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Informationen zum Autor Carol Klein is one of the most familiar gardening experts working in the media today, famous for her regular role as a presenter on Gardeners’ World since 1998. Her natural, down-to-earth approach has made her a popular and trusted figure amongst the British (gardening) public. Carol originally studied fine art and spent many years teaching art in schools and colleges. She started gardening and running a nursery from her home in Devon, which became internationally renowned. She began exhibiting at RHS shows in 1990 and went on to win multiple gold medals at Chelsea, Hampton Court, Westminster and Malvern. Her acclaimed TV series include Wild About the Garden , Grow Your Own Veg , Plant Odysseys and Great British Gardens . In 2011, a 6-part series based on a year in her own garden at Glebe Cottage, Life In a Cottage Garden , was shown and accompanied her book of the same title. It has been repeated every year since. It won TV Broadcast of the Year at the Garden Media Guild, as did ‘Scent’, Grow Your Own Veg , and Great British Gardens . In 2019 the GMG awarded her their Lifetime Achievement Award. Most recently, she has presented Gardening with Carol Klein , Spring Gardening with Carol Klein and Summer Gardening on Channel 5 filmed at Glebe Cottage. In 2018 the RHS awarded her their highest accolade The Victoria Medal of Honour. In 2023, Carol was named Iconic Horticultural Hero by the RHS. Jonathan Buckley is an award-winning specialist garden and flower photographer who has been sole photographer on over 30 books, as well as contributing to a wide range of magazines and newspapers worldwide. Awards have included the Garden Media Guild Garden Photographer of the Year, Features Photographer of the Year and Single Image of the Year. Klappentext The perfect purchase for anyone wanting to garden on a shoestring - and grow your own garden from scratch, Grow Your Own Garden is an inspirational, accessible and practical gardening guide that will have great appeal to novices and more experienced gardeners alike. Full of beautiful colour photography and expert advice from the BBC's Carol Klein. 'Buy it or drop big hints ... you will not be disappointed' -- ***** Reader review 'Covers pretty much everything a gardener needs to know' -- ***** Reader review 'Quite inspirational' -- ***** Reader review 'Wonderful book written by a very knowledgeable lady' -- ***** Reader review 'Brilliant book - so informative' -- ***** Reader review ***************************************************************************************** Carol Klein is passionate about propagation. Her own garden, as seen on Gardeners' World , is almost grown entirely from cuttings and seeds and in this book she's on a mission to share her joy in working with nature to cultivate the plants she loves. Too often gardeners are intimidated by propagation, assume it's not for them and go for ready-grown plants from the garden centre. But Carol, a gifted communicator with her infectious enthusiasm, boundless horticultural expertise and easy practical explanations, shows just how simple and satisfying it is to grow your own plants, not to mention sustainable and cheap . She demonstrates, step-by-step, how to divide herbaceous perennials, nurture seedlings or grow new stock from root cuttings, stems or leaves, showing how there is no mystique involved and anybody can do it. Zusammenfassung Too often gardeners are intimidated by propagation, assume it's not for them and go for ready-grown plants from the garden centre. This title shows how simple and satisfying it is to grow your own plants. It demonstrates how to divide herbaceous perennials, nurture seedlings or grow new stock fro...
