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perennial including Acanthus, Clematis, Dahlia, Erigeron, Lavandula, Verbena and Viola, and how to grow and propagate it, the optimal growing conditions, soil requirements and best maintenance regime for individual plants, the plant’s flowering season in order of season and alphabetical order of perennial, and what other plants it goes best with. There are sections on which flowers to choose for different places and purposes and which ones may be harmful, and also an index of common names of plants with their Latin equivalent. The invaluable volume also contains information about which perennials are beneficial to wildlife, which are suitable to use as cut flowers, and the latest news on variety development. 237 paperback pages, glowing with colour on every page, plus glossary, useful addresses and websites. £9.99 NOW £4.50


76596 TALES FROM TITCHMARSH: A Year in the


Garden by Alan Titchmarsh Lay down your trowel, take off your wellies and enjoy a bit of quintessential Titchmarsh with his brilliant and practical writings. Opinionated - ‘I always rail at people who go out on a Sunday afternoon to tidy their gardens. I mean, a garden is not a sock drawer.’ Cheeky - ‘I have a theory


that gardeners grow to look like their soil.’ Wistful - ‘You’ve got to be a bit of a dreamer to get the most out of your garden.’ From January to December he says it all with flowers, chickens, hedges, sitting pretty in a garden of delights, kitchen projects, water quandaries, the kindest cuts, grumpy old gardeners, plants he has loathed and dreaming of a white spotted Christmas. 276pp in paperback. £9.99 NOW £3.50


76461 IMPRESSIONIST GARDEN: Ideas and Inspiration from the Gardens and Paintings of the


Impressionists by Derek Fell Readers, like us, will just want to wallow in the gorgeous illustrations. You can almost smell the fragrance of the flowers in the paintings by


Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Caillebotte and many others, not to mention the inviting photos of the gardens they cherished and recorded for posterity. However, this book is not just a treasury of beauty. It is useful not only as a practical aid to designing a garden but also as an informative and stimulating read. The author explores the relationship between the colour theories of the Impressionists and their art of gardening. Using actual gardens and paintings by the artists, he shows how to reinterpret the Impressionist vision in gardens today, with advice on design, colour schemes, planting and cultivation. The whole result is a dazzle of sun- drenched colour and, even if you do not plan to redesign your own plot, it is a lovely book to keep. 144 pages in sumptuous colour with plans, diagrams, photos,


paintings and list of places to visit.


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75555 HILLIER GARDENER’S GUIDE: Shrubs by Andrew McIndoe


Glossy softback current edition of this classic. Shrubs are the basic building blocks of any garden, providing a huge palette of shapes, colours and textures. Since shrubs are permanent and long lasting, choosing, planting and managing them is not something to leave to trial and error. Evergreens that colour in autumn, the spectacular colours of mop head hydrangeas, dripping magnolias, salvia, hebe, the gently swaying deep red Acer, and mixing and matching shrubs with purplish-red foliage for different effects. Grouped by seasons, effect, situations like damp sites and with plenty on roses, walls and fences, hedges and screens, pots and containers. 192 large pages,softback, spectacular colour photos. £14.99 NOW £6


76124 VEGETABLES, FRUIT AND HERB GROWING IN


SMALL SPACES by John Harrison A packet of seeds in the post produces a whole field of cabbages! The book aims to help anyone who wants to provide as much of his or her own produce as is possible from a small space. Tells you how to grow fresh tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, strawberries, runner


beans, culinary herbs and more to provide delicious food for your table. Make the most of grow bags, tips for gardeners with physical disabilities, dwarf fruit varieties and super healthy veg can be yours. 160 page paperback, line art. £6.99 NOW £3


74532 TULIPS by Liz Dobbs


70 tulips from a private Dutch collection are showcased. We think original tulips came from Turkey. A craze for tulips broke out in England in the 17th century. Bizarre meant the bloom was yellow with a pattern of any colour. Byloemen was a white tulip with stripes of black or purple. Rose was a white bloom with red or pink markings and today we use ‘feathered’ to describe colours shading in from the edge of the petals while a ‘flame’ is the markings that run from the top of the petals towards the base. 224 page paperback, classification checklist.


