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The Window-box Allotment: A Beginner's Guide to Container Gardening [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Penelope Bennett (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Ebury Press; illustrated edition edition (17 Aug 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 009187789X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091877897
  • Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 14.5 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 662,740 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A guide to month-by-month container gardening for those wishing to maximize all available gardening space. The author has managed to cultivate a fully functional vegetable garden on the roof terrace of her London home. She also includes innovative ideas such as creating a wormery and a compost bin.

About the Author
Penelope Bennett is a writer whose work has appeared in The Weekend Financial Times, Harpers & Queen, Contemporary Review, Modern Painters, Macmillan's Winter's Tales, The Atlantic Monthly, Mademoiselle, Encounter. Her novella and short stories were published by Hamish Hamilton and a children's book by Walker Books and Candlewick Press, USA. Despite having no formal training in horticulture she has learnt from the experts over the years and now teaches at the Battersea branch of the charity Horticultural Therapy. Her cousin is the landscape gardener Harold Peto. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars inspiration, 11 Jun 2003
By grainne (Great Yarmouth Norfolk) - See all my reviews
this is a great book for a tentative, beginner, organic, small space gardener. It inspired me to consider the processes involved and the magic of growth, which is something i had never closely observed before. It is written in diary form starting in January, as i bought it in June I thought this might be a problem, but I read it from the begining, couldn't put it down once I started and flicked forward for timely June advice too.It also touches on wider considerations of the environment and our impact on it, you can make a difference for your own and a greater good.
You really can grow food no matter what space you have available or how "ungreen" you consider your fingers to be.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A jewel of a book, 8 April 2001
By cityjen@cityjen.com (London, England) - See all my reviews
I've been reading this book as if it were a work of fiction--the writing is that lyrical and entertaining. I'm a gardening novice (this is my first time ever planting seeds and I never could have imagined it would be so exciting to see them germinate!). The sections on mushrooming and composting are wonderful,too--I've just ordered a wormery from the resource guide in the back and have started growing muchrooms. Next up? A tiny pond. I admit that as a journalist, I can't help but wish that I'd written this lovely book myself--but I'm pleased to suggest it to everyone I know.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A new view on gardening., 30 Oct 2001
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Totally different to the instant garden make over genre that is currently popular. This book encourages the gardener to take pleasure in the subtle changes that occur throughout the year. Penelope Bennet takes time to study her seedlings and describes their development in a fascinating way. This book made me look at my small garden in a completely new light.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pots of pleasure
I took this book into hospital when I went in for a minor op. It's a lovely, inspiring read. I came out determined to start a wormery and grow all my own stuff. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational
What an amazing and inspirational book. I could not put it down and I devoured it cover to cover in a day. I keep going back to it now for ideas. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant book - really inspirational.
I love this book. It has no pictures but you don't miss them because it's such an inspirational read. Read more
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This book makes a wonderful present for mothers, grandmothers, or aunts who are keen on gardening! Although it doesn't contain lots of glossy pictures and detailed... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2005 by LadyPenelope

5.0 out of 5 stars An original, totally absorbing and funny!
A small book which proves wonderfull things can come in diminuitive sizes. This encapsulates Bennett's whole philosophy. Read more
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