Planted - Hardcover

Sturgeon, Andy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340717122 ISBN 13: 9780340717127

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998

Planted combines core, indispensable advice with exquisite, extraordinary photographs, so that it becomes a pleasure to learn, to get going and glory in your garden. The trick is - don't be intimidated by what you don't know yet; but put on some lipstick, and start sowing veg. Window-sill or wilderness, get out there and discover the joys of tweaking.

'At last, a gardening guide that accepts that dozing in a lounger with a martini is more fun than wielding a hoe . . . It travels with attitude in spades.' WALLPAPER

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Review:

Andy Sturgeon's brief biography on the sleeve notes of Planted informs us that he is a passionate gardener, snowboarder and former Hong Kong bridge builder. It may be this unique mix that makes this book an informative and practical breath of fresh air. Following the line that gardening is the new rock'n'roll, this book will make perfect sense to those of you who, previous to acquiring your first garden, would immediately glaze over when your green-fingered friends started droning on about flower beds, garden architecture and problems with alkaline soil. Now you've got the garden, you've got some real catching up to do and you'll only do it with someone like Andy Sturgeon on your team.

Planted is written in a friendly but forthright style with plenty of humorous interjection for example: "Lists of Things to keep, Things that are pretty (obviously!), things that create desired shade, and things bought by your Mother." The "Things That Must Go" list includes plants that are everything from "ugly" to "too damn big". However, the book is underpinned with concise and practical information using language and a format both candid and modern that will steer you through a steep learning curve. Andy knows and loves his gardening, but his advice to approach the planning of your garden as you would an additional room with easy to maintain plants or vegetables will leave more time to enjoy your creation from a deckchair, beer in hand. In no time you'll be as fanatical about your garden as those friends who mystified you with their evangelical zeal only a few weeks before. The book lists advice on analysing what you have, followed by descriptions of different types of plant, from "Indestructable Shrubs" to "Ballistics" for those who don't want to wait around forever for their garden to mature. There's a buyers guide that'll point you toward the right retailer for the right plant and there's a comprehensive guide on fighting off pestilence and disease for when you get your plants home. All in all, Planted brings gardening into the 21st century and has to be one of the most enjoyable and energetic gardening books available. --Tony Martin

Review:

'Proof that gardening's the new rock'n'roll. Don't waste it on your gran.' ELLE

In no time at all, this fresh look at horticulture will have you pruning in your Manolos. Deciphering the Latin terms for this year's trendiest blooms is just part of Planted's unexpected charm, and the whole is both as beautifully presented as Hatfield and as avant-garde as Ashton Wolde. (TATLER)

If you regard a bulb's natural habitat as an Arco lamp, think marigolds are the big yellow things you wash up in, and the only thing you do with grass is roll it up in a Rizla, then Planted could be just what it takes you to get into that strange, overgrown wilderness behind your back door. At last, a gardening guide that accepts that dozing in a lounger with a martini is more fun than weilding a hoe . . . It travels with attitude in spades. (WALLPAPER)

'By the end, you'll have put down your wine glass and be digging, plating and mowing with a venegeance.' THE EXPRESS

'Watch out for Andy Sturgeon who makes his debut in the gardening world with this brilliantly well-designed book which makes it all sound so easy.'

ROSIE ATKINS, EDITOR Gardens Illustrated

Quite simply the motivationall us reluctant gardeners have been waiting for. (FAMILY CIRCLE)

'Quite simply the motivationall us reluctant gardeners have been waiting for.' FAMILY CIRCLE

By the end, you'll have put down your wine glass and be digging, plating and mowing with a vengeance. (THE EXPRESS)

' . . . More like an Italian fashion monthly, with art directed still lifes and trendy type-faces.' ELLE DECORATION

'Gardening shrugs off its fusty image in this wonderfully presented, trendy yet practical book.' RED

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