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What book do you recommend?

flourishann77flourishann77 Posts: 5
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Hello everyone! I am new in gardening..I started growing plants about half a year, so I decided to raise my competentions. I was thinking about a book that will help me with basic things. What is more, I am Polish nationality, so I am looking for something not so hard for me. What would you recommend for me?
I love my balcony flowers

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  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Books by Dr. D G Hessayon are very straightforward and practical. He wrote them on many aspects of gardening, so theres something for everyone. I started on those many years ago.

    I particularly like 'The green garden expert' by him. There is one called 'The complete garden expert' which might be a good one to start off with. His books are not expensive either. 


  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    And he does flowers and shrubs in a very helpful way, too.
  • The Bald GardenerThe Bald Gardener Posts: 212
    There are so many out there to choose from @flourishann77 Alan Titchmarsh is generally pretty good and a lot of his books cover the basics, his book How To Be A Gardner is very good and covers the basics. 

    If I were you I'd join the local library and see if they have anything that suits what you are looking for.  


  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I agree. They're much updated now, but I still have several from the 70's and 80's.
    There are plenty of useful videos on you-tube too

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    How to be a Gardener (eight parts)
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Third vote for How to be a Gardener. I use Hessayon’s Vegetable Expert and recently found an old copy of his Flower Expert, which is very clear and easy to follow.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    edited May 2018
    Another vote for Alan Titchmarsh's How to be a Gardener. Look in charity shops or online at Am....n for a cheap second hand copy. All you need to know for a new gardener. I still keep it as a reference book.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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