By the way I career changed a few years back, I do Garden Maintenance and Landscaping. Best decision I made you get great satisfaction from making peoples gardens look great. My season started last spring has not stopped right the way through this winter as it's been so mild I haven't had the usual drop in the workload so it has been really great. Also if you believe the powers that be we are supposed to be having a better summer than the last one.
DK books publish three books which I have RHS Good plant guide, RHS Plants for Places, RHS Pruning guide they are pocket size too so would fit in your butty bag. They are very informative. I keep the pruning guide in my car all the time as occasionally I would come across a shrub or tree that I hadn't pruned before, now there isn't many trees and shrubs that I haven't pruned in customer's gardens. Having the pruning guide will ensure your pruning at the right time and how much to take off. You can pick some good books up cheap at car boot sales. The RHS also have a good website.
I agree RHS books are excellent and can be bought relatively cheap from charity shops , personally if you have an Oxfam book shop these are particularly good also don't forget Libraries
however somebody mentioned hands on and I feel that's essential
Just an idea - I have seen boxes full of RHS reference books at auction houses when they sell off the contents of a house following someone's demise. These boxes tend to sell for peanuts - you may not want all the books in the box but it's often still cheaper to buy the boxful and keep the books you want and take the rest to the charity shop.
If the sale is from the home of a keen gardener you may find garden tools being sold too.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Wow, that's a real bargain. Not much going to get that much out of date,plants remain plants and their care varies little - some plants move families as the botanists decide needful, but they're still mostly findable in the RHS book. Enjoy, I love mine - both the very old one and the newer ones I got a couple of years ago.
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By the way I career changed a few years back, I do Garden Maintenance and Landscaping. Best decision I made you get great satisfaction from making peoples gardens look great. My season started last spring has not stopped right the way through this winter as it's been so mild I haven't had the usual drop in the workload so it has been really great. Also if you believe the powers that be we are supposed to be having a better summer than the last one.
DK books publish three books which I have RHS Good plant guide, RHS Plants for Places, RHS Pruning guide they are pocket size too so would fit in your butty bag. They are very informative. I keep the pruning guide in my car all the time as occasionally I would come across a shrub or tree that I hadn't pruned before, now there isn't many trees and shrubs that I haven't pruned in customer's gardens. Having the pruning guide will ensure your pruning at the right time and how much to take off. You can pick some good books up cheap at car boot sales. The RHS also have a good website.
I agree RHS books are excellent and can be bought relatively cheap from charity shops , personally if you have an Oxfam book shop these are particularly good also don't forget Libraries
however somebody mentioned hands on and I feel that's essential
best of luck
Just an idea - I have seen boxes full of RHS reference books at auction houses when they sell off the contents of a house following someone's demise. These boxes tend to sell for peanuts - you may not want all the books in the box but it's often still cheaper to buy the boxful and keep the books you want and take the rest to the charity shop.
If the sale is from the home of a keen gardener you may find garden tools being sold too.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
just got an rhs encyclopedia of plants and flowers for £2.99 from ebay hop not awfully out of date
Wow, that's a real bargain. Not much going to get that much out of date,plants remain plants and their care varies little - some plants move families as the botanists decide needful, but they're still mostly findable in the RHS book. Enjoy, I love mine - both the very old one and the newer ones I got a couple of years ago.