RHS Small Garden Handbook by Andrew Wilson - Making the Most of Your Outdoor Space - Hardback - RHS Handbooks Gardening Guide

Details Condition: Brand New Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781845336813 Publisher: Mitchell Beazley Age Range: Adult Overview The RHS Small Garden Handbook is an authoritative, beautifully illustrated guide for anyone gardening in a compact plot, courtyard or balcony. Written by award-winning garden designer Andrew Wilson and published under the trusted Royal Horticultural Society Handbooks banner, it distils decades of RHS expertise into practical, easy-to-follow advice. Ideal for new homeowners, apartment dwellers and experienced gardeners alike, this hardback handbook helps transform even the smallest outdoor space into a productive, stylish garden. About the Book This 224-page hardback handbook begins by teaching readers how to assess a small plot — reading soil type, orientation, microclimate and existing features — before moving into detailed guidance on design, planting and long-term maintenance. Andrew Wilson, a founding Director of The London School of Garden Design and RHS Chief Assessor for show gardens at Chelsea and Hampton Court, brings professional design thinking down to a domestic scale. Readers are shown how to make clever use of vertical space, containers, screening and multi-functional hard landscaping to maximise a small footprint. The book is generously illustrated with around 350 colour photographs, plans and diagrams that make each technique clear and achievable, from laying a path to planning a planting scheme for year-round interest. Practical sections cover soil improvement, watering and feeding regimes suited to limited space, pruning, and seasonal task planning, so gardeners always know what to do and when. Whether the goal is a productive kitchen garden, a wildlife-friendly retreat or a low-maintenance courtyard, the handbook offers realistic, achievable solutions rather than aspirational schemes that need acres of space. Because it carries the RHS name, the advice is grounded in horticultural research and real-world testing. It's a reference