'An uplifting confection of words and illustrations' Alan Titchmarsh

A guide to gardening and enjoying nature through the year, showing you what to do, when to do it and how to enjoy every season more fully, from the garden of renowned artist Matthew Rice. 
 
In 2012, Matthew Rice bought Ham Court, an estate in the village of Bampton in the Cotswolds, UK. Spread across several acres and surrounding fragments of the medieval Bampton Castle, the garden includes an orchard, paddock, productive greenhouse, and small farmyard, all of which shape the rhythm of life throughout the year. 
 
In A Year in the Garden, Matthew documents a typical year spent at Ham Court. He writes about the daily work of gardening—the planning, planting, harvesting, and inevitable setbacks—alongside personal anecdotes, practical advice and recipes that make the most of seasonal produce. While the setting is distinctive, the challenges and pleasures he encounters are those shared by gardeners everywhere. 
 
The book is complete with Matthew Rice’s distinctive illustrations, capturing the atmosphere and details of garden life.  
 
A Year in the Garden is both a useful companion and a book to savor, offering encouragement, inspiration and hard‑won wisdom to return to throughout the year. 

Turn your garden into a year-round celebration of color with Ann-Marie Powell.

Whether you have a tiny yard or acres of land, your garden is the one place devoted to joy – and designer Ann-Marie Powell knows exactly how to fill it with color, whatever the season. In A Year of Color, she invites you into her own garden to share her absolute favorite planting combinations, and to show you how you too can have a bold and bright garden all year round.

Choose from ready-made, tried-and-tested ideas that take you through the year, including: Golden Woodland Tapestry (early bulbs and perennials for dappled shade), Flame and Fire (border tulips with staying power), Early Summer Fireworks (naturalistic planting with punch), Sun Meets Shade (late summer color for bridging sunny and shady spots), Fiery Finale (rich textures and jewel tones for the garden's crescendo), Sparkling Performers (airy grasses combined with bold annual blooms), Woodland Keepsakes (layered planting to create a fall glow) and Beauty in Decay (a symphony of brown seed heads and stems).

With more than 40 combinations – each with plant profiles, color charts and expert tips – this is color made easy and achievable. You’ll find rich and sultry tulips perfect for pots; glowing golden hues that light up dark corners; long-flowering perennials to maximise the season; and red-hot displays that work in sun and partial-shade. These are real planting ideas that work: joyful, personality-packed plantings that attract bees, butterflies, and birds – and make you smile on dreary Monday mornings.

Photographed by Julie Skelton throughout the seasons, this book captures color as a living, shifting performance. Each chapter ends with Ann-Marie’s essential tasks and step-by-step tutorials – from filling gaps in borders and simple tricks for prolonging the season, to planting bulb lasagnes and creating forced displays for midwinter cheer.

If you want a garden that’s bold, beautiful, and brimming with life, A Year of Color will show you how – and give you the confidence to start today. Perfect for gardeners who want more color and aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty.

Transform even the smallest outdoor space into a vibrant, beautifully designed garden with New Small Garden, now repackaged into a flexible paperback edition. 
 
Small gardens can be some of the most rewarding spaces we tend and also some of the most challenging. In this practical and inspiring book, planting expert Noel Kingsbury teaches you how to see compact spaces differently, revealing how thoughtful design can turn any tiny space into a thriving green haven.  
 
Drawing on decades of horticultural expertise and the latest approaches in sustainable gardening, Kingsbury shows how limited area doesn’t restrict creativity. Instead, it offers opportunities for smarter choices and more intentional design. 
 
Across beautifully photographed real gardens, he explores the combinations that work best for small spaces. Whether you’re a beginner looking to plant your first border or a seasoned gardener rethinking an existing space, this book offers eye‑opening guidance that will elevate what you grow and how you grow it. 
 
For example, you will learn how to:  

• Design for small spaces using visual illusions, diagonal sightlines, and layered planting that makes compact gardens feel larger. 
• Choose the right plants for the upper, middle, and ground layers, including perennials, shrubs, climbers, grasses, and bulbs. 
• Use sustainable practices such as rain‑garden features, permeable surfaces, water‑smart planting, and wildlife‑supportive design. 
• Work with microclimates and urban conditions to grow healthier, more resilient plants. 
• Incorporate vertical planting to maximize growing area and add height. 
• Create character and continuity with focal points, containers, repeated materials, and seasonal planting schemes. 
• Support biodiversity by designing habitats that welcome beneficial species.  
• Learn from real-life examples, including six whole‑garden case studies showcasing successful small gardens and the thinking behind them. 

The book is complete with more than 450 stunning photographs by renowned lifestyle photographer, Maayke de Ridder, illustrating every concept through lush, real-world inspiration. 
 
Whether you’re working with a courtyard, balcony, terrace, or backyard, New Small Garden gives you the tools and confidence to create a beautiful and deeply personal outdoor space, no matter its size.

Step inside the most inspiring Scandinavian gardens and celebrate their joyful, diverse, and creative approach to garden design. 
 
Scandinavian Gardens brings together 26 remarkable gardens—both grand and intimate, historic and contemporary—from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.  
 
Personally selected from the pages of cutting edge Swedish garden magazine Trädgårdsliv, these gardens are united by thoughtful design and a deep connection to place. 
 
