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[ ![Beth Chatto - A life with plants](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/beth-chatto-a-life-with-plants/cover_image.webp) #### Beth Chatto - A life with plants Catherine Horwood ](https://gardensdb.com/books/beth-chatto-a-life-with-plants) - [ ![Chrysanthemums : Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/chrysanthemums-beautiful-varieties-for-home-and-garden/cover_image.webp) #### Chrysanthemums : Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden Naomi Slade ](https://gardensdb.com/books/chrysanthemums-beautiful-varieties-for-home-and-garden) - [ ![Complete Greenhouse Book](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/complete-greenhouse-book/cover_image.webp) #### Complete Greenhouse Book Derry Watkins ](https://gardensdb.com/books/complete-greenhouse-book) - [ ![Gardener's World: How I Garden : Easy ideas & inspiration for making beautiful gardens anywhere](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/gardeners-world-how-i-garden-easy-ideas-inspiration-for-making-beautiful-gardens-anywhere/cover_image.webp) #### Gardener's World: How I Garden : Easy ideas & inspiration for making beautiful gardens anywhere Adam Frost ](https://gardensdb.com/books/gardeners-world-how-i-garden-easy-ideas-inspiration-for-making-beautiful-gardens-anywhere) - [ ![Gardening at Longmeadow](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/gardening-at-longmeadow/cover_image.webp) #### Gardening at Longmeadow Monty Don ](https://gardensdb.com/books/gardening-at-longmeadow) - [ ![Gardening in a Changing World: Plants, People and the Climate Crisis](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/gardening-in-a-changing-world-plants-people-and-the-climate-crisis/cover_image.webp) #### Gardening in a Changing World: Plants, People and the Climate Crisis Darryl Moore ](https://gardensdb.com/books/gardening-in-a-changing-world-plants-people-and-the-climate-crisis) - [ ![Gardening Women](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/gardening-women/cover_image.webp) #### Gardening Women Catherine Horwood ](https://gardensdb.com/books/gardening-women) - [ ![Horti Curious: A Gardener's Miscellany of Fascinating Facts & Remarkable Plants](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/horti-curious-a-gardeners-miscellany-of-fascinating-facts-remarkable-plants/cover_image.webp) #### Horti Curious: A Gardener's Miscellany of Fascinating Facts & Remarkable Plants Ann Treneman ](https://gardensdb.com/books/horti-curious-a-gardeners-miscellany-of-fascinating-facts-remarkable-plants) - [ ![Hortobiography](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/hortobiography/cover_image.webp) #### Hortobiography Carol Klein ](https://gardensdb.com/books/hortobiography) - [ ![How to Design a Garden](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/how-to-design-a-garden/cover_image.webp) #### How to Design a Garden Pollyanna Wilkinson ](https://gardensdb.com/books/how-to-design-a-garden) - [ ![Our Plot](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/our-plot/cover_image.webp) #### Our Plot Cleve West ](https://gardensdb.com/books/our-plot) - [ ![Potted History: How Houseplants Took Over Our Homes](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/potted-history/cover_image.webp) #### Potted History: How Houseplants Took Over Our Homes Catherine Horwood ](https://gardensdb.com/books/potted-history-how-houseplants-took-over-our-homes) - [ ![Real Gardens](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/real-gardens/cover_image.webp) #### Real Gardens Adam Frost ](https://gardensdb.com/books/real-gardens) - [ ![Rebel Gardening: A Beginner's Handbook to Organic Urban Gardening](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/rebel-gardening-a-beginners-handbook-to-organic-urban-gardening/cover_image.webp) #### Rebel Gardening: A Beginner's Handbook to Organic Urban Gardening Alessandro Vitale ](https://gardensdb.com/books/rebel-gardening-a-beginners-handbook-to-organic-urban-gardening) - [ ![RHS How to Create your Garden : Ideas and Advice for Transforming your Outdoor Space](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/rhs-how-to-create-your-garden-ideas-and-advice-for-transforming-your-outdoor-space/cover_image.webp) #### RHS How to Create your Garden : Ideas and Advice for Transforming your Outdoor Space Adam Frost ](https://gardensdb.com/books/rhs-how-to-create-your-garden-ideas-and-advice-for-transforming-your-outdoor-space) - [ ![RHS Resilient Garden: Sustainable Gardening for a Changing Climate](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/rhs-resilient-garden-sustainable-gardening-for-a-changing-climate/cover_image.webp) #### RHS Resilient Garden: Sustainable Gardening for a Changing Climate Tom Massey ](https://gardensdb.com/books/rhs-resilient-garden-sustainable-gardening-for-a-changing-climate) - [ ![RHS The Creative Gardener : Inspiration and Advice to Create the Space You Want](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/rhs-the-creative-gardener-inspiration-and-advice-to-create-the-space-you-want/cover_image.webp) #### RHS The Creative Gardener : Inspiration and Advice to Create the Space You Want Adam Frost ](https://gardensdb.com/books/rhs-the-creative-gardener-inspiration-and-advice-to-create-the-space-you-want) - [ ![Rose](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/rose/cover_image.webp) #### Rose Catherine Horwood ](https://gardensdb.com/books/rose) Showing **1-18** of **24** Page **1** of 2 Prev 1 2 Next ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** The world's largest collection of show gardens online, kept free, kept current, and shaped by the community that uses it. 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