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Garden Books We’re Obsessed With This Year
· 42 min
Episode Garden Books We’re Obsessed With This Year
This week, RHS Head of Libraries Fiona Davison, garden designer Zoe Claymore and RHS Gardening Advisor Nick Turrell gather to share their must-read gardening books of 2025. Along the way, they explore what really makes a garden waterwise, dive into the astonishing world of fungi, demystify regenerative gardening, and get to the root of soil science. They also journey through the makings of a temperate rainforest, spotlight remarkable horticultural heroes from history — and yes, they even tackle the topic every gardener loves to hate: slugs.
Host: Fiona Davison with Nick Turrell and Zoe Claymore
Books mentioned:
Garden People: The Photographs of Valerie Finnis - Ursula Buchan
Botanical Illustration: The Gold Medal Winners - Charlotte Brooks
RHS Waterwise Garden - Tom Massey
RHS Fungi for Gardeners - Dr Jassy Drakulic
RHS Slugs: Friend or Foe - Dr Hayley Jones
The Kindest Garden: A Practical Guide to Regenerative Gardening - Marian Boswell
Illustrated History of Landscape Design - Elizabeth Boults
One Garden Against the World - Kate Bradbury
The Lost Rainforests of Great Britain - Guy Shrubsole
Links in the notes 11
- https://www.instagram.com/nickturrellgardens/?hl=en
- https://www.instagram.com/zoe_claymore/?hl=en
- https://www.thamesandhudson.com/products/garden-people?srsltid=AfmBOorbscPDgi-sJtCAN1RpAB6qSiQMLqY6OLWAfOF7R3qzkwEPU6QL
- https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/rhs-botanical-illustration-2/
- https://dk.com/products/9780241740224-rhs-waterwise-garden
- https://dk.com/products/9780241785812-rhs-fungi-for-gardeners
- https://dk.com/products/9780241762851-rhs-slugs-friend-or-foe
- https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-kindest-garden/marian-boswall/jason-ingram/9780711289437
- https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Illustrated-History-of-Landscape-Design-by-Elizabeth-Boults-Chip-Sullivan/9780470289334?srsltid=AfmBOopNgX5CQsHUTDyALu0vel8X_xpEpTeslj7tmSrv__8hs_M9b2Ef
- https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/one-garden-against-the-world-9781399408820/
- https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-lost-rainforests-of-britain/guy-shrubsole/9780008527990
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