The Garden Library: Herbs

by Kenneth A. Beckett

Editor Anthony Livesey, Designers Julia Harris and Jane Owen, Managing Editor Jackie Douglas, Art Director Roger Bristow, Consultants Margaret McQuade Hagedorn and James Fanning. First published in Great Britain in 1984 by Dorling Kindersley Limited.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening

Paperback

First published March 12, 1984

About the author

After some twenty years' experience of practical horticulture and two years at the RHS gardens at Wisley, England, where he gained the RHS diploma, Kenneth Beckett turned from spadework to writing.
He worked first on the Gardener's Chronicle and then became a freelance writer, editor, and consultant. He has written hundreds of articles for gardening magazines, edited the Hardy Plant Society's Bulletin, edits the International Dendrological Society's Year Book, and is a member of the RHS Scientific committee. His many books - some written in collaboration with his wife - including Love of Gardening. Gardening is his main hobby, and he and his wife have a one-acre garden in Norfolk that boasts over 2,000 different plants. He has made many trips abroad to study plants in the wild and is particularly interested in the flora of Australia and New Zealand.

Reviews

[GingerbreadSquirrel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative book. UK based.

[Ruric Amhari · Rating 3 out of 5]

handy little pocket book which has a short introductory section on how to cultivate herbs followed by an A-Z guide to the more common herbs. Illustrated with botantical sketches these entries set out propagation, soil, position and cultivation.