RHS Gardening School: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Most from Your Garden

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Keen amateur gardeners and aspiring professionals can learn from the expertise of the RHS with this handy guide.

RHS Gardening School: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Most from Your Garden Authors: , Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Octopus Publishing Group (Imprint: Mitchell Beazley)
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It doesn’t matter if you’re an old hand at gardening or just starting out, there are always things to discover and opportunities to improve, whether it’s mastering a new technique or brushing up on your botany.
RHS Gardening School is the perfect guide for gardeners who want to learn. Inside you’ll find chapters on:

  • Understanding plants
  • Everyday garden care
  • Problem solving
  • Planting design
  • Gardening through the year

and much more.

Hands-on guidance and step-by-step instructions explain topics such as pruningpests and diseases, weed removal and caring for lawns.
Expert gardeners explain the underlying principles in plain English, while clear diagrams and beautiful photographs inspire and inform.
This revised edition will have a fresh new look with new illustrations and photographs and an easy-to-navigate layout making it an ideal handbook for the new gardener.
Become a bettersmartermore productive gardener with this complete guide to horticulture in one handy book.

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'With an approachable layout and excellent illustrations, including both photographs and line drawings, this book is just the thing for someone discovering the pastime and would be ideal for those who have just acquired a garden of some size. Topics covered range from plant biology and propagation, to everyday garden care, fruit and vegetables and growing under cover.' The English Garden

Author Biography

Simon Akeroyd has written over 30 gardening books, including RHS Gardener's Quiz & Puzzle Book and the bestselling RHS Allotment Handbook & Planner (both published by Mitchell Beazley). Simon's most recent book is RHS 50 Ways to Outsmart a Squirrel & Other Garden Pests. He writes for national garden and lifestyle magazines and as producer and journalist for the BBC.Simon was previously Gardens' Manager for the National Trust (with properties that include Agatha Christie's Greenway, Coleton Fishacre, Compton Castle, Bradley Manor and Polesden Lacey). He was also Garden Manager for the Royal Horticultural Society including Harlow Carr and RHS Garden Wisley. Apart from gardening he is also a keen beekeeper.Dr Ross Bayton gained a Bachelor's degree in tropical ecology, and later a Masters and a PhD, both in taxonomy. He is the co-author of RHS Genealogy for Gardeners and RHS Gardening School (both Mitchell Beazley), and worked for three years at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine.