Gardens Illustrated Magazine

Best gardening books of the year

RHS HOW TO GARDEN WHEN YOU RENT

by Matthew Pottage, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, £14.99, ISBN 978-0241459744

One of the biggest barriers to growing in rented properties is the feeling that you are only there temporarily and a garden is, surely, a more permanent investment in time, money and emotion. Author Matthew Pottage, who has rented the same flat in London for more than seven years (which is shown throughout the book) convincingly buries this assumption with useful guidance and step-by-step projects for instant results.

Reviewer Jack Wallington is a garden designer and author.

WILD: THE NATURALISTIC GARDEN

by Noel Kingsbury, photographs by Claire Takacs, Phaidon, £39.95, ISBN 978-1838661052

This book showcases gardens across the globe that, when viewed together, form an inspirational picture of ‘wild’, ecologically informed gardening. What’s special about this compilation is

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