If you're a gardener it's the type of book you'd likely leave on your coffee table and flick through at your leisure. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.

Different aesthetics require different balances between controlling nature and cooperating with its requirements.

Marking 30 years since its first publication, this revised edition of the RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening provides dependable, essential gardening advice while expanding on key topics that are important to the next generation of gardeners, such as wildlife gardening and sustainability.

The gardening experience may involve visiting some of the world’s great gardens at different seasons to see the relation of individual groups of plants, trees, and shrubs to the whole design; to study the positioning of plants in terms of their colour, texture, and weight of leaf or blossom; and to appreciate the use of special features such as ponds or watercourses, pavilions, or rockeries. Over three years in the making the book shows every aspect of gardening painstakingly photographed to help you pinpoint precisely what you need to know about a particular gardening technique or garden plant. However, most people who cultivate a domestic plot also derive satisfaction from involvement in the processes of tending plants. Gardening can be considered both as an art, concerned with arranging plants harmoniously in their surroundings, and as a science, encompassing the principles and techniques of plant cultivation.It reflects modern best-practice gardening at the Royal Horticultural Society, the world’s leading gardening authority.

Drawing on the expertise of 50 gardeners, this encyclopedia aims to be a definitive guide to gardening, with expert advice on all aspects. You will find all you need to know about every facet of practical gardening in this complete and up-to-date gardening reference. At higher levels of appreciation, it involves an understanding of the complexity of the gardening process, equivalent to a chess game with nature, because the variables are so many. There’s a nice chapter on cacti and succulents and even a section on how to propagate ferns from spores.We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities. This new edition is fully updated to include new styles, plants and the latest developments in horticulture, including organic gardening and the effects of global warming. Even if you’re new to gardening, you can grasp the fundamentals of garden design, find a style that suits you, and bring your ideas to life. The RHS takes you through the process of finding the right seeds to sowing and eventually beautiful blooms.