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Gardening & nature

Recommended nature writing

Discover the wonders of nature in this fascinating and awe-inspiring collection.

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Nature’s Last Dance

Natalie Kyriacou

$36.99
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Dingo

Roland Breckwoldt

$34.99
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Seven Rivers

Vanessa Taylor

$34.99
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Vanished

Sadiah Qureshi

$69.99
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Beyond Green

Lesley Head

$39.99
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Raising Hare

Chloe Dalton

$24.99
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General gardening books

Whether you need guidance on growing veggies, tips for getting your roses in shape, or just want to know a bit more about the plant world, these gardening books are full of insight and sage advice to answer any questions.

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The Rookie Gardener

Chloe Foster

$39.99
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Planting for Native Birds, Bees and Butterflies

Jaclyn Crupi

$34.99
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Good Life Growing

Hannah Moloney

$36.99
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The Good Life

Hannah Moloney

$36.99
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Everyday Permaculture

Anna Matilda

$42.99
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The Essential Bonsai Book

Jonas Dupuich

$44.99
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Growing fruits, vegetables and herbs

Start your journey towards a flourishing veggie patch with these approachable guides to growing your own food.

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The Urban Food Forester

Justin Calverley

$45.00
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The Rookie Gardener

Chloe Foster

$39.99
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Good Life Growing

Hannah Moloney

$36.99
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The Good Life

Hannah Moloney

$36.99
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Everyday Permaculture

Anna Matilda

$42.99
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The Herbal Sutra

Madhulika Banerjee

$54.99
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Indoor plant books

These books have everything you need to know to help your houseplants thrive.

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Houseplants & How to Grow Them

Parker T. Barnes

$17.99
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Cacti and Succulents

Sarah Gerrard-Jones

$55.00
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The Plant Society Design Handbook

Jason Chongue

$45.00
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The Ultimate Guide to Houseplant Propagation

Lindsay Sisti

$45.00
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RHS Propagating Plants

DK, DK, DK

$55.00
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Plantopedia

Lauren Camilleri, Sophia Kaplan

$69.99
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Gardening & arranging flowers

These books will help you grow a beautiful flower garden, and style the blooms to decorate your house!

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Planting for Native Birds, Bees and Butterflies

Jaclyn Crupi

$34.99
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Lasting Impressions

Tennessee Jane

$49.99
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The Rose Book

Phaidon Editors

$69.95
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The Seed Collector’s Kit

Becky Searle

$34.99
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Everlasting Blooms

Layla Robinson

$55.00
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Life with Flowers

Frances Palmer

$59.99
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Mushrooms and Fungi

These nonfiction books will both expand your knowledge of mushrooms and inspire you with beautiful images of our fungi friends!

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Planet Fungi

Catherine Marciniak, Stephen Axford, Tom May

$59.99
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Mushroom

Claire Thomson

$45.00
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Funga Obscura

Alison Pouliot

$49.99
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Entangled Life: The Illustrated Edition

Merlin Sheldrake

$65.00
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The Future Is Fungi

Michael Lim,Yun Shu

$49.99
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Fungi

Lynne Boddy, Ali Ashby

$55.00
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Garden design books

Explore inspiring gardens from around the world with these guides to garden design.

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Wild by Design

Tim Pilgrim

$59.99
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The Modern Japanese Garden

Stephen Mansfield

$110.00
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Plantology: The Essential Guide to Better Gardens

Teena Crawford, Lisa Ellis

$95.00
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Big Garden Design

Paul Bangay, Simon Griffiths (photog.)

$90.00
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The Natural Gardener

Richard Unsworth, Nicholas Watt (photog.)

$59.99
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Visionary: Gardens and Landscapes for our Future

Claire Takacs, Giacomo Guzzon

$70.00
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Garden writing, crafting, history & illustration

Anyone with a green thumb will be delighted by these gardening plant books, covering everything from the history of fascinating plants, to what to do with the produce you grow, to handbooks to help identify all things that grow!

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The Secret Language of Plants

Hope B. Werness

$54.99
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The Sceptical Botanist

Tim Entwisle

$39.99
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Being an Oak

Laurent Tillon, Jessica Moore (trans.)

$34.99
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Spanish Gardens

Monty Don, Derry Moore

$85.00
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A Heide Harvest

Maximilian, Alice Crowe

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Where the Old Roses Grow

Janelle McCulloch

$39.99
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