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ALOHA SHAW DOWNTOOLS Book reviews, reader offer, the crossword and Alice Vincent Find ideas of what to grow for a sustainable, cutting garden, and how best to display your flowers in How to Grow the Flowers, reviewed on page 108. SEPTEMBER 2022 GARDENSILLUSTRATED.COM 107

CHASING PLANTS: JOURNEYS HOW TO GROW THE FLOWERS: WITH A BOTANIST THROUGH A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH RAINFORESTS, SWAMPS TO ENJOYING FLOWERS AND MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE SEASONS by Chris Thorogood by Marianne Mogendorff and Camila Romain Kew Publishing, £25 ISBN 978-1842467640 Pavilion Books, £20 ISBN 978-1911682011 An engaging tale of adventures in pursuit of rare and unusual plants in faraway An inspiring, beautiful and practical guide places, complemented by beautiful images. to growing seasonal cutting material in a way that cares for the planet. Reviewer Matthew Biggs is a plant expert and garden writer. Reviewer Louise Curley is a freelance garden and nature writer. Dr Chris Thorogood, the to the docklands in South Wales Cut flowers have become the techniques could be used deputy director and head of but before long he is scouring a cheap commodity where on a smaller scale. Meanwhile, science at the University of the desert in South Africa for the average person has no the wreaths, hand-held bouquets Oxford Botanic Garden and ‘the strangest plant in the world’, knowledge of their provenance and vase arrangements Arboretum is a talented artist, swooning over irises in the Holy or the environmental damage dotted through the book scientist and storyteller. And Land, free climbing perilous caused by their production, but are delightfully unfussy and his raison d’être is plants. cliffs in the Canary Islands and Mogendorff and Romain, the would be eminently achievable. plunging into mosquito-infested flower-growing partnership The beautiful simplicity of From the early pages, it is swamps in Japan in search of behind the Wolves Lane Flower the flowers and urban grittiness obvious that this self-confessed elusive botanical treasures. Company, are on a mission to of the plot shine through plant addict gets his kicks from change this. From their urban in Aloha Shaw’s lovely seeking out the weird, rare and It is Thorogood’s storytelling plot in north London they photographs, giving the unusual around the globe, and detailed descriptions of work with the seasons, growing book a down-to-earth charm. (particularly parasitic or plants, places and people that flowers and foliage in an carnivorous), regardless of make this book so exciting, environmentally friendly Throughout the text the pair location or risk. creating an absorbing narrative way, and they want to inspire shed light on the environmental that fizzes with energy from the readers of their book impact of mass-produced These expanded jottings start to finish, igniting the to do the same. flowers, from the chemically from his diaries tell of botanical imagination with ease. His bleached stems of grasses to surveys, scientific research or meticulous sketches and Starting with autumn, each cheap supermarket bunches and conservation projects on behalf exquisite plant paintings provide season is divided into four imported Valentine’s Day roses. of the University; others are the perfect foil and are a floral topics: soil, seed, tend and In contrast, they explain how simply for the thrill of the chase. feast of astonishing beauty. harvest. They may have no they are working to harness Have the internet on standby to horticultural background and nature from worm composting Each section is divided into provide supplementary images have been growing for only five and natural pest control to geographical regions, then – not a plant should be missed. years but the text is impressively saving their own seed and bite-sized stories, avoiding comprehensive. They include experimenting with weed juices. any possibility of botanical This inspirational book the mistakes they’ve made and indigestion, and is punctuated is a ‘must have’ for aspiring the lessons they’ve learned, with It’s easy to feel glum about by evocative quotes from botanists, gardeners, tips to make the growing and the state of the planet, but this eminent botanists and plantaholics, armchair travellers harvesting process easier. Each book shows that small changes travellers who have and young people. Gift this season also includes a project. can make a difference and that traversed that path before. to anyone suffering from These seem to be aimed more at we don’t need to give up the ‘plant blindness’: it will professional florists, although things we love, we just need to His ‘back story’ starts in an provide an instant cure. make more sustainable choices. unlikely location: a car park by an IKEA in Essex. It hops over 108 GARDENSILLUSTRATED.COM SEPTEMBER 2022

BOOK REVIEWS NO DIG: NURTURE YOUR MY WORLD OF HEPATICAS SOIL TO GROW BETTER by John Massey with VEG WITH LESS EFFORT by Charles Dowding A paean to the captivating genus Hepatica, this book is an inspiring gardeners’ guide and travelogue Dorling Kindersley, £30 that distils a lifetime of passion and interest. ISBN 978-0241541814 Reviewer Naomi Slade is an author, garden writer and designer. A comprehensive guide to no dig from the guru of vegetable growing, Charles Dowding, that has been refreshingly updated with an ecological approach. Reviewer Alison Jenkins is a designer specialising in edible gardens. I did wonder what more a clear, accessible way. Gaining The enthusiasts’ monograph world, as implied in the title – another book could add to an understanding of complex is a classic genre in gardening with a combination of wonder the wealth of information on interactions, such as the way literature and this and delight. no-dig vegetable gardening living plant roots create a comprehensive new book already out there, not least in symbiotic relationship with by John Massey, owner of Part of the Ranunculaceae Charles Dowding’s numerous soil microbes, really helps to Ashwood Nurseries and a family and closely related to previous books and social media make sense of why certain leading expert in the genus Anemone, spring-flowering channels. However, this is practices, such as using green Hepatica, does not disappoint. Hepatica is a popular described as his ultimate no-dig manures, are so beneficial. collectors’ plant and the book bible. What sets it apart is how From the outset, it is contains all the nuts-and-bolts his increasing knowledge of The seasoned grower visually appealing and liberally detail you would expect. ecological issues, such as the could gain some insights, too, illustrated with the author’s influence of soil microbiology as Dowding shares the really many photographs. These We learn how to cultivate on growing conditions and useful bits of knowledge picked depict not just the species them, with emphasis on light the commercial threat to up over 40 years of hands-on and the cultivars, with their soil, shade and humidity and open-pollinated varieties, is experience. I learned, for white, pink and blue flowers referencing their wild woven throughout the book. instance, that the reason and variably marbled leaves, preferences and landscapes of French beans often yellow but their natural habitats, origin. There is also information The first third of the book after planting is that they together with all the people he on pests and diseases, breeding, gives a practical overview of can’t photosynthesise at low has met and the places he has propagating and exhibiting. how to get started on your temperatures and that it’s seen during a lifetime of no-dig vegetable-growing better to sow late turnips in botanical travelling. John Massey’s enthusiasm journey, while the remainder August rather than July shines through as he shares focuses on the cultivation to avoid insect damage. It is also highly accessible. traveller’s tales, and anecdotes, of individual crops. It’s a Rather than assuming a rigorous while the Field Notes comprehensive handbook for Such deeply practical tips and academic tone, it is gentle sections that accompany his someone at the start of their give the book a substantial edge. and discursive, taking the reader international journeyings cover growing journey or for those You sense the guiding hand of through the thought processes everything from sleeping on a who have been growing for a a wise mentor as passionate and experiences of someone heated, rubber-coated floor, to while but want to transition to about passing on his knowledge who has spent decades local seasickness remedies. a no-dig, ecological approach. as he is about growing food. entranced by the plant in question. It introduces the two Full of personality and I particularly liked the Delve For an exclusive interview European and numerous Asian charm, this book is essential Deeper sections, which drop in species in context and explores reading for would-be collectors, bite-sized chunks of science in with Charles Dowding go to their world – and his own while its approachable tone makes it suitable for gardensillustrated.com interested novices too. SEPTEMBER 2022 GARDENSILLUSTRATED.COM 109

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