Inside, you’ll explore: 

• Beautifully photographed private gardens, palace grounds, allotments, rooftop gardens, and country estates. 
• Gardens by acclaimed designers as well as devoted amateur gardeners. 
• A rich mix of traditional and modern Scandinavian garden styles. 
• Feature essays on key themes in Nordic garden history and culture, including Carl Linnaeus and the Scandinavian allotment movement. 
• Insights into how traditions, climate, and landscape influence planting and design choices. 

Written and photographed by Trädgårdsliv founder, Klas Kihlberg, this book offers both visual pleasure and practical inspiration. 

Whether you garden in a city, the countryside, or simply dream from afar, Scandinavian Gardens invites you to gather ideas, moods, and approaches to create a garden that works beautifully for you. 

Celebrate Britain and Ireland’s most imaginative gardens—and the remarkable people who created them.  
 
Stephanie Mahon, editor of Gardens Illustrated, and award-winning landscape photographer John Campbell step inside the private worlds of artists, writers, designers, and makers whose gardens are as distinctive as their work. 
 
Among the featured tastemakers are: 

• Nigel Slater, whose layered Highbury garden offers woodland calm in the heart of London. 
• Matthew Rice, the artist who carved a moat around his medieval Oxfordshire home and grows vegetables with theatrical flair. 
• Sarah Price, the celebrated designer whose Welsh garden is both experimental and deeply personal. 
• Pioneering professionals pushing boundaries in design and ecology, from Charlie Harpur at Knepp to Jonny Bruce at Prospect Cottage.

From city courtyards to wild country plots, formal spaces to naturalistic retreats, each garden reflects a unique vision shaped by its creator’s passions. Discover how these outdoor sanctuaries feed creativity, and how artistry and horticulture combine to produce spaces of extraordinary beauty. 
 
The Creative Gardener is a journey through gardens that marry imagination with nature—a book for anyone who loves gardens, artistry, and the stories that connect them. 

"Mark Lane’s message is both simple and quietly profound: the most rewarding gardens are not always the ones that cost the most." – Mike the Gardener

Reduce waste and save money with The Thrifty Gardener. 

Whether you're starting your first garden on a tight budget or looking for new ideas to save money and reduce waste, this is the must-have and fuss-free guide to better gardening. 
 
TV presenter and garden designer Mark Lane shows you how to:

• Understand your garden and it’s four key characteristics—temperature, soil type, wind, and sun—to make informed decisions.   
• Plan and design your garden with thriftier and more sustainable materials and learn how to budget effectively for larger projects. Take stock of what you already have, set a budget before you start, and know when to call in the professionals.  
• Choose plants that will thrive in your soil, are easy to propagate, and give maximum reward. By choosing the right plants for the right place, your garden will flourish. 
• Care for your garden year-round with effective seasonal tasks. Discover how to grow new plants for free with Mark’s step-by-step guides to techniques such as seed collecting, layering, and stem, leaf, and root cuttings. 

Full of clever tips, low-budget ideas, expert advice, and tried-and-tested plant suggestions, this book is as much about attitude as it is a gardening guide. 

Discover how small, thoughtful changes can transform your outdoor space into a garden that truly works for you.

Discover simple and effective solutions for over 80 common garden pests and diseases from the global experts at the UK's leading botanic garden, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 

From aphids to ants, the ever-persistent snails, leaf spot, fruit rot, and much more, dealing with garden pests and diseases is a problem that all gardeners struggle with. As we have become aware of the harm that traditional pesticides can cause to the wider environment, as well as the importance of biodiversity, it has become more complex than ever. How do we protect and care for our plants while also gardening in an environmentally-friendly way?

In this fully-illustrated guide, the experts from Kew share their simple tips and techniques for prevention as well as clear advice for treating established problems. Written with the benefit of your whole garden in mind, this book focuses on practical ways to work with nature so that you can create and maintain a thriving backyard. Covering some 88 problems, the experts at Kew introduce each pest and disease, explain the conditions in which they occur, how to catch them at early stages, and how to react when it takes hold.

Start your journey to better plant health and a thriving yard today with this comprehensive reference – essential reading for every gardener. 

Fill your life with flowers and discover the art of natural, seasonal arranging with celebrated florist Graeme Corbett of @bloomandburn. 

Graeme Corbett of Bloom & Burn isn't your usual florist. Working from his studio in Kent, he uses locally grown flowers to create wild, loose arrangements with a modern feel. In Life in Bloom, he teaches you everything you need to know about growing and arranging flowers at home – including which rules to follow, and which ones to break – in a bid to find your own style.  
 
Inviting you into his studio and garden, Graeme takes you through the seasons by way of his favourite flowers. Discover narcissi and ranunculus in spring; peonies and poppies in summer; dahlias and phlox in autumn; and dried honesty and forced blossom in winter. For each flower, Graeme gives advice on growing, choosing varieties, sourcing, and conditioning before teaching stunning arrangements. Play with colour, form and texture, and gain the confidence to go bigger.  

You’ll learn how to: 

• Create stunning arrangements using bowls, vases, and moss bases. 
• Build seasonal bouquets and showstopping centrepieces for tables and events. 
• Experiment with colour, texture, and shape to find your own floral style. 
• Apply simple, sustainable techniques that bring professional polish to your work. 
• Develop the confidence to design freely, whether with garden stems or market flowers. 

Beautifully photographed and filled with Graeme’s practical advice and creative encouragement, Life in Bloom is a generous book for anyone wanting to learn more about growing, gathering, and arranging flowers.