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The complete edition of the million-selling gardening series
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Whether you're a complete beginner or a keen gardener, there are always times when it helps to have a reliable expert at your side. In The Complete How to be a Gardener, Alan Titchmarsh draws on his extensive knowledge and experience to give you a comprehensive guide to becoming a successful gardener.
Alan starts with the fundamentals, covering the absolute essentials that every gardener needs to know, including information on how plants work and what they need to survive, as well as advice on where to begin if you're a first-time gardener. Each chapter includes practical advice and step-by-step techniques and projects, as well as a host of Alan's favourite plants to help you in your selection.
With its perfect balance of down-to-earth information and inspirational ideas, this complete paperback edition of How to be a Gardener gets to the very heart of gardening and provides a comprehensive reference manual for any garden owner.
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212 of 215 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Alan Titchmarsh is the face and the voice of gardening for anyone living in the British Isles. He's served his apprenticeship, has done all the cold, dirty, wet jobs, and spent most of his life working with the soil. He has the experience, he has undoubted practical knowledge, and he has an extraordinarily warm and communicative personality which regularly graces television.
"The Complete How to be a Gardener" combines two volumes in one thick, thick volume, jammed packed with virtually everything you need to know if you are starting gardening or want to take one step beyond simply mowing the lawn or sweeping the concrete.
Titchmarsh has a warmth and enthusiasm which is infectious, and which comes across in the book. It's a very well organised package, well written, illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams to demonstrate techniques and explain concepts. The two-in-one volume takes you from an understanding of how plants grow, through tools, simple plot layouts, advice on plant choice, maintaining your garden, etc., with the second half of the book concentrating on garden design and more advanced skills. Combining the two dimensions of gardening, the practical and the aesthetic, provides much intellectual stimulation - you can begin small, dream, plan, and build for the future.
The package does include virtually everything you'll want or need to know. Even if you have many years of experience, this is still a useful reference book to walk you through techniques or skills you may not have used before. It doesn't just offer a thorough introduction to gardening, it is an excellent motivational text ... particularly if watched in conjunction with the television series.
I've been a reluctant gardener for many years; I've pottered, building a couple of wildlife gardens, then losing my enthusiasm and sitting back to watch the weeds grow. Gardening is immensely therapeutic, immensely relaxing, immensely rewarding - there are few greater joys than harvesting your own vegetables or fruit. Finding a book which offers this quality of advice and encouragement is therefore a boon, particularly when written in such accessible style. It's a very tolerant book - it doesn't talk down to you, but rather gives you the confidence to try out a few things, learn from your experiences, then move on to improve and expand your skills and knowledge.
A first class tome, exceptional value, this is the ideal book for the beginner or the reluctant gardener. It's a book which will give years of service and which can be quite inspirational, and it should find a place in many homes.
31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Nice simple straightforward book that complements the series well - which is still being repeated on UK style gardening if you can catch it! Definitely a good book to get you started at gardening and sorting a weed from a flower!
28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a beginner this book has everything I need to know. It is very straightforward with good accompanying pictures. I'm sure I will refer to this book many times in the coming years.
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how to be a gardener - brilliant
This book is fantastic for anyone who is starting out in gardening, it has everything you need to know to do all the jobs in your garden. Read more
Published 3 months ago by cj
Ideal for beginners
This book was purchased as a present for a young couple just starting on looking after a garden. It is ideal for that purpose. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Nigel Lawrence
Very complete!
I bought this book along with Alan Titchmarsh's 'The Gardener's Year'. It has lots of information and pictures to help understand the instructions. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Caz
I wish I had bought an 'easier' book
I recieved my book a few weeks and have to admit i havent read every page as this book has so many pages. Read more
Published on 27 April 2010 by Sian
Brief, chatty & wise
Our Mr Titchmarsh writes as he speaks - with economy and wit. I'm a novice gardener and he has answered many of my "questions arising". Read more
Published on 12 April 2010
The Complete How to be a Gardener
`The Complete How to be a Gardener' is an edition that features both volume 1 and 2 of the same titled books together in one book. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2010 by Spider Monkey
gift for son's new home
This book is a gift for a new gardener who has only trimmed the hedges and mown the lawn on a rented property. Read more
Published on 22 July 2009 by Lynndiloops
Everything the beginner needs to know
An excellent starter book for the would-be gardener. Photographs of weeds particularily useful. This book will become well-thumbed after time as it can be used as a reference at... Read more
Published on 8 May 2009 by Mrs. L. M. J. Higgins
The Complete How to be a Gardener
I purchased this as a gift (where else but Amazon would I do my Christmas shopping!) and the recipient is very pleased with it. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2009 by E. L. Saunders
Makes it easy
I have lots of gardening books, some of them are even useful. But this is the best I've found for stirring up confidence and enthusiasm. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2006 by A. J. Gauld
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