Angel, Heather. Planting for Pollinators. Creating a Garden Haven.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury 2023 pp.240 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. New softback. RRP £16.99.
Without bees, flies, hoverflies, butterflies, moths and beetles, some of our favourite foods, flowers and plants would cease to exist. Organised by season and featuring more than 100 plant species – including bulbs, annuals, perennials, shrubs and climbers – this practical guide will help you to discover the short- and long-term benefits of having a variety of pollinators visit your garden.
£15.50 [ref: 65652]

Attlee, Helena. & Latham, Charles. Italian Gardens. Romantic Splendor in the Edwardian Age.
1st. Ed. Pub. Monacelli. 2009 pp192 with b/w., photos., throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £55.00.
Reveals the vanished magnificence of the Italian aristocracy’s landscapes in superb images by Charles Latham (dating from the early 1900s), obtained from the archives of Country Life magazine. Helena Attlee presents the history and design of each garden.
£35.00 [ref: 56319]

Ball, Caroline. Heritage Apples.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bodleian. 2019 pp.250 with colour illus. throughout. Small 4to. New hardback. RRP £25.00.
This book features apples from Robert Hogg and Henry Graves Bull’s ‘Herefordshire Pomona’ (Pub. 1876-85) that are still cultivated today. After an overview of the fruit’s cultivation Caroline Ball profiles 90 examples. Accompanying her selection with Victorian watercolours, she details each apple’s flavour, texture and use, and offers horticultural notes.
£22.50 [ref: 71340]

Bechtel, H. et al. The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Blandford. 1998 pp.585 with over 860 colour photographs. Fine hardback in fine in dw. Out-of-print. Latest edition.
One of the most comphrehensive books on Orchids and their cultivation.
£45.00 [ref: 34499]

Bennett, Jackie. Shakespeare’s Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2016 pp.192 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £25.00.
Tells the story of the gardens William Shakespeare knew as a boy and as a man. The five Stratford-upon-Avon gardens represent the different phases of his life, from his birthplace in Henley Street through to his final home at New Place, where he created a garden to reflect his fame and wealth.
£20.00 [ref: 56146]

Blomfield, D. Kew Past.
Pub. Phillimore 2004 pp.144 with b/w. photographs and other text figs. throughout. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. In-print at £15.99.
A very interesting read. A well written and nicely illustrated history of Kew Botanic Gardens.
£3.00 [ref: 44812]

Boney, A.D. The Lost Gardens of Glasgow University.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 1988 pp.vi, 298 with illus. 8vo. A new hardback. RRP £14.95.
£5.00 [ref: 49926]

Bowe, P. & Sapieha, N. Gardens in Central Europe.
1st. Pub. Antique Collectors Club. 1991 pp.215 with many colour photographs. New hardback in new dw. RRP £25.00.
Covers the areas of Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Western Romania.
£18.00 [ref: 43889]

Bown, Deni. Aroids. Plants of the Arum Family.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2025 pp.518 with col. photographs throughout. Small 4to. Hardback. New. RRP £60.00.
This third edition of the best-selling book by Deni Bown is fully updated and revised, and includes new taxa and advances in research to ensure that it continues to be the go-to book for aroid-enthusiasts.
£55.00 [ref: 70107]

Brown, Jane. Tales from the Rose Tree. Ravishing Rhododendrons and their travels around the world.
1st. Ed. Harper Collins. 2004 pp.xii, 308 with colour & b/w. plates. 8vo. New hardback in lightly marked, new dw. RRP £20.00.
A thorough examination of the Rhododendron’s history and uses.
£12.50 [ref: 49931]