'Planted' breaks new ground. It's about plunging in and planting with aplomb. It's about gardening with a bottle of beer in your hand and a nice dress on. No double digging or grafting. The plant is star. Mix rhubarb with marigolds and don't panic about potash.
Andy Sturgeon - gardener, snow-boarder, Hong Kong bridge builder - calls a spade a spade and a papaver a poppy. He dispenses all the information you need to know, from soil to sowing seeds to pruning, and lists over 150 plants perfect for every situation and at the same time encourages you to get going and be excited by the potential of your plot, be it a window box or wilderness. Don't be alarmed by what you don't know yet, but get stuck into the glory in your garden.
With full colour and black-and-white photographs and an approach that demystifies all those things that put so many people off gardening, Andy Sturgeon's stunning book is a long-awaited breath of fresh air and the perfect introduction to the joys of gardening.
