Page 10 - ALG Issue 3 2014

The Joy of Gardening (Hardback)
By Vanessa Berridge Price: £9.99
Book details
Published: 07/04/2014 Publisher: Summersdale Publishers
ISBN: 9781849535526
Two Dogs
and a Garden
Derelie Cherry
Published by Paradise Publishing, 2009
ISBN 10: 0646509578 / ISBN 13: 9780646509570 £24.99
Two Dogs & a Garden tells the story of Derelie and Bob Cherry – Derelie, a publisher working on other people’s gardening books, left that world behind in 1999 when she moved to Paradise, a nursery just to the north of Sydney, Australia owned by plant hunter and breeder Bob Cherry. This book gives us a look into the world of Derelie and Bob, as well as their two beloved dogs, Jessee and Trudy, with photos taken by Derelie herself on every page that
Full of hints, tips, and nuggets of
information, The Joy of Gardening is perfect for anyone with a love of gardening. With chapters on history, visiting gardens, and horticultural
competitions, Vanessa
Berridge’s book has all
the information about
gardening, plants and
other gardeners that you
never knew you wanted
until now. Packed with
quirky facts and quotes,
as well as handy hints
and surprising true
stories, The Joy Of
Gardening would make a
perfect gift for any of your
green fingered friends.
Iona Topham
perfectly illustrate the beauty of Paradise.
No-nonsense veg gardening
- DVD
In this useful DVD Christine Walkden presents advice
for novice vegetable growers
in her usual friendly, practical and
inspiring manner. Christine takes viewers through the steps of soil preparation, sowing, planting out and growing on; giving many useful tips that may not occur to a gardener new to vegetable growing or have been forgotten or ignored by more experienced growers.
I particularly like the fact that she explained the logic behind some of the gardening
practices such as the need for a fine tilth when direct sowing seeds and the “duck” or the “gardeners” shuffle. Christine encourages gardeners to keep trying even when things fail and assures them that year on year their plot and harvest will improve. If people follow Christine’s advice then I have no doubt that they will be soon be admiring rows of healthy vegetables and eating some tasty produce.
Christine’s obvious love of gardening and
the thrill she still experiences, after a 40 year career, at the magic of seed germination gives this practical and encouraging DVD an added
level of interest. The DVD is available from ebay.
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Books &DVDs
Kitchen Garden Experts, twenty celebrated
chefs & their head gardeners
by Cinead McTernan • Photography
by Jason Ingram
Foreword by Raymond Blanc • ISBN 9780711234963 Hardback | £20.00 • Published by Frances Lincoln KITCHEN GARDEN EXPERTS features the chefs and gardeners at twenty of the UK’s most exciting restaurants, hotels, pubs and cafés, focusing on how they produce the best fruit and vegetables to appear on their menus. Each chef is enabled, often behind the scenes, by the expert skills of a head gardener and this book lets you in on some of their key ingredients and special growing methods that achieve tasty produce for their signature dishes.
More Thorny
With beautiful photographs and inspiring tips and recipes this book will make growers and foodies’ mouths water and
By Helen Yemm • Price: £12.99
Published: 10/04/2014
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd • ISBN: 9781471136702 Sunday Telegraph columnist Helen Yemm’s second book is full of advice for anyone with an interest in gardening, from those just starting out to more seasoned horticulturalists. Her light-hearted yet practical approach to gardening helps make even the most challenging garden problems easy to overcome, demystifying the gardening process for those who aren’t quite so well versed. With advice on everything from growing plants from seed to making the most of a shaded garden, More Thorny Problems helps you negotiate your way through a whole range of gardening dilemmas month by month through the year.
fingers itch to get cooking, growing or even booking a table.
To order Kitchen Garden Experts
at the discounted price of £16.00 including p&p* (RRP: £20.00), telephone 01903 828503 or email mailorders@ lbsltd.co.uk and quote the offer code APG130.
*UK ONLY - Please add £2.50 if ordering from overseas.
Problems (Hardback)