I used to buy GW every month, but we now get 'Which Gardening' mag included with OH's 'Which' subscription I'm more selective when I buy GW. I have a small number of books - including Dr Hessayon 'Expert' series, RHS plant encyclopaedia - which I have refered to for many years. My most recent book acquisition (a present from my mum ) is 'Gardening in Pyjamas' by Helen Yemm. Its written in an amusing informal style and addresses all the basics of gardening. However, my usual source of info now is this forum - have learned so much just by visiting this site.
I subscribe to GW. I used to subscribe to 'Digital Photographer' but after a few years variations on previous articles became more and more common so I cancelled.
I get GW but am thinking of changing as each year seems a repeat of the one before.
Also started to subscribe to Kitchen Garden at the beginning of the year, it a good read if you grow lots of veg. I can easily be drawn though to any gardening mag if the seeds on offer are something I'd like to grow so sometimes buy a random mag.
I've lots of veg/fruit growing books which are regularly referred back to but some are first or second editions and growing changes, now I tend to buy one's which are more specific, just bought two RHS books, one about propogation, the other on problems in the garden about pests and stuff.
Bob Flowerdew - "The no work garden". Found it remaindered in a shop at Bicester and bought it to read while OH was shopping for Britain. Full of good sensible advice.
Scott Edwards - Place That Plant is available new on Amazon but there are quite a lot of used ones on eBay that are cheap as chips. One like mine (hardback) is listed by baham books for something like £2.54 with free p&p.
subscribe to gw, sometimes get amateur gardener waiting for free copy of gardens illustrated, books i like new 'how to ' range by a.t got roses, gardening in shade, climbers and garden design
The 500 Best Garden Plants by Patrick Taylor is really useful: a kind of plant 'edit' so you don't have to wade through too much information to begin with (also he lives near me so I know what kind of weather he is talking about)
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I used to buy GW every month, but we now get 'Which Gardening' mag included with OH's 'Which' subscription I'm more selective when I buy GW. I have a small number of books - including Dr Hessayon 'Expert' series, RHS plant encyclopaedia - which I have refered to for many years. My most recent book acquisition (a present from my mum
) is 'Gardening in Pyjamas' by Helen Yemm. Its written in an amusing informal style and addresses all the basics of gardening. However, my usual source of info now is this forum - have learned so much just by visiting this site.
I subscribe to GW. I used to subscribe to 'Digital Photographer' but after a few years variations on previous articles became more and more common so I cancelled.
Place That Plant by Frances Welland.
Pages and pages of photos of plants and the best place for them to grow successfully.
Divided into sections such as Plants for Lime Free/Acid soils,
Plants for shady places, Plants for dry places etc.etc.
I am always referring to it.
I get GW but am thinking of changing as each year seems a repeat of the one before.
Also started to subscribe to Kitchen Garden at the beginning of the year, it a good read if you grow lots of veg. I can easily be drawn though to any gardening mag if the seeds on offer are something I'd like to grow so sometimes buy a random mag.
I've lots of veg/fruit growing books which are regularly referred back to but some are first or second editions and growing changes, now I tend to buy one's which are more specific, just bought two RHS books, one about propogation, the other on problems in the garden about pests and stuff.
Place that plant by Frances Welland sounds good to me. I will look out for it! Thanks for the recommendation, Forester2.
Bob Flowerdew - "The no work garden". Found it remaindered in a shop at Bicester and bought it to read while OH was shopping for Britain. Full of good sensible advice.
Scott Edwards - Place That Plant is available new on Amazon but there are quite a lot of used ones on eBay that are cheap as chips. One like mine (hardback) is listed by baham books for something like £2.54 with free p&p.
subscribe to gw, sometimes get amateur gardener waiting for free copy of gardens illustrated, books i like new 'how to ' range by a.t got roses, gardening in shade, climbers and garden design