Books & DVDs

The Edible Flower Garden is a beautiful collection of flowers that can be used for cookery: from candied violets and roses to decorate appetizers and cakes, to nasturtiums for a colorful shrimp salad, to day lily buds, pink clover, and wild mustard flowers that are tossed together in a spectacular…

…awkward but essential questions regarding how deep, how far apart, how to tend and care, and how - and when - to do this and that. This handy book is a practical manual that wants to spend most of its life in your pocket or in the garden shed, and to be consulted regularly throughout the seasons…

Eating flowers planted and cared for by your own hands is one of the many joys of being a gardener. Edible flowers are more than just beautiful garnishes for your dishes; they add flavors, textures, and aromas that no other food category can mimic. This handbook shows you the best blossoms for…

In this timely new book, GardenersWorld's thrifty and resourceful Alys Fowler shows that there is a way to take the good life and re-fashion it to fit in with life in the city. Abandoning the limitations of traditional gardening methods, she has created a beautifully productive garden where…

Aren't the supermarkets full of fruit and vegetables? Yes, but growing your own can maximise the potential health benefit you get from your fruit and vegetablesGrow your way to 5 A DAY™ is a guide to what potential health benefits you can achieve by growing your own fruit and…

A celebration of the world famous flower show. Packed full with DVD extras including gardening tips, celebrities at Chelsea and a history of Chelsea. Running time - 80 minutes

THE ESSENTIAL guide for gardeners on raising plants from seedThe great majority of flower and vegetable seeds will emerge from their big sleep quite readily if a few common sense guidelines are followed, and that's the purpose of The Seed Sowing Guide. It has been compiled by Thompson &…

This is the definitive book on the potato and potatoes. This book contains more than 400 descriptions, 100 exclusive paintings, a comprehensive insight into commercial potato growing and how you can develop your knowledge and understanding to grow your own potatoes

…selected 72 favourite dishes - from refreshing teas to serve on a hot summer afternoon to bridal cake for that special friend. This colourful book is full of gorgeous and mouthwatering delights, ready to be enhanced with flowers from your garden

Using flowers in the kitchen is quickly growing in popularity, and Frances Bissell's new book allows readers to move beyond scattering a few nasturtium petals on a salad to enjoy the scents and flavours of both wild and garden flowers such as lavender, elderflower, fennel and roses

In Eat Your Roses, author Denise Schreiber introduces 52 of her favourite edible flowers, their culinary uses and special "sense appeal". A passionate flower eater and award-winning cook, Denise presents dozens of playful, motuh-watering recipes (from appetisers to desserts to…

25 recipes and an A-Z pictorial directory of culinary flora. Bring the garden into the kitchen with this glorious guide to growing and serving edible flowers. Over 400 exquisite photographs for instruction and inspiration. Author - Kathy Brown

This easy-to-follow guide will explain how to create new plants in your garden! It will firstly teach you how to recognise an unusual plant that might appear naturally in your garden. It will also explain, step by step, how to breed your own plants by hand! Plant breeding is not…