Garden Organic Publications

Asian vegetables

Sally Cunningham

Published by: eco-logic books

A Guide to Growing Fruit, Vegetables and Spices from the Indian Subcontinent.

Asian Vegetables brings together a wealth of information on over 40 varieties of fruit, vegetables and spices that can be grown in this country. Each plant comes together with details of what to look for when buying, the different varieties available, their nutritional value, comprehensive cultivation instructions, useful colour photographs and much more.

With this unique guide both the experienced gardener and those new to growing will bring variety and a fresh, new dimension to the food on their plates and the plants in their garden.

The author, Sally Cunningham, is an Advisor at Garden Organic.

RRP £9.75

Back Garden Seed Saving

Sue Stickland

This new book is the culmination of HDRA's Back Garden Biodiversity Seed Search Project. It describes the techniques of seed saving and the fascinating stories behind some of the treasures uncovered in Sue's search.

RRP £8.42

Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening (paperback)

HDRA - published by Dorling Kindersley

The definitive reference work for the organic gardener, and for those thinking of 'going organic', written by HDRA. Traditional tried and tested organic methods mix with the latest developments. From compost to containers, landscaping to lawns, fruit to flowers, seed saving to sowing, this book provides practical advice for every area of the garden, and for every type of garden. Paperback 416 pages.

RRP £12.34

Fighting Like the Flowers

Lawrence D. Hills

The life story of Britain's best-known organic gardener and HDRA founder. Not only a tale well told, interesting and funny, but for anyone interested in organic gardens, it is rich in gardening detail.

RRP £5.17

Gardening Without Water

Charlotte Green

How to create and maintain stunning and flourishing gardens using only rainwater. Conservation, irrigation and mulching techniques are explained in detail, with a beautifully illustrated section on drought resistant plants.

RRP £5.82

Green Essentials - Attract Wildlife

Richard Jones

Published by: Impact Publishing

Wildlife can provide a source of endless fascination in a garden. And it can help to control pests, eliminating the need to resort to harmful artificial methods. This book gives clear and practical advice on how to create, maintain and enjoy a wildlife haven in your back garden.

RRP £2.59

Green Essentials - Banish Slugs

Jeremy Stratton

Published by: Impact Publishing

Slugs and snails are a curse for nearly every gardener

RRP £2.59

Green Essentials - Create Ponds

Richard Jones

Published by: Impact Publishing

Water has a special magic, provides a constantly changing focus in the garden, and adds to a feeling of calm. It will also entice a whole range of useful amphibians, birds, insects and other wildlife. This book gives you clear, concise advice on how to plan, build and maintain a pond in even the most modest garden

RRP £2.59

Green Essentials - Garden birds

Andrew Cannon

Published by: Impact Publishing

Wild birds bring life to any garden, large or small, with song colour and movement. The UK

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RRP £2.59

Green Essentials - Grow fruit

Bob Sherman

Published by: Impact Publishing

Growing fruit may seem daunting for a beginner, but you don

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RRP £2.59

Green Essentials - Grow Vegetables

Pauline Pears

Published by: Impact Publishing

Grow Vegetables

RRP £2.59

Green Essentials - Healthy Plants

Laurie Brown

Published by: Impact Publishing

Healthy Plants

RRP £2.59

Green Essentials - Perfect Lawns

Laurie Brown (HDRA)

Published by: Impact Publishing

The lawn is a versatile garden feature that few of us want to do without. But lawns can be troublesome; laying a new one is a daunting prospect, and even well established lawns get plagued by weeds and moss. This book shows you how to achieve a great-looking lawn in a way that is safe for you and your family and for pets and wildlife.

RRP £2.59

Green Essentials - Perfect roses

Sue Stickland

Published by: Impact Publishing

This book shows you how to grow roses successfully and keep them healthy using organic methods, without the usual run of chemical sprays. HDRA approved

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RRP £2.59

Green Essentials - Successful Allotments

Pauline Pears

Published by: Impact Publishing

Allotments are back! Historically an important social tradition, allotments are now increasingly popular with a younger audience and with families who want to try growing their own organic food. This book shows you how to get started - from finding an allotment, planning what to grow to keeping the children interested and getting the most from your plot. HDRA approved

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RRP £2.59

Grow Organic

Garden Organic

Grow Organic is the comprehensive guide for any green-fingered gardener covering all the key organic principles. Detailing all the essential topics including vegetables, fruit, ornamental plants, herbs and container gardening, the guide distils expert information from the Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening (also available below) into an original format, making organic gardening easy to understand and a pleasure to practice.

RRP £11.70

Growing fruit & vegetables on a bed system the organic way

Pauline Pears

All aspects of gardening on a bed system are covered

RRP £5.17

Growing Naturally - A Teachers Guide to Organic Gardening

Maggi Brown

Gardening activities offer teachers an environmentally friendly way of working in many curriculum areas whilst improving the school grounds. Provides ideas for activities and experiments in keeping with the National Curriculum

RRP £5.17

Growing under Glass without using chemicals

Sue Stickland

Advice on the siting, construction and use of your greenhouse in an organic context. Plant by plant guide on growing salad vegetables, fruit and flowers. Over 75 colour illustrations and photos

RRP £5.17

Heritage vegetables

Sue Stickland

Demonstrates how, by focusing on variety rather than the uniformity of modern vegetables, you can maintain genetic diversity, enhance resistance to pests, diseases and climatic change, and ensure the security of our food supplies for a sustainable future.

