Welcome to a new giveaway on the blog, which is perfect for gardening fans – and anyone who is buying gifts for green-fingered friends and family this Christmas!
I’ve got a fantastic bundle of gardening books from Dorling Kindersley to give away to one lucky winner. There are titles to suit all ages of garden lovers and growers, and each book is beautifully presented and illustrated.
Let’s take a look at each title in more detail.
RHS I Can Grow a Sunflower
I Can Grow A Sunflower is perfect for very young gardeners. The book takes budding gardeners on the journey of a mystery seed, learning how to plant it, what it needs to grow, and what it looks like when it flowers.
There’s a height chart and a packet of seeds included, so children can create their own version of the seed’s journey and learn about the plant life cycle first-hand in a practical extension of the book’s topic. It’s a lovely way to introduce young children to a fun gardening project and the gardening principles behind it.
RHS The Magic & Mystery of Trees
The Magic & Mystery of Trees takes readers on a fascinating journey of exploration into the enchanting world of trees. Learn amazing tree facts (did you know that trees take care of each other, and that the whole forest is connected?), meet extraordinary trees from around the world, and learn about what trees do for us.
Combining photography with beautiful illustrations, this is a great book to encourage older children to explore and connect with nature.
Veg in One Bed
This book is perfect for gardeners who love the idea of grow your own, but don’t have lots of space. YouTube gardener Huw Richards shows you how to harvest your own home-grown food from just one raised vegetable bed that will provide something to eat every month of the year.
The book includes hacks to minimise maintenance and sustainable practices, such as clever ways of avoiding single-use plastics. A great choice for gardeners looking to grow tasty produce with a minimum of fuss.
Monty Don Down to Earth
In Down to Earth, Monty Don shares the wealth of gardening knowledge he has built up over his 50 years of gardening. The book deals with topics such as garden design, colour, seasons, weeds, pests and growing your own. Underpinning all of the knowledge and advice is Monty’s belief that gardening promotes mental and spiritual wellbeing.
Packed with practical advice, and a wealth of lovely photographs from Monty’s garden at Longmeadow, Down to Earth would make a great gift for anyone interested in improving their gardening knowledge.
RHS How to Create Your Garden
Adam Frost has a simple philosophy: “Gardens are about four things: people, space, plants and a sense of place.” In How to Create Your Garden, Adam shows you how to apply this to make your perfect space, be that a city roof terrace or a cottage garden. His approach strips away complex design concepts and focuses on your garden wants and needs. Learn simple tools and techniques to help you plan your garden makeover and enjoy your garden for years to come.
With bags of practical advice and lots of garden inspiration, this is a great book for gardeners who are embarking on a garden design project.
What a fab bundle of gardening books! There really is something for every gardening fan here, and all the books would make lovely Christmas gifts. Which one would you love to receive?
WIN A BUNDLE OF GARDENING BOOKS
I’m giving away a bundle of gardening books, comprising one copy of each of the following: RHS I Can Grow a Sunflower, RHS The Magic & Mystery of Trees, Monty Don Down to Earth, Veg in One Bed and RHS How to Create You Garden. The bundle has an RRP of £67.95. To enter, just follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck!
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I would love to win Monty’s book! (Fingers crossed!)
how to create your garden would be amazing
Personally, Veg in one Bed would be extremely useful for me. My Daughter, however, would love ‘The Magical Mystery of Trees’
What a prize for an avid gardener.
I would love ‘How to create your garden’ by Adam Frost.I am good at growing plants and veg but I m rubbish at garden design.
How to create your garden by Adam Frost. I am good at and enjoy growing plants and veg but I am rubbish at garden design.
All of them but I Can Grow a Sunflower would be lovely to give our youngest.
All of them but I Can Grow a Sunflower would be lovely to give our youngest. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love gardening but I sort of go on instinct rather than planning or researching first so I do have a few disasters & there is no planning involved. So I’d like Monty Don Down to Earth as it seems to cover most things I feel I need advice on.
I would love How To Create Your Garden
Would love toreceiveThe Veg in One Bed
MONTY DON DOWN TO EARTH
How to create your garden by Adam Frost.
These all look great, but I would particularly like to receive Veg in One Bed
All of them, but especially veg in one bed
Would love to read Monty Don’s Down to Earth.
How to create your garden – planning on making life easier – remodel our garden – perfect
How to create your garden, thanks for the chance
I’d like to received Veg In One Bed as I’d like to keep vegetable growing to one small area and would like to guidance on what to grow.
I would love the Magic and Mystery of Trees as it looks magical from the front cover,one for our home ed library.
