RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening

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This delightful gardening guide introduces a fresher, more contemporary design with over 400 new images and new topics reflecting current trends such as planting to encourage pollinators, and the growing popularity of living roofs and walls.

The charity also promotes horticulture through world-renowned flowers shows such as the Chelsea Flower Show, the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the Tatton Park Flower Show and the Cardiff Flower Show. The basic principles involved in growing plants are the same in all parts of the world, but the practice naturally needs much adaptation to local conditions. Elevate your gardening skills from novice to expert with this essential book for both enthusiastic home gardeners and professional landscape designers.Undated c1945 Spring Book edition hardback; good condition, lightly aged, with good unclipped edge-worn dj, now in protective sleeve; UK dealer, immediate dispatch. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

This book is designed for anyone who takes any interest in gardening, from the owner of a small town garden or allotment to the professional who requires a convenient reference book. Here you will find out how to choose your tools and a greenhouse, hard landscaping, climate, soil management and composting.Vital to the protection of plants, gardens and green spaces for future generations, the RHS helps over two million school children get into gardening and supports more than 1,700 communities to create their own gardens, encouraging people to grow their own food. This is followed by individual chapters based on the main plant groups and areas of the garden - for example ornamental trees perennials the rock garden the fruit garden and the indoor garden. After that there are detailed drawings, photos and paragraphs on how to look after individual plants, from planting them to pruning them, and also a list of some more popular varieties of certain plants which have their attributes listed.

In 1976 he was awarded the RHS Victoria Medal of Honour for his services to horticulture, followed by the CBE in 1991.For amateur and professional gardener alike, the Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening is the one and only practical guide you'll ever need to own. A former editor of The Plantsman, he has published many botanical and horticultural papers and articles and chaired the International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants.

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