The Little Book of Alternative Garden Wisdom

The Little Book of Alternative Garden Wisdom will entertain and amuse all gardeners, from the novice to the green-fingered old hand. Full of useless and useful advice on perennial garden problems.

"Garden design is a skilled art. A water feature is not an overflowing drainpipe. A compost heap is not the latest creation by next door's cat. And a border is not a small strip of wallpaper that goes around your fencing at waist height."

"To give a garden impact always buy enough shrubs and flowers to enable you to plant them in groups of three, five or seven. You'll notice the impact straight away, particularly on your credit card bill."

"Some gardeners complain that their clay soil is heavy. The solution is not to pick it up in the first place."