What to Sow, Grow and Do: A seasonal garden guide (Bloom #4)
Description
Find out what needs to be done at just the right time to create a garden full of life and colour all year round.
Keeping on top of when to sow seeds, plant bulbs or prune roses can be tricky for new and experienced gardeners with busy lives. What to Sow, Grow and Do takes the hassle out of remembering what to do next with a month-by-month guide.
Tracking a year in the garden, it shows you what you need to do when in a series of straightforward how-tos and handy checklists. It also celebrates each month of the year, highlighting the plants in season and the wildlife to spot.
Seasonal tasks cover everything from maintaining colorful flower beds and a simple veg patch, to encouraging birds to nest and hedgehogs to hibernate in your garden. At the end of the year, you will have a thriving, flourishing garden that’s a joy to be in.
Each month, the book will cover:
- Monthly tasks – a full guide that includes the seeds to sow, the plants to prune and a checklist of jobs around the garden,
- Hero plants – what’s coming into flower, in full bloom, and dying back to help you plan your gardening year,
- Wildlife lifecycle – the animals and insects going into/coming out of hibernation, migrating, emerging and retreating to help you support nature.
Whether you are a seasoned horticulturalist or are just starting our planting you first seedlings, this guide is an indispensible companion to any gardener all the year round.
Praise for What to Sow, Grow and Do: A seasonal garden guide (Bloom #4)
"Ben not only has an innate understanding of how to grow, he knows how to draw the best from every season, and I think this book will quickly become an insightful gardening friend." —Adam Frost, garden designer and TV presenter
"This is a great, uplifting, intelligent and practical book full of sound advice for anyone wanting to garden, written by a talented and creative gardener."—Fergus Garrett, plantsman and head gardener at Great Dixter
"Honest, useful, eminently readable and extremely beautiful, this is a book filled with decades of hands-on knowledge. The words and photographs are sumptuous – you find yourself immersed in the possibilities of the seasons through pages brimming with ideas and personable, accessible ideas. In short, this lovely book will be a welcome all-seasons addition to my shelf. It's an absolute delight."—Ann-Marie Powell, garden designer and author
"Benjamin is one of the new generation of artist-gardeners and in this beautiful book he shares his endless knowledge with such ease and pushes the art and craft of gardening to another level."—Annie Guilfoyle, garden designer and co-founder of Garden Masterclass