Description
Book SynopsisWritten as he talks, this is Monty Don right beside you in the garden, challenging norms and sharing advice.
Discover Monty's thoughts and garden ideas around nature, seasons, color, design, pests, flowering shrubs, containers, and much more. Read about the month-by month jobs he does in his own garden that he hopes are relevant to you. Monty's intimate and lyrical writing is accompanied by photos of his garden, showing areas rarely seen on television. This is the perfect gift for the gardener in your life.
I have written many gardening books but this is the distillation of 50 years of gardening experience. It has all the tips and essential pieces of knowledge that enable you to make your garden grow well, and it also shares my view that gardening is the secret to living well too. - MontyTable of Contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The Seasons
- 3: Weather
- 4: Nature
- 5: Place
- 6: Design
- 7: Walking and Sitting
- 8: Colour
- 9: A New Plot
- 10: The Small Town Garden
- 11: The Cottage Garden
- 12: The Exotic Garden
- 13: A Modern Urban Garden
- 14: Wildlife Gardening
- 15: Children
- 16: Containers
- 17: Climbers
- 18: Flowering Shrubs
- 19: Lawns
- 20: Weeds
- 21: Fungus
- 22: Pests
- 23: Compost
- 24: Tools
- 25: Planting
- 26: Growing
- 27: Pruning
- 28: Food
- 29: Grow your own Veg
- 30: Grow your own Herbs
- 31: Grow your own Top Fruit
- 32: Grow your own Soft Fruit
- 33: Names
- 34: The Months
- 1: January
- 2: February
- 3: March
- 4: April
- 5: May
- 6: June
- 7: July
- 8: August
- 9: September
- 10: October
- 11: November
- 12: December
- 35: Index
- 36: Acknowledgments
