Grow 5: Simple seasonal ideas for small outdoor spaces with just five plants

by Lucy Bellamy

Overview

With its 52 super-simple planting 'recipes', Grow 5 offers a fresh take on gardening in small spaces from award-winning author (and editor of Gardens Illustrated - the "Vogue of gardening media") Lucy Bellamy

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Garden size shouldn't be a barrier to curating beautiful outdoor spaces and Grow 5 delineates a brilliantly simple way to make a small garden. 

Using a palette of just five plants, you can create:

-    an urban garden inspired by ancient hedgerows
-    a micro-meadow in a city space
-    a contemporary wildlife garden with layers of color
-    a medley of pots with scent for tiny courtyard

This practical and inspirational book includes over 100 of the newest and best plants and how to use them in 52 simple, seasonal designs.

"Bellamy makes gardening seem simple, expressive and joyful. Anyone can do it." - Evening Standard
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784727611
Publisher:	Octopus Books
Publication date:	05/10/2022
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,079,162
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Lucy Bellamy is the editor of Gardens Illustrated magazine. Her first book, Brilliant and Wild: A Garden from Scratch in a Year, was awarded practical book of the year by the Garden Media Guild (2018) and has been translated into German, French and Dutch. She has written about gardening in the national press, including for The Guardian and The Times.

As editor of Gardens Illustrated, Lucy has access to some of the best gardens in the U.K. and internationally. She lives in Bristol and has a small, city garden.