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These Boots Are Made For Walking… 76541 BEST WALKS IN THE


WELSH BORDERS by Simon Whaley


Offering routes for walkers of all ages and abilities, this book selects 35 of the most rewarding circular walks and grades them, as well as telling readers when to walk, where there are open access and permitted paths and what safety measures to take, and providing up-to-date maps and directions. There is also a


knowledgeable commentary on local history and geography. From beyond Llangollen in the north to Symonds Yat near Chepstow in the south, this area now offers some of the quietest and most remote walking in Southern Britain - Offa’s Dyke, castles, abbeys, villages and relics of industrial and military activity. Through the evocation of the poetry of Housman and the music of Elgar the beauty of the place is enhanced. 304 pocket- sized pages with over 80 stunning colour photographs of landscape and other points of interest, a useful reference section, Tourist Information Centre Contact Details and list of other Useful Contacts. £11.99 NOW £4.50


76540 BEST WALKS IN NORTH WALES by Richard Sale


This fact-packed little book provides all the information you could possibly need if you decide to go walking in North Wales. Not only does it define the term ‘best’ in this context, but it also gives invaluable advice to would- be walkers of all abilities, ages and levels, beginning with short, easy strolls for the family and continuing all the way to challenging hikes for the fittest enthusiast. The author points out difficulties you may not have thought of, outlining mountain safety and the countryside code, and giving a short list of terms in the Welsh language. There are 36 walks, mostly circular, with up-to-date route maps and instructions on how to get to the start of each walk, and sections on local history, geography, place names and locations. The Snowdonia National Park and the surrounding countryside have deservedly become one of the most popular walking areas in Britain, and the photographs in this lovely book will certainly whet your appetite to visit it. 276 pocket sized pages with irresistibly beautiful colour photographs and detailed maps, useful addresses and details of weather and transport. £12.99 NOW £4.50


76761 BEST WALKS: Set of Two Buy both and save even more. £24.98 NOW £7.50


75554 WATER IN THE GARDEN by Andi Clevely


Throughout the Islamic Empire water was a precious commodity but was often ducted into shaded patios and courtyards, stored in pools or driven through fountains to cool the air. The book looks at using waste household water, creating a pond to swim in before looking at various styles and inspirations, designs, calculating size, oriental design, wildlife, maintenance, estimating quantities, ponds and containers, lighting, power and pumps and all manner of beautiful pebbles, adjusting speed, fountains, plants for a bamboo water feature and more. Glossy colour, 112pp. £9.99 NOW £3


74657 WINDOW BOX ALLOTMENT by Penelope Bennett


Penelope Bennett has a 16-foot roof garden at her London flat, and the range of her produce is impressive. Even during January she is cultivating 11 species, with the prospect of strawberries, tomatoes, lettuce and aubergines later in the year. Almost everyone can have a miniature allotment, and window boxes and hanging baskets are ideal containers for herbs and small fruits. January is when the new potatoes are ready for harvesting, parsley and peas get going in February, and the author throws in a quick bread recipe for good measure. Includes some mouthwatering recipes. 176pp, decorations, stockists, seed diary. £16.99 NOW £4


75130 GARDEN PROBLEM SOLVER by Rosemary Ward


Published in association with the RHS. By choosing the right plants for your garden means they are less likely to succumb to disease and be better equipped to fight it if it occurs, and the clever gardener will also make use of “garden friends” to keep down pest species. The book provides a wealth of remedies which include cultural, organic and chemical techniques and controls. Tackles problems with seed-raised plants, bulbs, lawns, herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, fruit and vegetables, it even deals with weeding! Colour drawings and photos, 192pp.


$19.99 NOW £4.50 75579 CHARLES LATHAM’S


GARDENS OF ITALY by Helena Attlee From the archives of Country Life magazine, founded in 1897, here is an archive that forms a unique repository of architectural and garden history. In the spring of 1903, the magazine’s first star photographer Charles Latham spent months photographing some of Italy’s finest historic gardens including the Medici Gardens at Castello and Boboli, the Villa Farnese and Villa Lante in Lazio, the Vatican Gardens in Rome, the Villa D’Este in Tivoli and the Villa Gamberaia in Florence. His powerfully evocative monochrome images were published in two volumes in 1905 under the title ‘The Gardens of Italy’ with a text by the well known contemporary garden writer Evelyn March Phillipps. Unpublished for a century, Helena Attlee has selected over 150 and accompanied them with a lively and authoritative commentary on 21 of these historic gardens. She describes their original owners and designers, the princes, popes and cardinals who created them. 192 very large pages, glossy mono photos. £40 NOW £7.50


