A gardener's control is illusory - thanks to a myriad of other - "often argumentative" - organisms that have their own ideas about how things should be run.
A year in the life of the royal garden, lavishly photographed and with contributions by HM's head gardener, Mark Lane. It has a long history - James I & VI's interest in silk production has ... read more
First published in 1901, Mawson's book was hugely influential for decades, both for garden designers and landscape gardeners. Large format, handsomely produced in dark green cloth, many ill... read more
The new 154-acre RHS garden in Salford, Greater Manchester, in the former grounds of Worsley New Hall, designed by Tom Stuart-Smith. Work began on the garden in 2015 and it opened in 2021.
The astonishing diversity of flora on St Helena is man-made but unintended: East India Company ships offloaded cargoes of precious plants to recuperate there before being transported onward.
Published between 1737 and 1739, Blackwell's superb guide to medicinal plants was conceived as a money-making solution when her husband was in debtors' prison. All 500 plates are finely repr... read more
A new book on this Welsh paradise with Italianate terraces, a dell with a river at its bottom, and the famous laburnum-festooned walk. Copious photos, published for the National Trust.
Both a brief history of gardening and a where-do-we-go-from-here manual: Moore shows us not only what we think a garden is but why we think it ought to be thus and so. He's an advocate of a ... read more
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As ravishing as it is fascinating: a history of botanical photography from Fox Talbot, via Edward Weston, Nob... read more