How to Be a Gardener: Creating a Garden Using Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight & Hearing [Paperback]

Alan Titchmarsh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 25, 2005

Alan Titchmarsh draws on his vast knowledge and passion for gardening and his many years of experience, to give you a comprehensive guide that explores every aspect of your garden, covering the absolute essentials that every gardener needs to know.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Back with his second series, the blue-eyed much-loved garden presenter Alan Titchmarsh teaches the nations gardeners how to design their garden. Whereas Book 1 taught them the basic botany and how to do the practical bits, this one explores how to transform a boring back garden into a place of paradise. Easily written in his inimitable chatty style, he shares top design tips in an easy-to-understand way for all to comprehend. Lavishly illustrated with pictures to make the mind drool, all styles of garden are represented from rustic to formal, contemporary to old-fashioned cottage garden. And all aspects of gardening are covered too: water gardening, vegetable growing, patio planting and how to encourage wildlife into your garden even if you do live in the middle of a city. As Book 1, this will become a gardener's essential reading, lending itself to both the novice and the more experienced in search of inspiration. - Lucy Watson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Alan Titchmarsh is the host of Ground Force on BBC America, and of Gardener's World in the UK. He was recently awarded an MBE for his services to horticulture. He is the author of many gardening books, and is also a successful author of fiction.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Hylas Publishing (July 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592581625
• ISBN-13: 978-1592581627
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,589,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely and Useful, February 7, 2007

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This review is from: How to Be a Gardener: Creating a Garden Using Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight & Hearing (Paperback)

A nice fit between text and illustrations, with a clean, well-ordered layout. This book would suffice as the only reference book for any home gardener. Lots of details, and yet not too "botanical" for the beginning gardener.