What Gardeners Grow & The Self-Sufficiency Garden 2 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Hardback

Titles in This Set
What Gardeners Grow: 600 Plants Chosen by the World's Greatest Plantspeople
The Self-Sufficiency Garden: Feed Your Family and Save Money

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780711272903 (What Gardeners Grow), 9780241641439 (The Self-Sufficiency Garden)
Publisher: Frances Lincoln, DK

Overview
This two-book gardening collection pairs a gorgeous plant encyclopedia with a practical grow-your-own guide. What Gardeners Grow gathers 600 plant picks curated by the world's leading horticulturists and designers, helping you choose the right plant for the right spot. The Self-Sufficiency Garden, from YouTube favorite Huw Richards and chef Sam Cooper, lays out a realistic month-by-month plan for growing six portions of vegetables a day per person. Together, they take a backyard grower from inspiration through to a full harvest, whether planning a flower border or a kitchen garden.

About the Books
What Gardeners Grow draws on decades of expertise from the world's most respected gardeners, designers, and plant breeders, each nominating favorite plants for situations such as dry shade, cottage borders, exposed coastal sites, or pollinator-friendly planting schemes. Illustrated throughout by artist Melanie Gandyra, the hardback compiles 600 recommendations into an easy-reference guide that goes beyond generic plant lists, offering firsthand insight from people who grow these plants professionally in real gardens and show gardens alike, helping both new and experienced gardeners avoid costly trial and error while building a garden suited to their own soil, light, and local climate. The Self-Sufficiency Garden grew out of a real two-year experiment: Huw Richards and Sam Cooper tested exactly how much food a family could grow in a modest 10 x 12.5 meter plot. The result is a flexible, month-by-month growing plan built around six portions of homegrown vegetables per person each day, with attention paid to cost, space, and time. Richards, a vegetable-growing YouTuber with a large following, and Cooper, a chef, combine horticultural know-how with kitchen-ready recipes so the harvest doesn't go to waste. The book became a #1 Sunday Times bestseller in the UK. Together these two hardbacks form a well-rounded reference library: one for choosing beautiful, reliable plants, and one for turning a backyard into a genuine source of homegrown food.

Key Benefits

• 600 expert plant picks for every garden situation
• A realistic month-by-month vegetable growing plan
• Written by recognized gardening experts and a chef
• Brand-new hardbacks built to last for years of reference
• Covers ornamental planting and practical food-growing goals
• Includes a #1 Sunday Times bestseller

Book-by-Book Guide
What Gardeners Grow — An illustrated plant encyclopedia featuring 600 picks chosen by the world's leading plantspeople for specific garden conditions.
The Self-Sufficiency Garden — A month-by-month vegetable-growing plan from Huw Richards and Sam Cooper, built around a real 10 x 12.5 meter test plot.

About the Authors
Bloom is a platform celebrating expert gardeners, designers, and plantspeople; What Gardeners Grow is illustrated throughout by artist Melanie Gandyra. Huw Richards is a vegetable-growing educator whose YouTube channel has built a large following for practical growing advice, and he is the author of several previous gardening books with DK. Sam Cooper is a chef who shares food and growing content online, bringing a kitchen-focused perspective to turning homegrown produce into meals. Together, Richards and Cooper bring the growing and eating sides of self-sufficiency to life.

Why You'll Love This Collection
Perfect for the gardener who wants both inspiration and results, this set pairs beautiful plant choices with a proven food-growing plan. A thoughtful gift for birthdays, housewarmings, Mother's Day, or the start of a new growing season, it's equally at home on a coffee table or a potting shed shelf.

Please Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.