
RHS: Get Growing
A Family Guide to Gardening Inside and Out
Holly Farrell(Author)
Royal Horticultural Society(Co-Author)
Frances Lincoln (Publisher)
Published on 7. April 2020
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-7112-5107-6 (ISBN)
Description
Put the fun into gardening with this great family guide to growing plants indoors and out, all year round.
How do plants work? How can I grow tomatoes? How can I encourage garden wildlife? RHS Get Growing will answer all these questions in a fun and accessible guide.
Perfect for parents and children who enjoy engaging with the outdoors and want to do more activities together, or for beginner gardeners just starting out, this book explains how plants work, describes the building blocks of gardening, and shows how to grow everything from cacti to cucumbers.
With great facts and practical projects, giving the reader a lot of information, it's an ideal, hands-on introduction for complete beginners, and designed to inspire a life-long love of gardening.
In this book, you will learn to:
Learn about the plants and animals that make up the ecosystem of any garden
Plant seeds together with your children and watch as they grow
Carry out experiments - from making a wormery to mapping rain shadows
Make delicious recipes from your home-grown produce
The projects and experiments are bite-sized and self-contained, ideal for weekends, holidays and even home-schooling.
This book is ideal for parents and teachers who want to get kids connected with nature, experiencing the world and relating to the food that they eat. All the guidance is backed by scientific and educational research, drawn together by the team of RHS experts.
Get your children growing shoots and seeds, whatever their ages, and watch them fall in love with the natural world with RHS Get Growing, the complete family gardening guide.
How do plants work? How can I grow tomatoes? How can I encourage garden wildlife? RHS Get Growing will answer all these questions in a fun and accessible guide.
Perfect for parents and children who enjoy engaging with the outdoors and want to do more activities together, or for beginner gardeners just starting out, this book explains how plants work, describes the building blocks of gardening, and shows how to grow everything from cacti to cucumbers.
With great facts and practical projects, giving the reader a lot of information, it's an ideal, hands-on introduction for complete beginners, and designed to inspire a life-long love of gardening.
In this book, you will learn to:
Learn about the plants and animals that make up the ecosystem of any garden
Plant seeds together with your children and watch as they grow
Carry out experiments - from making a wormery to mapping rain shadows
Make delicious recipes from your home-grown produce
The projects and experiments are bite-sized and self-contained, ideal for weekends, holidays and even home-schooling.
This book is ideal for parents and teachers who want to get kids connected with nature, experiencing the world and relating to the food that they eat. All the guidance is backed by scientific and educational research, drawn together by the team of RHS experts.
Get your children growing shoots and seeds, whatever their ages, and watch them fall in love with the natural world with RHS Get Growing, the complete family gardening guide.
Reviews / Votes
"Farrell's fun guide will have young gardeners and their parents eager to get outside."* Publishers Weekly * 'We own dozens of gardening books but this by far and away one of the best that we've read' * The Green Parent *
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Edition
New Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
color photos & illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7112-5107-6 (9780711251076)
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Holly Farrell | Royal Horticultural Society
RHS: Get Growing
A Family Guide to Gardening Inside and Out
E-Book
04/2020
Frances Lincoln
€23.49
Available for download
Persons
HOLLY FARRELL is the author of Planting Plans for your Kitchen Garden (2013, How To Books) and RHS Plants from Pips (2015, Mitchell Beazley). She contributes to gardening magazines such as The Garden and Kitchen Garden, and has a blog at www.hollyefarrell.com.
Holly trained at RHS Gardens Wisley where she gained the Wisley Diploma in Practical Horticulture and the RHS Certificate and Diploma, both with Commendation. After working as Head Gardener on a private estate she now combines her career as a garden writer with freelance work as a consultant on kitchen gardens for private clients.
Holly has been growing her own fruit and vegetables for many years, in a variety of settings from allotments to container gardens. Holly is also a keen and experienced baker, and while she's happy to produce wedding cakes for friends or hundreds of biscuits for a Christmas market stall, she doesn't need a reason to bake!
The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 and has established itself as the leading gardening charity, with the aim of inspiring passion and excellence in the science, art and practice of horticulture. The world-famous RHS Lindley Library holds unique collections of early printed books on gardening, botanical art and photographs.