RRP £9.74

Living Willow Sculpture

Jon Warnes

There are many varieties of willow, stems varying in colour from bright yellow to dark purple - leaf colours are variable too. Jon Warnes shows how to weave a wonderful selection of decorative, functional and amusing shapes for the garden - chairs, panels, domes, arbours, fences and more.

RRP £5.17

Making Compost , The Garden Organic Guide to

Pauline Pears

Making good compost and reusing your household and garden waste. Plenty of practical advice on different methods including worm compost and making leafmould.

RRP £5.19

Managing soil without using chemicals

Jo Readman

Soil is our greatest garden asset and this book contains a wealth of information to help you get to know and work with it. It looks at soil structure and how soil

RRP £5.17

Organic Vegetable Production - A complete guide

Gareth Davies and Margi Lennartsson (HDRA)

Published by: Crowood Press

This book is essential reading for those growing, or considering growing, organic vegetables. These include smallholders, organic farmers who wish to diversify and conventional growers and farmers who wish to convert to organic production. It also offers students and the general public a good grounding in all aspects of commercial organic vegetable production. The editores of this book are experts in their field and work as part of the Orginac Horticulture Programme of the Henry Doubleday Research Association. Organic Vegetable Production provides an invaluable, practical guide to the production of organic vegetables across a range of organic farming systems. It also covers all aspects of production, including crop choice, fertility building and weed, pest and disease management within a framework of rotation design and business planning.

RRP £12.97

Pests - How to Control them on Fruit and Vegetables

Pauline Pears and Bob Sherman

Covers garden friends, barriers and traps, avoiding problems and general and specific pests on a crop by crop basis

RRP £5.85

RHS Organic Gardening

Pauline Pears and Sue Stickland

A practical guide explaining all aspects of organic garden management. Topics include planning your garden, soil preparation, pests and diseases, weed control, crop care and cultivation. A year-round checklist tells you what to do when.

RRP £5.84

Scenes from a Smallholding

Chas griffin

Published by: Ebury Press

From the popular series in garden Organic's membership magazine, The Organic Way.

In 1982 the Griffiths left the security of suburbia to grow garlic in West Wales. This is a funny and sometimes touching, warts-and-all account of their first three years: of how they learned lambing and marketing and ploughing and hay-making: and of the dung-sodden joys of milking and the surreal terrors of bee-keeping. Be amused. Be very amused. Scenes from a Smallholding is by turns challenging, touching, and informative; but above all, it is very funny.

Scenes from a Smallholding (More)

Chas griffin

Published by: Ebury Press

From the popular series in garden Organic's membership magazine, The Organic Way.

Following on from Chas' first book Scenes from a smallholding, this is the warts-and-all account of what happened four years after their arrival, when the dream had been well and truly dreamt, and they were experiencing some rude awakenings. Did they ever achieve the blissful good life? Are they surrounded by organic veg? How have the family coped with their new rural life? Written with his trademark charm and humour, this looks set to be another compelling romp through the countryside.

The Garden Organic Guide to Growing Vegetables

Pauline Pears

If you are thinking of growing your own organic vegetables, or already 'grow your own' and are keen to go organic, then this is the book for you! Drawing on the author's considerable experience and expertise, this accessible, easy-to-follow book is packed with everything you need to know. Illustrated throughout with full-colour photos, complete beginners as well as more experienced gardeners will find this book both inspiring and instructional. 64 pages.

RRP £5.84

The Handbook of Native Trees and Shrubs

Charlotte de la Bedoyere

This practical handbook catalogues all the native trees and shrubs that once covered most of Britain and gives detailed advice on how to propagate, plant and protect them.

RRP £8.44

The Heirloom Tomato

Amy Goldman

Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

From the world-class garden of acclaimed food writer Amy Goldman, a gorgeously illustrated cookbook and guide to the world

RRP £16.25

The Small Ecological Garden

Sue Stickland

Even the smallest garden can be laid out and managed so that it is productive and benefits wildlife. Beautifully illustrated

RRP £5.85

Weed Management for Organic farmers, Growers and smallholders - A complete guide

Gareth Davies, Becky Turner and Bill Bond

Published by: Crowood Press

This well researched book covers all aspects of organic weed management. It is essential reading. Not only for organic farmers, growers and smallholders, but also for organic advisors and consultants, agricultural students and all those who have an interest in weed management theory and practice in organic farming.

RRP £12.96

Your Organic Allotment

Pauline Pears, Ian Spence

Published by: Gaia Books Ltd

Allotments have always been popular in the UK but recently their popularity has increased throughout the world. "Your Organic Allotment" will teach you everything you need to know to create a modern allotment and provide organic food for your family all year round.

RRP £8.45