them by Alan Titchmarsh


Hortus Curius by Michael Perry


Plants of the Qur'an by Shahina A. Ghazanfar and Sue Wickison


The Winter Garden by Naomi Slade


Foggy Bottom: a garden to share by Adrian Bloom 


Legends of the Leaf by Jane Perrone and The Garden Aviary by Gail Harland


The Seasoned Gardener by Liz Zorab and RHS Resilient Garden by Tom Massey


Not another jungle by Tony Le Britton


Rekha's Kitchen Garden by Rekha Mistry and Cockroaches and Crickets by Frank Nischk


Tough Plants for Tough Places by Sharon Amos and Why We Garden by Claire Masset


Zeals by Jennie Elia and Roman Gardens and Gardening by Mark Faulkner


Recycling in the Garden by Angela Youngman


Indoor Gardening by Jade Murray and Pots by Harriet Rycroft


No Dig by Charles Dowding


Country Houses of the Marches by John Kinross


The Regenerative Garden by Stephanie Rose and A History of Herbalism by Emma Kay


What to sow, grow and do by Benjamin Pope and Sustainable Garden by Marian Boswall


Shade by Susanna Grant and Cut Flowers by Celestina Robinson


Attracting Garden Pollinators by Jean Vernon


The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi by Keith Siefert


A Garden Well Placed, the story of Helmingham and Other Gardens by Xa Tollemache


The Sussex Surrealist by Christiane Berridge


The Little Book of Crops in Small Spots by Jane Moore


The Crevice Garden by Kenton Seth and Paul Spriggs


The Creative Gardener by Adam Frost


RHS Nature: A Magical Journey Through the Year by Sara Conway and RHS My Magical Journey Activity Book by Emily Hibbs


A Guide to Medieval Gardens by Michael Brown

A Year In the Woods by Torbjorn Ekelund, Taming Fruit by Bernd Brunner and An Introduction to Rag Rugs by Jenni Stuart-Anderson

Gardens Under Big Skies by Noel Kingsbury and Maayke de Ridde, A Year Unfolding by Angela Harding and Beth Chatto’s Green Tapestry Revisted by Beth Chatto and Julia Boulton 


The View from Federal Twist by James Golden

Folk Tales from the Garden by Donald Smith and Pure Style in the Garden by Jane Cumberbatch

The Real JRR Tolkien by Jesse Xander and Stan Lee: How Marvel Changed the World by Adrian Mackinder

The Joy of Gardening by Ellen Mary and Dear Friend and Gardener by Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto

The Druid Garden by Luke Eastwood and Plant Magic by Greogry J Kenicer 

Great British Gardeners by Vanessa Berridge and The Magic of Terry Pratchett by Marc Burrows 

The Windowsill Gardner by Liz Marvin and Gardening to Eat by Becky Dickinson

Potted History - how houseplants took over our homes by Catherine Horwood 

American Gardens by Monty Don and Derry Moore

Rewild Your Garden by Frances Tophill 

Planting for Butterflies by Jane Moore

Rhubarb Rhubarb by Mary Jane Paterson and Jo Thompson
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2020/04/book-review-rhubarb-rhubarb-by-mary.html

The Diary of a Modern Country Gardener by Tamsin Westhorpe
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2020/02/the-questions-tamsin-westhorpe-author.html

Three books to get you out into the garden
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2020/04/book-reviews-three-books-to-get-you-out.html

How to get kids gardening with the Skinny Jean Gardener by Lee Connelly
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2020/03/book-review-how-to-get-kids-gardening.html

The Gardener's Travel Guide to England by Janelle McCulloch
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2020/02/book-review-gardeners-travel-companion.html

Wild About Weeds, Garden Design with Rebel Plants by Jack Wallington
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/11/book-review-wild-about-weeds-garden.html

Three books on nature and wildlife
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/11/book-reviews-three-books-on-nature-and.html

We made a Wildflower Meadow by Yvette Verner
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/09/book-review-we-made-wildflower-meadow.html

Dances with Bees by Brigit Strawbridge Howard
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/09/book-review-dancing-with-bees-by-brigit.html

Veg in one bed by Huw Richards
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/08/book-review-veg-in-one-bed-by-huw.html

The Climate Change Garden by Sally Morgan and Kim Stoddart
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/08/book-review-climate-change-garden-by.html

Royal Horticultural Society Propagating Plants, editor in chief: Alan Toogood
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/07/book-review-royal-horticultural-society.html

How to Create Your Garden by Adam Frost
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/06/book-review-how-to-create-your-garden.html?m=1

Kiftsgate Court Gardens by Vanessa Berridge
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/05/book-review-kiftsgate-court-gardens-by.html?m=1

Garden Wildlife and Indoor Wildlife by Gerard E Cheshire
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/04/book-review-garden-wildlife-and-indoor.html

The Super Organic Gardener by Matthew Appleby
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/03/book-review-super-organic-gardener-by.html

The Green Conspiracy Garden Planner
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2019/02/product-review-green-conspiracy-garden.html

Death in the Garden by Michael Brown and The Almanac (2019) Lia Leendertz
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/12/book-reviews-death-in-garden-by-michael.html

