Tales from Titchmarsh

The very best of Alan Titchmarsh's gardening writing, taken from his 20 years as a columnist with Gardeners' Worldmagazine Covering everything from his love of water features in gardens to the beauty of wildflower meadows to why we need to get children away from gizmos and back into gardens, this is the perfect bedside or gardenside anthology from a beloved gardener. His brilliant writings are, in turn, practical ( Just how far back should we prune our roses?), opinionated ( I always rail at people who go out on a Sunday afternoon to tidy their gardens. I mean, a garden is not a sock drawer.), cheeky ( I have a theory that gardeners grow to look like their soil.), and wistful ( You've got to be a bit of a dreamer to get the most out of your garden.). So lay down your trowel, sit back, and enjoy a bit of quintessential Titchmarsh.

Alan Titchmarsh is the author of more than 40 gardening books, including The Gardener's Year, How to Be a Gardener, and The Royal Gardeners; the memoirs Knave of Spades and Trowel and Error; and the novels Love and Dr. Devon and Rosie. He has twice been named Gardening Writer of the Year and in 2004 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Garden Writers' Guild.