Recommended Reading

Akeroyd, Simon, A Little Course in Growing Veg and Fruit (Dorling Kindersley, 2013)

Akeroyd, Simon, The Allotment Handbook (Dorling Kindersley, 2013)

Akeroyd, Simon, Lawns and Groundcover (Dorling Kindersley, 2012)

Akeroyd, Simon, Shrubs and Small Trees (Dorling Kindersley, 2008)

Akeroyd, Simon, Geoff Hodge, Sara Draycott and Guy Barter, Allotment Handbook (Mitchell Beazley in association with The Royal Horticultural Society, 2010)

Akeroyd, Simon, Zia Allaway, Helena Caldon, Martyn Cox and Jenny Hendy, RHS Complete Gardener’s Manual (Dorling Kindersley, 2011)

Allaway, Zia and Lia Leendertz, How to Grow Practically Everything (Dorling Kindersley, 2010)

Barber, Jacq, Design Ideas For Your Garden (National Trust Books, 2013)

Bean, W.J., Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles (Vol 1 to 3) (John Murray, 1950)

Boff, Charles, How to Grow and Produce Your Own Food (Odhams Press Ltd, 1946)

Brickell, Christopher, RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (Dorling Kindersley, third revised edition, 2008)

Brickell, Christopher, RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening (Dorling Kindersley, fourth revised edition, 2012)

Crosbie, Colin, Easy Pruning (Dorling Kindersley, 2007)

Davies, Jennifer, The Victorian Kitchen Garden (BBC Books, 1987)

Gammack, Helene, Inspirational Gardens Through the Seasons (National Trust Books, 2014)

Gammack, Helene, Kitchen Garden Estate (National Trust Books, 2012)

Gardiner, Jim, Encyclopedia of Flowering Shrubs (Timber Press, 2012)

Hessayon, Dr. D.G., The Vegetable and Herb Expert (Expert Books, second revised edition, 1997)

Hillier, John G., and Roy Lancaster, The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Royal Horticultural Society, eighth revised edition, 2014)

Ikin, Ed Thoughtful Gardening (National Trust Books, 2010)

Kapoor, Sybil The Great British Vegetable Cookbook (National Trust Books, 2013)

Klein, Carol, Grow Your Own Vegetables (Mitchell Beazley in association with The Royal Horticultural Society, TV tie-in edition, 2007)

Lacey, Stephen, Gardens of the National Trust (National Trust Books, 2011)

Larkcom, Joy, Creative Vegetable Gardening (Mitchell Beazley, 2008)

Laws, Bill, Spade, Skirret and Parsnip, The Curious History of Vegetables (The History Press Ltd, 2004)

Pavord, Anna, The New Kitchen Garden (Dorling Kindersley, 1996)

Pollock, Mike, RHS Fruit and Vegetable Garden (Dorling Kindersley in association with The Royal Horticultural Society, 2002)

National Trust, Gardening Secrets: from National Trust Head Gardeners (National Trust Books, 2014)

Royal Horticultural Society, New Encyclopaedia of Gardening Techniques (Mitchell Beazley in association with The Royal Horticultural Society, 2008)

Shepherd, Allan, The Organic Garden (Collins, 2007)

Stickland, Sue, Heritage Vegetables (Gaia Books Limited, 1998)

Thomas, Graham Stuart, Colour in the Winter Garden (J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1957)

Welland, Frances, Place that Plant (Paragon Book Service Ltd, 1998)

Wilson, Matthew, RHS New Gardening: How to Garden in a Changing Climate (Mitchell Beazley in association with The Royal Horticultural Society, 2007)