Hardy Garden Chrysanthemums by Judy Barker
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/11/book-review-hardy-garden-chrysanthemums.html

Japanese Knotweed, unearthing the truth by Nicholas Seal
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/10/book-review-japanese-knotweed.html

Island Gardens: havens of beauty around the British Isles by Jackie Bennett
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/10/book-review-island-gardens-havens-of.html

The Plant Listener by Julie Kirkpatrick
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/10/book-review-plant-listener-by-julie.html

From Blenheim to Chartwell by Stefan Buczacki
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/08/book-review-from-blenheim-to-chartwell.html

Shades of Green, my life as the National Trust's Head of Gardens
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/05/book-review-shades-of-green-my-life-as.html

Revive your garden by Nick Bailey
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/04/book-review-revive-your-garden-by-nick.html

Earth to Earth by Stefan Buczacki
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/04/book-review-earth-to-earth-by-stefan.html

RHS How to Garden and I can grow a Sunflower
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/04/book-reviews-rhs-how-to-garden-and-rhs.html

Wild Mocktails and Healthy Cocktails by Lottie Muir
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2018/02/book-review-wild-mocktails-and-healthy.html

The Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/11/book-review-secret-gardeners-by.html

The Wildlife Gardener by Kate Bradbury
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/10/book-review-wildlife-gardener-by-kate.html

Down to Earth by Monty Don
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/10/a-book-review-in-two-parts-monty-dons.html

The Almanac (2018) by Lia Leendertz
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/10/book-review-almanac-by-lia-leendertz.html

Secret Gardens of East Anglia by Barbara Segall
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/09/book-review-secret-gardens-of-east.html

Letters to a Bee-Keeper by Steve Benbow and Alys Fowler
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/08/book-review-letters-to-beekeeper-by.html

Vegetable Growing, a money saving guide by Jonathan Stevens
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/07/book-review-vegetable-growing-money.html

The Jam Maker's Garden by Holly Farrell
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/06/book-review-jam-makers-garden-by-holly.html

Urban Flowers by Carolyn Dunster
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/03/book-review-urban-flowers-by-carolyn.html

The Deckchair Gardener by Anne Wareham
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/03/book-review-deckchair-gardener-by-anne.html

Good Soil by Tina Raman, Ewa-Marie Rundquist & Justine Lagache
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/03/book-review-good-soil-by-tina-raman-ewa.html

The Gardeners Companion to Medicinal Plants
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/02/book-review-gardeners-companion-to.html

She Sheds, a room of your own by Erika Kotite
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2017/01/book-review-she-sheds-room-of-your-own.html

Thenford by Michael and Anne Heseltine
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/12/book-review-thenford-by-michael-and.html

Landscape of Dreams, the gardens of Isabel and Julian Bannerman by Isabel and Julian Bannerman
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/12/book-review-landscape-of-dreams-gardens.html

Build a better vegetable garden by Joyce Russell
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/12/book-review-build-better-vegetable.html

RHS A-Z of Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/11/book-review-rhs-z-encyclopedia-of.html

new small garden by Noel Kingsbury
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/09/book-review-new-small-garden-by-noel.html

Charleston Farmhouse 1981 by Kim Marsland
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/09/book-review-charleston-farmhouse-1981.html

Raised Bed Revolution by Tara Nolan
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/08/book-review-raised-bed-revolution-by.html

All the Presidents' Gardens by Marta McDowell
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/08/book-review-all-presidents-gardens-by.html

Luciano Giubbilei, the art of making gardens by Luciano Giubbilei
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/07/book-review-luciano-giubbilei-art-of.html

Rakes Progress
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/07/review-rakesprogress-new-kid-on-block.html

Moving Heaven and Earth: Capability Brown's Gift of Landscape by Steffie Sheilds
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/06/book-review-moving-heaven-earth.html

Gardens of the Italian Lakes by Steven Desmond
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/06/book-review-gardens-of-italian-lakes-by.html

The New Wild Garden: Natural Style Planting and Practicalities by Ian Hodgson
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/06/book-review-new-wild-garden-natural.html

A history of kitchen gardening by Susan Campbell
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/05/book-review-history-of-kitchen.html

Living on one acre or Less by Sally Morgan
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2016/03/book-review-living-on-one-acre-or-less.html

The Half Hour Allotment by Lia Leendertz
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2015/11/book-review-half-hour-allotment-by-lia.html

Terraniums: Gardens under Glass by Maria Colletti
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2015/11/book-reviews-terrariums-gardens-under.html

The Private Gardens of England by Tanya Compton
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2015/11/book-review-private-gardens-of-england.html

The Gardens of Arne Maynard by Rosie Atkins and Arne Maynard
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2015/09/book-review-gardens-of-arne-maynard-by.html

Oxford College Gardens by Tim Richardson
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2015/09/book-review-oxford-college-gardens-by.html

Paradise Gardens by Toby Musgrave
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2015/09/book-review-paradise-gardens-by-toby.html

The Irish Garden by Jane Powers
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2015/04/book-review-irish-garden.html

Outwitting Squirrels by Anne Wareham
https://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2015/04/book-review-outwitting-squirrels-by.html

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