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Grow a New Garden: Plan, design and transform any outdoor space
“Aspirational, accessible, awesome.”—Huw Richards, author of The Permaculture Garden
Create a new garden that blooms for you, in any space or patch of land that you want to call a garden.
In Grow a New Garden, Becky Searle (@sow_much_more on Instagram) offers a warm and chatty practical guide to designing and planting beautiful, healthy gardens, based on her own experiences.
Becky has changed gardens several times in the last few years due to changes in her personal circumstances, but she has created a garden everywhere she goes. The garden that she has today is a new-build property garden. When she moved in December 2022, it was entirely devoid of plants. Two years later, Becky has created a joyful space for growing food and flowers and for her growing family!
Becky came to realise that what she had learned in this garden could apply to any new garden, whether you are starting from scratch, dealing with an overgrown or neglected garden or redesigning an existing garden.
From building healthy soil to creating a natural and sustainable garden with a thriving ecosystem that encourages biodiversity to planning your dream garden while dealing with awkward spaces, noise or privacy, Becky will give gardeners, whether new or experienced, a complete understanding of how gardens work, demystifying garden design and making gardening easier and more enjoyable. Grow a New Garden that works for you!
“I thoroughly recommend this book to beginners and also to experienced gardeners.”—Charles Dowding, author of No Dig
Create a new garden that blooms for you, in any space or patch of land that you want to call a garden.
In Grow a New Garden, Becky Searle (@sow_much_more on Instagram) offers a warm and chatty practical guide to designing and planting beautiful, healthy gardens, based on her own experiences.
Becky has changed gardens several times in the last few years due to changes in her personal circumstances, but she has created a garden everywhere she goes. The garden that she has today is a new-build property garden. When she moved in December 2022, it was entirely devoid of plants. Two years later, Becky has created a joyful space for growing food and flowers and for her growing family!
Becky came to realise that what she had learned in this garden could apply to any new garden, whether you are starting from scratch, dealing with an overgrown or neglected garden or redesigning an existing garden.
From building healthy soil to creating a natural and sustainable garden with a thriving ecosystem that encourages biodiversity to planning your dream garden while dealing with awkward spaces, noise or privacy, Becky will give gardeners, whether new or experienced, a complete understanding of how gardens work, demystifying garden design and making gardening easier and more enjoyable. Grow a New Garden that works for you!
“I thoroughly recommend this book to beginners and also to experienced gardeners.”—Charles Dowding, author of No Dig
237 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 14, 2025
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January 4, 2026Grow A New Garden ~ Plan, Design & Transform Any Outdoor Space by Becky Searle
I have been reading gardening books weekly now for about 6 months. I have not reviewed most of them or recorded them as read in my Goodreads, but thought this year I will. Some like this one, I read cover to cover. Others I can skim and realize that it’s over my head, or not the type of gardening I’m interested in. This one for the most part I found enjoyable but mostly I think because it’s winter, and allowed me to dream a bit about spring and summer.
This author is from England, so style and plant choices are likely very different. I have found Midwest gardening books, Michigan specific books and native gardening books much more to my taste. So while I didn’t rate the book, I did enjoy it!
A few simple takeaways for me though:
•plant more flowers among my vegetables
•plant more herbs and vegetables among my flowers
•create hideaway spaces
•water feature for soothing sounds
•container gardening in awkward spots
•consider mulching (far away from house 🐀)
I found this in the “new nonfiction” stacks at my local @royaloakpubliclibrary.
Book 2 of 2026
Read December 26, 2025-January 4, 2026
I have been reading gardening books weekly now for about 6 months. I have not reviewed most of them or recorded them as read in my Goodreads, but thought this year I will. Some like this one, I read cover to cover. Others I can skim and realize that it’s over my head, or not the type of gardening I’m interested in. This one for the most part I found enjoyable but mostly I think because it’s winter, and allowed me to dream a bit about spring and summer.
This author is from England, so style and plant choices are likely very different. I have found Midwest gardening books, Michigan specific books and native gardening books much more to my taste. So while I didn’t rate the book, I did enjoy it!
A few simple takeaways for me though:
•plant more flowers among my vegetables
•plant more herbs and vegetables among my flowers
•create hideaway spaces
•water feature for soothing sounds
•container gardening in awkward spots
•consider mulching (far away from house 🐀)
I found this in the “new nonfiction” stacks at my local @royaloakpubliclibrary.
Book 2 of 2026
Read December 26, 2025-January 4, 2026
November 10, 2025
I love this excellent book!
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