74568 WAINWRIGHT FAMILY WALKS VOLUME


ONE: The Southern Fells by A. Wainwright and Tom Holman


20 walks ranging from one to seven miles in length on the Southern Fells. The routes are adapted to provide up-to-date and manageable walks, mostly circular with sketches and notes reproduced from Alfred Wainwright’s timeless ‘Pictorial


Guides’. Alongside his handwritten text are Tom Holman’s practical information on public transport, where to park, facilities, directions and a little history. 240pp, softback.


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75558 AA WALKING IN ENGLAND


by AA Publishing 20 superb walks selected around scenes and characters that define the beautiful landscape of England. Each is carefully written and compiled by expert local


authors and has clear, easy-to-follow route descriptions, a map and a gradient and difficulty rating. We begin on a medieval walk from Fountain’s Abbey to the medieval manor of Markenfield Hall with its wonderful cloisters, out on the tiles looking at village mosaics and distant views on a quiet section at Boltby and Thirlby Bank, to Ullswater, magnificent views from Kinder Scout Downfall and the South Downs at Devil’s Dyke among them. 112 glossy pages, colour photos and maps. £14.99 NOW £4


76118 POCKET BOOK OF WALKS THROUGH BRITAIN’S


HISTORY by AA Publishing 100 walks exploring Britain’s heritage. Here are breathtaking views from Offa’s Dyke Path, mines and Methodism at Redruth, Thomas Cromwell and Hailes Abbey near the pretty village of Didbrook, Bosworth Field, St. David’s Cathedral, the Romans at


Epsom, Cannock’s memorials to the First World War and up to the Borders. With clear mapping, ratings for difficulty and ascent, start and finish grid references, parking and public toilet locations. Spiral bound 128 page paperback, colour maps. £6.99 NOW £2.50


75578 A GARDENER’S LIFE by Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury Lady Salisbury has been a gardener since she was a child in the 1930s. As Chatelaine first of Cranborne Manor and then of Hatfield House, she revived two of the great historic gardens of England. As a professional garden designer she has created gardens for clients ranging from the Prince of Wales at Highgrove to the New York Botanical Garden. Renowned for her scholarship and her design skill, she has led the way by gardening organically from 1948. She continues to tend her gardens in Provence and has also made a roof garden for her house in Chelsea and designs gardens for clients. We can enjoy each site including Castle Town Cox in County Kilkenny, Newbridge House in Dublin, the walled garden at Chateau de St Clou Provence, many photographs of Highgrove and the Manor House, and Cranborne Dorset where the earliest plans for these gardens were made by John Tradescant. Spectacular colour photos, 208pp. £35 NOW £7


75577 GARDENER’S FACT FILE by Noël Kingsbury


To guide you through all stages of garden planning, design, planting and maintenance. Then directories give comprehensive advice on choosing and maintaining materials and features. The project pages use step-by- step photos to demonstrate essential construction and planting techniques. Add to this the notebook pages, which are interactive, allowing you to fill in and build up your own personal fact file. There are, of course, tips galore. There are chapters on seating, wildlife, entertaining, using containers - the list is endless. 176 pages bound in a sturdy ring file, with handy zip pocket and elasticated bookmark. Colour. $25 NOW £2.50


GREAT BRITAIN


There are many things in life more worthwhile than money. One is to be brought up in this our England which is still the envy of less happy lands.


- Lord Denning


76455 TOUR OF THE ENGLISH LAKES With Thomas Gray and Joseph


Faringdon RA by John R. Murray


In 1769 Thomas Gray, (best known for his Elegy in a Country Churchyard), made a tour of the Lake District and recorded it in his journal, thus creating the first


example of modern travel writing. Delighting in what he saw and those he met, he vividly conveyed the nature of 18th century Lakeland to the reader, so much so that eight years later the renowned watercolourist Joseph Faringdon, a fervent admirer of Gray’s Lakeland journal, followed in his footsteps, painting the sites Gray


