Great garden reads and botanical books

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

With the festive gift giving season just around the corner, this week we’ve turned our attention to the botanical wonders awaiting us on the bookshelf. We’ve invited journalist, author, and gardening enthusiast Ann Treneman and horticultural hero and authority on all things plants, Guy Barter to join our host - head of Libraries and Exhibitions at the RHS, Fiona Davison, to chat about some of their favourite garden reads from the past 12 months. Host: Fiona Davison Contributors: Ann Treneman, Guy Barter Visit the RHS Bookshelf Books mentioned: Horti Curious: A Gardener's Miscellany of Fascinating Facts & Remarkable Plants by Ann Treneman RHS Garden Almanac 2025 by Guy Barter and Zia Allaway The Accidental Garden: Gardens, Wilderness and the Space In Between by Richard Mabey Good Nature: The New Science of How Nature Improves Our Health by Kathy Willis Brutalist Plants by Olivia Broome Small Space Revolution by Tayshan Hayden Smith A Year Full of Pots by Sarah Raven A Garden A Day by Ruth Chivers How Plants Can Save Your Life: 50 Inspirational Ideas for Planting and Growing by Ross Cameron 100 Herbs to Grow by Jekka McVicar The Crevice Garden: How to Make the Perfect Home for Plants from Rocky Places by Kenton Seth and Paul Spriggs

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:06.4	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.
0:13.2	Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.
0:17.4	Race you, let's go.
0:19.5	Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you, let's go. Catch Springs, finest scenes while you can,
0:22.1	at an RHS garden near you.
0:24.0	Book tickets online for discounts,
0:26.0	plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:33.6	At this time of year,
0:35.2	when we're not busy tending to the garden,
0:37.3	a wonderful place to find ourselves is a festive bookshop.
0:41.3	Whether looking for that perfect gift or just browsing for something to settle down with next to the fire, there's always something to please every type of gardener.
0:51.3	The horticulture sections are always brimming with inspiration, from practical
0:55.8	grow your own guides to evocative memoirs on the power of gardening. So this week we are bringing
1:02.1	you our annual book special, giving us a chance to chat about some of the favourite books we've
1:07.6	read this year and provide you with some inspiration for your 2025 reading list.
1:16.9	I'm Fiona Davison, head of libraries and exhibitions at the RHS, and pulling up an armchair to chat with me today are
1:23.7	journalist, author and garden designer Anne Tremerman. Hello.
1:28.1	Hello.
1:29.1	It's great to be here.
1:35.9	And podcast presenter, RHS Chief Horticultural Advisor and author of many, many books, Guy Barta.
1:36.9	Hello, Fiona.
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