I’d love to receive Monty Don’ book Down To Earth.
i would like to recieve i can grow a sunflower for my sons x
I would like to receive Veg in one Bed as only have small space for growing crops
Hello, I would love to receive ‘Down to Earth’ by Monty Don as I think he is a great gardener.
Veg in one Bed would be perfect for our little veggie patch
I’d love to win VEG IN ONE BED as I have just got an allotment having been on the list for two years and I can make the most of it….. need to learn as much as possible before the spring planting begins 🙂
Veg in One Bed would be my choice
How to create your garden’ by Adam Frost would be great
I would love the RHS How to Create Youe Garden as I think it would give us some great ideas
Monty Don Down to Earth would be great for Christmas
Veg in 1 bed!
Monty Don’s Down to earth looks just the thing!
The magic and mystery of tree’s sounds lovely
I’d love Monty’s Down To Earth – I love the way he writes and of course his advice is sound.
How to create your garden would be really useful, still trying to decide what to do with ours
I’d love to win Monty Don’s book
Veg in one bed! I’m trying to be more self sustainable and this sounds like a great book to get me started on growing vegetables!
Monty Don’s down to earth
I would say Veg In One Bed, but they all look great
how to create your garden sounds good
How to create your garden sounds perfect for us as i really have no idea
I’d love to receive Veg in One Bed.
I love to look through a beautiful gardening book for inspiration!
They all look like useful points of reference – love Monty Don’s down to earth approach to gardening
I really wanna win How to Create Your Garden. Our garden is currently astroturf and I want to reclaim it!
Down To Earth would be perfect for my father he spends a lot of time in the garden now he is retired.
I’d like how to create your garden as we are starting from scratch with ours next year and hopefully it would have some great ideas.
Hoe To Create Your Garden looks like it has ideas to inspire me
I think it would have to be the Magic Of Trees. I adore trees, they all have incredible energy and yet they are unique. I like to lay my hands on the tree to connect with it’s vibration, and I particularly like to sit beneath their branches and look up through the leaves. They remind me of a cathedral with it’s arches.
I wouldlove “How to Create your Garden” as we are currently faced with a very overgrown garden and not quite sure what to do with it.
I’d love to receive ‘Veg in one bed’ it looks really interesting and hopefully I’d learn some new tips for planting my veg out next year
Veg in a Bed would be great. Thankyou for the competition x
Maybe these books would help me solve our jungle
They all look fab but the veg in one bed is certainly one that would be most useful for me.
Would be really interested to read Veg in One Bed as I am currently planning out my veg patch for next year!
I would love to win Veg in One Bed. This would be perfect for my eco warriors group to use at our school as we only have a small bed and would love the children to grow vegetables to use in their school dinners.
I like the look of Veg in One Bed the most but, if I was lucky enough to win, I’d give the books to my 9 year old son who is a passionate gardener and always looking to increase his knowledge!
Veg in a bed sounds brill
I would love to win Veg in a Bed by Huw Richards as I grow lots of fruit & flowers but would really like to grow more veg in the small space I have., so this book would be perfect.
I would love How to Create Your Garden. My son has just moved into his first home and has the most boring garden ever and I would love to help him transform it.
Gosh, to pick just one from all those fabulous titles is no mean feat, especially when three of them are on my Wish List, and so inspirational. I decided on Veg in One Bed by Huw Richards, because that’s what I am hoping to do, so this would be a most welcome gift and guide.
I’d love them all for different members of my family, but for myself I’d choose Monty’s Down to Earth
Veg In One Bed would be so perfect for me.
The magic and mystery of trees.
I’d love veg in one bed x
Love to win Monty Don’s book – such a font of gardening knowledge – learnt so mucj from him and much more to lesrn
The Magic and Mystery of Trees sounds right up my street. 🙂
They all sound great but I’d love the veg in one bed book
Adam Frost’s HOW TO CREATE YOUR GARDEN
I’d like Monty Don’s Down to Earth please.
I would love the Veg In One Bed. That would help me so much with my plans for next year!
The veg in one bed would be great
Will help with our allotment
How to create your garden
Adam Frost’s book looks really useful and definitely something I could use. I hardly know where to start with my garden sometimes!
Monty don’s book. Love watching gardeners world on tv.
has to be veg on one bed
The magic mystery of trees
how to create your garden perfect for my daughter Ava
Down to Earth by Monty Don
Monty Don – We just love him. Both me and my fiance sit in bed and watch his around the world in 80 garden every Sunday morning,
my garden is like an extension to my home another room
i spend as much time in there as possible
this prize would be a delight to win
I’d love The Magic and Mystery of Trees.
I’d love The Magic and Mystery of Trees
RHS how to create your garden
I would be happy with any of them but Veg in One Bed would be the one that has truly captured my interest
Monty Don – Down to Earth although I really like the look of the others too
RHS how to create your garden