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described, these being published together in one volume in 1789. In 1993 now retired publisher John Murray inherited a set of six of Gray’s notebooks and, being a lover of the Lake District, immediately turned to number five, “Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1769” and realised that nobody had yet come up with the idea of combining these two complementary works. A keen amateur photographer himself, he then went one better by photographing Faringdon’s paintings from as close to the artist’s original viewpoint as possible, thus providing us with a series of fascinating “then and now” juxtapositions. The lakes and places featured here include Penrith, Ullswater, Keswick, Borrowdale, Derwentwater, Castlerigg, Bassenthwaite, Kendal, Grasmere, Skiddaw, Thirlmere, Rydal Water, Windermere and Ambleside. He clearly found the region’s customs, farming, geography and food of great interest, throwing in recipes - for example how to prepare perch - and descriptions of farmers and blacksmiths at work. Colour photos, watercolours, engravings, old maps and manuscripts, 160pp, 8½”×11". £25 NOW £9.50


76476 STORY OF THE


THAMES by Andrew Sargent The scope of this book is tremendous. It not only covers the longest river in England which has witnessed the entire history of the country and its capital, but also spans 500,000 years, which is longer than human history. This unusual volume looks at history from the river’s perspective, investigating how the life of the


nation has affected it and, in turn, how the river has been viewed by those who live along it. The river has changed both physically and in how it is used. Some changes have been due to natural causes and some to human intervention, according to the needs and expectations of society at different times. Beginning with geology and the ancient past, the text focuses on both the social and economic changes exemplified in the life of the river, as well as touching on fascinating episodes of national and political history in which it was involved. Here are the ritual deposit of metalwork in the river in the Bronze Age, the working river of the Middle Ages and post-medieval period, the development of leisure - epitomised in Three Men in a Boat - the river in wartime and modern environmental conservation. 192 pages illustrated in colour and b/w. £16.99 NOW £6.50


76390 FAMILY ALBUM: Edwardian Life in the Lake


Counties by John Satchell In a uniquely important glimpse of life in Kendal and the Lake District during Edwardian times, this remarkable collection of almost 200 photographs, taken mainly between 1900 and 1908, ranges from genteel ladies pouring afternoon tea to the joyful return of


soldiers from the Boer War. The photographer, Margaret Shaw, was the daughter of an architect who designed most of Kendal’s best Victorian buildings. Her glass plate negatives were discovered in a cellar almost 85 years later. Margaret spent the mornings nursing her aged mother, but afternoons were a round of tennis, golf and tea parties. She visited Lakeland beauty spots and seaside resorts, and attended local weddings and chapel social events. With her friends, she enjoyed walking and cycling in central Lakeland, skating, and boating on Windermere, even camping - which was very daring for those days. Everything was photographed and the results are here in this delightful book. We particularly love the enormous hats, even on small children, but the sitting rooms just stuffed with furniture, knick-knacks and covers take our fancy too. 152 paperback pages very lavishly illus with b/w archive photos, plus family tree. £12.99 NOW £6.50


76464 BAKEWELL AND THE WYE VALLEY THROUGH


TIME by Alan Roberts The origins of the town can be traced to Saxon and Norman times, and the River Wye provided the power for the mills that drove the town’s prosperity until the completion of the new road from Ashford to Buxton in 1810 saw it take on great importance as a livestock market. The arrival of


the railway in 1863 brought yet more industry, workers and visitors. Four centuries of prosperity has ensured that the town has a rich and varied architectural heritage, including the nearby historic houses of Haddon Hall and Chatsworth, and the Wye has carved its way through the surrounding limestone dales to create many magnificent nearby beauty spots, including the Monsal Trail. This superb collection of over 180 captioned colour and b/w photos and paintings, many of them “then and now” comparisons, traces how Bakewell and the Wye Valley have developed over the past 150-odd years. We see the greatest walking/cycling trails in the country, all the hotels and pubs, mill houses and bridges, market day and, naturally, the Old Bakewell Pudding (never a tart!) Shop. 96pp softback. £14.99 NOW £6


76465 BUCKINGHAM


THROUGH TIME by Charles Close


Buckingham is situated on a wide bend of the River Ouse, which is navigable from the town all the way through the Fens and to the Wash. This is what presumably led the Romans to settle here as when the Saxon tribe led by Bucca (who gave his name to the town) arrived in the 7th century it was strewn


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