The Complete Gardener - Hardcover

Don, Monty

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789493195 ISBN 13: 9780789493194

Publisher: Dk Pub, 2003

Synopsis

A practical and comprehensive guide to organic gardening combines dozens of full-color photographs with authoritative advice and instruction to show gardeners how to create a self-sustaining, environmentally friendly garden, explaining how to take advantage of available natural resources to grow organic fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

Review

'It boasts a wealth of horticultural knowledge...a must for any keen organic
gardener

(Alan Titchmarsh)

After a sightseeing tour of world gardens, Monty is back home in his garden in Herefordshire - and we're invited! In a beautifully photographed DK book, Monty shows us his organic gardening secrets to achieving a plentiful show of plants and produce while respecting the environment. (Veronica Leek, senior buyer in Foyles' natural history department The Bookseller 2009-10-30)

About the Author

Monty Don has been gardening on TV for over 25 years for ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC, and since 2003 has been the lead presenter on BBC TV's Gardeners' World, which from 2011 has been filmed in his own garden in Herefordshire - Longmeadow. His own more recent series have included Big Dreams Small Spaces and Paradise Gardens.

He is a longstanding organic gardener and was President of the Soil Association from 2008 to 2017.

A prolific journalist and author, he was gardening correspondent for the Observer from 1994 to 2006 and has written a weekly gardening column for the Daily Mail since 2004. He has published 19 books, including his recent bestsellers, Down to Earth and Nigel: My Family and Other Dogs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dk Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789493195
• ISBN 13: 9780789493194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384