Product Description: From the beloved gardener and romantic novelist comes a tale that moves between the present day and the 19th century with a story of love, betrayal, intrigue, and murder "History is boring; and what does it have to do with us?" Much as Harry Flint tries to fight against the beliefs of his pupils, there are times when he wonders if they are right...read more

Product Description: The beginner’s guide to creating a garden from scratch together with inspirational plant recipes for all the seasons.

Product Description: A richly enjoyable, strongly romantic feel-good story—perfect "me time" escapist reading Jamie Ballantyne and Artemis King were never meant to fall in love—the feud between their families has run for three generations. But whatever Jamie's head might tell him, his heart will always belong to Artemis, so after 50 years, perhaps it's time for the Kings and the Ballantynes to bury the hatchet...read more

Product Description: From classic to brand-new varieties, Alan Titchmarsh presents the complete practical guide to roses The favorite flower of many gardeners, the rose never goes out of fashion. In this definitive guide, Alan Titchmarsh explains how to grow and care for roses in the garden...read more

Product Description: The definitive guide to bulbs, including all the new varieties and up-to-date techniques for care Daffodils and tulips herald the arrival of spring, but from the earliest snowdrops to autumn crocosmias, bulbs bring color and interest to gardens all year round, and this definitive guide presents Alan Titchmarsh's top tips for how to use bulbs to best effect...read more

A showcase of the best ideas, trends, styles and techniques from the stars of the world-famous Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show. Best Garden Design is an inspirational sourcebook that identifies the most attractive, practical and portable ideas from hundreds of gardeners and designers and analyzes how those ideas can work in any garden. Interviews with gold medal-winning designers outline their individual design styles. Each design is then examined on a smaller scale to focus on the details and finishing touches that complete a design and help transform everyday gardens into showstoppers. The author gives gardeners the very best medal-worthy gardening advice from the Royal Horticultural Society, the United Kingdom's leading gardening charity, dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening. Best Garden Design addresses virtually every aspect of creating a garden worthy of the Chelsea Flower Show, including: Lighting Topiary Seating Decking Water features Kitchen gardens Artful recycling Growing old roses Better baskets How to position garden art Reshaping a patio Perfect perennials Herbs Drought Not even the most dedicated visitor to the Chelsea Flower Show could amass this many notes of such value.

Product Description: In this warm, funny memoir Alan Titchmarsh takes us on his journey from gardener's apprentice to favorite TV presenter. When Alan left school at 15 little was expected of him, but in the ancient greenhouses of the local nursery he found his spiritual home, learning his trade and the strange ways of human nature...read more

Product Description: A happy childhood doesn’t always make for a smooth path in life. So leaving the comfort and familiarity of his adored Yorkshire home, Alan Titchmarsh still had a lot to prove. A less than distinguished school record meant his new chosen path in life—as a gardener—had a lot to make up for...read more

Product Description: An anthology and miscellany of everything an Englishman should know—from Austen to Wordsworth; Jerusalem to the Scout's Honor; kings and queens of England to Land of Hope and Glory; Savile Row tailors to Jermyn St. shirt makers; tying a Windsor knot to making a pot of tea; Victoria sponge to fish pie, and the rules of cricket to Gilbert and Sullivan operas...read more

Product Description: Allotments with 10-year waiting lists; fruit and veg seeds outselling those of flowers—Britain is growing a passion for home produce and the time is right for the nation's favorite gardener to provide the definitive book on the subject...read more

Product Description: The Nature of Britain is a landmark prime time series in Britain in which Alan Titchmarsh, author of more than 30 gardening books, takes viewers on a journey of discovery through eight different British natural habitats and their unique flora and fauna, piecing together the jigsaw the makes up his homeland...read more

Product Description: Now collected for the first time on one CD, here are the brilliant highlights from Alan Titchmarsh's three best-selling recordings of his memoirs Nobbut a Lad and Trowel and Error and An Evening with Alan Titchmarsh. With his engaging charm and warm humour, Alan recalls his early passion for nature as a schoolboy in 1950s Yorkshire and how he grew up to be a successful writer and broadcaster, and the much loved presenter of the BBC TV programmes Gardeners' World and Ground Force...read more

Provides information on a series from UKTV History that is a part of a national campaign to encourage the public to visit, nominate and vote for the historical places that matter most to them. The five programmes in the series feature 25 of the best-loved historical sites in Britain, culminating in a final show revealing the nation's favourites.

It's not easy being a doctor, especially when your wife has run off in search of excitement and you're given the push from your practice for sticking up for your principles. Christopher Devon tries to make a new life and, after a bit of persuasion from his daughter, to meet a new woman. But how to find one? And how to placate a son who thinks you should never have split up in the first place? Dr Devon is not the only man with woman trouble. Tiger Wilson has been married just a little too comfortably for thirty years, and Gary Flynn is a serial womaniser who refuses to settle down. But during one month in spring they are all about to have their lives turned upside down, and not just by women. In seeking to add a little excitement to their lives, they get rather more than they bargained for. They all have their secrets, and they are all exposed to danger. The result? Death, danger, intrigue and passion. Will Dr Devon find true love and live happily ever after? Or will the bitter pill of reality prove a fly in the ointment of his dreams?

A guide to gardening throughout the year, this title is relaeased to coincide with a BBC2 6 x 30 television series. It is about knowing what you should be doing in your garden, when, and why. Month by month Alan gives us the low-down on how to keep your garden looking its best.

Combining traditional favourites from writers, including William Shakespeare, John Betjeman and NoA'l Coward, this is a Christmas anthology.

Product Description: Fill My Stocking is a collection of Christmas anecdotes, stories, poems, and sketches from Alan Titchmarsh, beautifully illustrated with his own watercolour vignettes. This anthology combines well-known favorites with Titchmarsh's own self-penned festive pieces, and collected together for the first time, this is the perfect stocking filler for his legions of fans...read more

Product Description: A beautifully illustrated, month-by-month tour of one of the world’s great botanical gardens.England’s Kew Garden, which receives over a million visitors a year, was recently designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ranking it alongside Stonehenge, the Pyramids, and the Taj Mahal...read more

Covers the basics of garden design and planting, pest and weed control, and regular maintenance, and offers advice on vertical and patio gardening, beds and borders, water features, wildlife gardens, and edible gardens.

Product Description: British Isles: A Natural History takes the reader on a journey through time, from the explosive birth of the islands to the rich and varied landscape of today. It chronicles the evolution of this unique land, exploring everything from geology and geography to flora and fauna...read more

Product Description: Author Julian Evans has worked with woodlands for twenty-five years and was the UK Forestry Commission’s Chief Research Officer for much of this time. In 1985 he decided to buy his own small wood in North Hampshire, fulfilling every forester’s dream...read more