Wildflower Gardening 

 
The key to being a good wildflower gardener is to go with the flow, get to know your plants, and graciously accept defeat occasionally!  Grow what you can, choose species and varieties that have a natural affinity with your growing conditions and most importantly, have fun and relax in your garden.  For an added dimension and a sense of purpose encourage wildlife where you can and your garden will become your own personal nature reserve.  Growing wildflowers helps you to regard your garden as an important part of its natural surroundings.  Jenny Steel

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This new book in the Gardening with Nature Series is a larger format than the previous books, with colour photographs throughout.  It contains information on growing wildflowers in every situation in the garden, with recommended plants, information on growing from seed and lists of suppliers. 98 pages with over 100 colour pictures throughout, some of them full page, this book will tell you everything you need to know about growing wildflowers in your garden, from sowing seeds to the wildlife they will attract.  Chapters on suitable wildflowers for sunny borders, growing in grass, shady spots and wilder areas to name a few.
£9.50 including postage

Reviews for this book:

Jenny Steel has produced an attractive, informative and practical book that would encourage anyone to grow some wildflowers in their garden.  Written in an easy-going style and packed with information, this book provides everything that the reader needs to know about gardening with our wonderful native wildflowers, whether to attract wildlife or simply for their own sake.  

Joe Swift,   BBC Gardeners‘ World

 
If you thought wildflower gardening was too difficult, too specialised, or too much of a contradiction in terms, think again; this lovely book will guide you gently into a beguiling new world. It doesn’t matter what kind of garden you have, or whether your gardening style is hands-off or high-maintenance; there are wildflowers to suit every garden, and every gardener. Jenny Steel’s enthusiasm is infectious, and she is at pains to point out how easy wildflower gardening can be (though if you’ve seen her garden, you’ll appreciate the heights the skill can reach). There’s no limit to what you can do with wildflowers – and this book is an excellent place to start.  

Gaby Bartai-Bevan,  Organic Gardening Magazine  

 

 
This book is a real inspiration. It is a comprehensive guide on how to garden with our native species in all sorts of settings - including your patio and window box. Wildflowers don’t just have to be used in a meadow and Jenny Steel shows how to use these wonderfully versatile plants to work with nature. I love this book.  
 
Heather Gorringe,  Wiggly Wigglers
 
 

 

Jenny Steel and I share the same passion for plants and living creatures. But Jenny champions wild flowers (instead of garden flowers) and has done so for almost 20 years.   In this lovely book she shares her expertise and depth of knowledge and in this age of lost habitats every garden should be fostering some native British plants to sustain our native wildlife.  

Val Bourne, Daily Telegraph and author of The Natural Gardener