Simon Akeroyd is back with 75 brilliantly “garbage” gardening ideas! Save money and save the planet with hacks that turn your trash into garden treasureSimon shares ingenious ideas and practical projects for turning scrap objects into useful, beautiful items for the garden. Turn an unwanted colander into a hanging basket, transform kitchen waste into a wormery, or plant up old gloves to create a thriving vertical herb garden. Discover how you can garden for next to...

Increase your stock of plants easily and for free by propagating them yourself. RHS How to Grow Plants for Free demystifies the art of taking cuttings and explains the other ways you can multiply your garden plants. Propagating your own plants is fun, inexpensive, and a sustainable way to garden.An introductory section explains the botanical science behind all types of propagation and defines and simplifies the language. The book is then split into self-contained practical...

Keep on growing all through the year, whatever your space, with 52 ingenious ideas from Simon AkeroydDiscover simple and fun ways to grow on your windowsill or in a pot on your porch. No skill, space, or experience is needed—just a pot and enthusiasm!From herbs and flowers to fruit and vegetables, you’ll be amazed at what you can grow every week of the year!

Anyone can grow plants, and everyone can take it a little easier in the garden—all you need are gardening hacks.Don't we all want to garden smarter? To grow more plants and be more time-efficient? And to have a healthier and more wildlife-friendly outside space? If so, then this book will help you get there in the easiest of ways.Simon Akeroyd is a bit of a maverick in the garden who doesn’t always dig by the rules set by the gardening establishment. His pa...

Hacks for growing plants from produce you buy at the grocery.Have you ever wondered whether you could grow plants from the food you buy? Could you do something with those leftover apple seeds? What about growing your own kiwi plant? And what if you could make more plants from the herb sprigs you buy?This simple, fun, and easy-to-follow approach shares the best 40 hacks to help you save money and grow plants. It encourages everyone to give growing a try with...

Learn how to make and use nourishing compost for your garden with this handy little guidebook from an experienced National Trust head gardener.Learn how to make and use nourishing compost for your garden with this handy little guidebook from an experienced National Trust head gardener.It's packed with useful tips for successful composting, from deciding what to put in your kitchen compost caddy to how to use the final product in your garden.The auth...

***'So you know you want to start gardening but you have no idea where to begin? ... Simon Akeroyd gives step-by-step guidance on everything from creating a cactus collection to growing fruit in hanging baskets. The book turns what is often a daunting task into bite-size steps that can often be done in an afternoon.' George Hudson, Evening Standard, favourite garden publications of the yearAimed at first-time gardeners, those in rented accommodatio...

Create your ideal garden with this indispensable guide from the National Trust.The Good Gardener explains traditional skills tried and tested by generations of National Trust gardeners, including expert advice from the head gardeners at world-famous Hidcote, Sissinghurst and Stourhead, and reinterprets them for the modern garden – large and small.Packed with illustrated handy tips, step-by-step guides and beautiful photography, this book is suitable for everyone fr...

Bring the beauty of National Trust gardens to your own little patch.Some 80% of people who visit NT properties do so 'to look at the garden'. And one of the glories of NT gardens are their incredible beds and borders – plants that bring colour, drama and surprises year round. In this book, senior NT gardener Simon Akeroyd gives you a foolproof plan to get similar effects in your own garden with 100 key plants. How to plan, how to plant, how to prune. All of the pla...

"Bonsai art is the display of a landscape - without the landscape."?--NobuKajiwara ?This quote couldn't be truer. Growing and sculpting bonsai trees can be quite a satisfying hobby. It is a hobby however, that requires a tremendous amount of patience. When you take a simple sapling and mould it to your desire, you'll be rewarded with a beautiful piece of art you can truly be proud of!?The term bonsai literally means plant in a pot or tray planting. Bonsai however is much more than simply a...

Do you love growing things... like flowers... herbs... or vegetables?Do you want to garden... but don't have the yard space to grow anything? If so, then you've found the right book!Everyone loves greenery! The fresh feeling... the sense of life... and homegrown vegetables.Gardens increase the quality of your home -- making them livelier with a garden and the greenery.As a culture, in our everyday hectic lives, we've become too sterilized and cut off from our...

A clear, concise and easy to read book on indoor gardening, indoor garden supplies, indoor herb gardens, indoor vegetable gardening, indoor garden for children and much more.