Holly trained at RHS Gardens Wisley where she gained the Wisley Diploma in Practical Horticulture and the RHS Certificate and Diploma, both with Commendation. After working as Head Gardener on a private estate she now combines her career as a garden writer with freelance work as a consultant on kitchen gardens for private clients.
Holly has been growing her own fruit and vegetables for many years, in a variety of settings from allotments to container gardens. Holly is also a keen and experienced baker, and while she's happy to produce wedding cakes for friends or hundreds of biscuits for a Christmas market stall, she doesn't need a reason to bake!
The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 and has established itself as the leading gardening charity, with the aim of inspiring passion and excellence in the science, art and practice of horticulture. The world-famous RHS Lindley Library holds unique collections of early printed books on gardening, botanical art and photographs.
Content
Introduction
How to use this book
1. WHERE CAN YOU GROW?
How does your garden grow?
In the ground
In raised beds
In containers
Growing up
Growing inside
Other options for getting growing
Gardens for tricky situations
2. HOW DO PLANTS WORK?
Roots and shoots
Making food from light
The water chain
Energy storage
Nature's recycling
Ecosystems
3. THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF GARDENING
How to identify a plant
Where to get plants
What else will I need?
Sowing seeds
Planting in pots and in the ground
Watering your plants
Feeding your plants 5
Cultivating a healthy garden
Weeds and weeding
4. GET GROWING... VEG
Peas and broad beans
Carrots
Climbing beans
Sweetcorn
Salad leaves
Tomatoes
Pumpkins and courgettes
Chillies
Potatoes
5. GET GROWING... FRUIT
Strawberries
Raspberries
Currants
Blueberries
Apples and pears
Cherries and plums
Fruit trees from pips
6. GET GROWING... HERBS
Basil
Thyme and chamomile
Lavender
Lemon verbena
Mint and lemon balm
Edible flowers
Design a herb garden
7. GET GROWING... FLOWERS AND WILDLIFE GARDENS
Types of flowers
A cut flower patch
A pot of flowers for every season
Where the wild things are
A pond in a bucket
Art in the garden
8. GET GROWING... HOUSEPLANTS
Desert landscape - growing succulents
Leafy plants
Plants for free - pups and cuttings
Air plants
Grow a living screen
Carnivorous plants
Jungle plants and ferns
9. WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR GARDEN IN
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
EXPERIMENT RESULTS AND EXPLANATIONS
Glossary
Further resources
Index
Credits
How to use this book
1. WHERE CAN YOU GROW?
How does your garden grow?
In the ground
In raised beds
In containers
Growing up
Growing inside
Other options for getting growing
Gardens for tricky situations
2. HOW DO PLANTS WORK?
Roots and shoots
Making food from light
The water chain
Energy storage
Nature's recycling
Ecosystems
3. THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF GARDENING
How to identify a plant
Where to get plants
What else will I need?
Sowing seeds
Planting in pots and in the ground
Watering your plants
Feeding your plants 5
Cultivating a healthy garden
Weeds and weeding
4. GET GROWING... VEG
Peas and broad beans
Carrots
Climbing beans
Sweetcorn
Salad leaves
Tomatoes
Pumpkins and courgettes
Chillies
Potatoes
5. GET GROWING... FRUIT
Strawberries
Raspberries
Currants
Blueberries
Apples and pears
Cherries and plums
Fruit trees from pips
6. GET GROWING... HERBS
Basil
Thyme and chamomile
Lavender
Lemon verbena
Mint and lemon balm
Edible flowers
Design a herb garden
7. GET GROWING... FLOWERS AND WILDLIFE GARDENS
Types of flowers
A cut flower patch
A pot of flowers for every season
Where the wild things are
A pond in a bucket
Art in the garden
8. GET GROWING... HOUSEPLANTS
Desert landscape - growing succulents
Leafy plants
Plants for free - pups and cuttings
Air plants
Grow a living screen
Carnivorous plants
Jungle plants and ferns
9. WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR GARDEN IN
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
EXPERIMENT RESULTS AND EXPLANATIONS
Glossary
Further resources
Index
Credits