Gardening at Longmeadow

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It is not included in promotions available to our main range products, as stated in our terms of service. It will inspire you to achieve a balanced, healthy garden of your own, that’s spilling with produce and full colour all year round. History When we bought this house in October 1991, the garden consisted of a 2 acre abandoned field out the back and a much smaller area in the front covered in builder’s rubble.

Following the cycle of the seasons, Gardening at Longmeadow will introduce readers to the garden from the earliest snowdrops of January through the first splashes of colour in the Spring Garden, the electric summer displays of the Jewel Garden, the autumn harvest in the orchard, and on to a Christmas feast sourced from the vegetable gardens. A lot of gardening books are written from the perspective of teaching the right way to do things and feel quite strict and a little scary for new gardeners. The result was a two part series ‘Paradise Gardens for the BBC and a book, with Derry Moore, with the same title.

He and his wife, Sarah, have been working on the garden for more than thirty years, having bought the house in 1991 when there was little in the garden but rubble.

A simple pavilion is at the far end that is shaded from the sun but looks out over the whole garden and down through the Orchard beds. Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications that are exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers. A year ago his garden, Longmeadow, became the location for the filming of Gardeners’ World and this book takes the reader through a typical gardening year there.

Longmeadow is a gardeners' garden, but this will be a book for gardening enthusiasts of all skill levels who have been inspired by what they've seen, and who would like to achieve something similar for themselves.