NEW COTTAGE GARDEN (HB)

After over two decades of photographing other people’s gardens, Mark Bolton decided he wanted to make one of his own, from scratch. This is his real-time, fully illustrated, step-by-step personal account of how an amateur enthusiast created a cottage garden - based on what he knew it should look like, and not much else. With the complete gardening novice in mind, Mark provides information on his discoveries: working with the seasons and the wider environment; incorporating trees, flowers, vegetables and containers; supporting wildlife; swapping seeds, taking cuttings and reusing materials – and more.