RHS Gardening Through the Year

Tells me exactly what to do each month. Really useful to a gardening novice

Saw this book on the site and thought for £7 I would get it for a started book. I will not need another book as this book is very informative each plant/shrub/bulb etc is laid out for which months it flowers or has colour ,all the information on the plant/flower is displayed with all the information that you will ever need or where to plant and how to look after each plant, along with beautiful pictures to help you decide which plant would look good together . Lots of information on what to do in your garden each month. All in all I would defiantly recommend this book to anyone. It would make a great gift as the book looks and each page feels far more expensive that the £7 it cost.

I’m a complete beginner when it comes to gardening so I loved the simplicity of this book. Its broken down by month so you can see what you need to be thinking about & doing. There are lots of pictures. The explanations are done on a pretty generic basis so its not going to give you everything for every plant in a step by step way. That said it does explain things like pruning & mulching which are frankly darks arts to me ! I think it would make a great gift, as there are lots of pictures & its not too daunting a read. The front cover has a lovely quality feel to it so if you don’t want to read it you can always just stroke it & look at the pictures 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am very new to gardening, and was looking for info to start growing veg. This book is more focused on plants and flowers than what I was looking for, but is a really great source of info! It was a little bit like a plant dictionary or encyclopaedia with lots of information on different things. I would use this book to refer back to if I were growing plants rather than using it to learn how to garden - I also feel like this book may overwhelm total beginners. A great book for info, but I would advise another if you are just starting (such as RHS Step by Step Veg Patch).

A good helpful book at a good price

My daughter, a prifessional gardener, loved it!

As soon as I read the introduction I knew I chose the right book for me, a novice at gardening who worries about doing things right. The book has sections for each month, also extra tips and tricks, how to make things at home, a plant directory and an index. It has wonderful photos and drawings and I cannot wait to get stuck. I have a feeling this book will be useful for many many many years to come for me and my children too.

This is a lovely book. I have a big garden but have never got into a routine with keeping on top of it. This book is excellent - each monthly chapter starts with a bullet point list of jobs to do, followed by more in depth information afterwards. It mainly covers plant, soil and lawn management but there's also some tips for vegetables and containers. At the back is a pretty comprehensive plant glossary. I couldn't say how useful it would be to an expert because I'm not one but it'll be my go to for a long time to come, I'm sure. Excellent value for such a reference book.

Bought this book for different purpose and it came out to be not of my best use

To identify different flowers

I love the detailed and in depth apprach of the authors , great timeline (have in mind I am at home in Austria, so in a diffenent climatezone), lovely scetches and pictures - informative as well as nice to look at, inspiering and encouraging ideas, good despriptions of species includign tips for cultivars, wide range - form sunny to shady gardens, spring to autumn and winterfeatures. I was well impressed with the good timeline and practicality of the book. love it - despite the smallish lettering of the texts.

Lovely book. I bought it as a gift

Greate book, all the information you need about the gardening year