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The Plant Lover’s Backyard Forest Garden: Trees, Fruit and Veg in Small Spaces
£14.00£15.20 (-8%)
Grow your own beautiful multilayered food forest in your own backyard. Pippa Chapman is an RHS trained gardener who designs, plants and maintains abundant, biodiverse, edible and beautiful forest gardens. Here she shares her practical tips for realistically transforming your own plot, whatever its size, and with limited time, money and resources. A forest garden doesn’t have to be big; you can grow a productive edible paradise in pots and containers too. Pippa explains how to create multiple layers on a small-scale to maximise your growing area, using polycultures and guilds for healthy, low-maintenance food. She shares how to use perennials for structure and for year-round food, and how to incorporate flowers for beauty, wildlife and for the kitchen. Chapters on permaculture design and forest gardening give practical advice on how to plan and plant your own garden, with guilds and plant profiles to give real-life examples to help you get started. Useful tips on propagation and seed saving help keep plant costs low and a handy chapter on the soil-food web will help you understand your own soil and how to keep it healthy.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Permanent Publications (1 Sept. 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 188 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1856232875 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1856232876 |
| Dimensions | 18.8 x 3.81 x 24.64 cm |
by Sara Woodman
I really enjoyed reading this book. It has easy to understand explanations of the principles behind forest gardening and permaculture and is full of practical tips and plant suggestions. Pippa’s passion for making spaces that are functional and beautiful with an abundance of plants and biodiversity really comes across. I think I will come back to this book many times throughout my own forest garden creating journey.
by A customer
As above
by Miss V.
Lovely book, illustrations and pics are really good and a good read for both general interest and detail to help make your own forest garden. Much of the focus is on the design side of things – could do with a bit more info on plants options.
by Clara
Has all the information you need to get inspiration and knowledge to start work on your own small forest garden. Really clearly written, easy to follow and interesting. I’m new to the concept and was struggling to find relevant and reliable information online, particularly for starting a small garden in UK climate. This is perfect
by Ms. J. B. Lauruol
I bought this book from the author at the annual Permaculture Convergence. I have been growing a small-scale suburban forest garden for over 15 years, and Pippa has inspired me to rethink several of my habits and assumptions regarding the mix of wild and perennial plants in my garden. I enjoyed reading it, like a treat–it helped me think about my assumptions and consider several different solutions to the ones I have been using previously.
Having been a garden designer myself for many years, I particularly enjoyed the fresh and charming illustrations, and the chatty, conversational style.
This is a great book to buy for the gardener in your life–or as a treat for yourself.
by Marie Tomlinson
I really enjoyed reading and learning about how to make the most out of my garden. Highly recommend if you enjoy making your garden more interesting.