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Pots for All Seasons

By Tom Harris
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Pots for All Seasons by Bob Purnell presents a comprehensive guide to creating vibrant and appealing container gardens throughout the year. The book explores every detail, from selecting the perfect pots and plants to arranging them beautifully and maintaining their freshness. Readers will learn how to combine permanent and temporary plants, craft themed displays like seaside or woodland, and keep their container gardens lively with expert advice.
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Format: Hardback
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Ideal for home gardeners, horticulture enthusiasts, and anyone seeking to enhance their outdoor or indoor spaces with stylish, seasonal container planting. Suitable for readers looking for both practical guidance and creative inspiration in gardening.

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All the practical advice and inspiration you need to create a stunning container plant display

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In Pots for All Seasons, gardening guru Bob Purnell offers ideas for a wide range of fresh and unusual container plantings, and shows you exactly how to create them, how to combine pots to make a container garden, and how to rearrange and replace them so that the display is always lively and appealing.

He covers every aspect, including:

Collecting pots: the different types and styles of pots, their advantages and disadvantages, and how to choose between them.

What to grow: the plants, divided into those that play a permanent role and temporary visitors.

Making pictures: how to arrange and compose pots to show them off at their best.

A gallery of inspiration: page after page of glorious container plantings, some themed (e.g., seaside, woodland), some simply a celebration of the season, all displaying the freshness and relaxed charm that makes them different.

Planting for success: how to plant up your pots and maintain the plantings so they are always in top condition.

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Praised for its brilliant and inspiring content, the book features stunning photographs that encourage bold choices in plants, containers, and arrangements. Country Smallholding and The English Garden commend its practical advice on planting techniques, container selection, colour coordination, and seasonal ideas. Gardens Illustrated highlights its contemporary approach, while My Weekly describes it as a must for creative and flexible gardening. Period Living notes the expert combination of permanent and temporary plants for enduring interest.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781910258798

Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 June 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pimpernel Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 176

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Home & Garden Non-Fiction Tom Harris

About the Author

Professional horticulturist Tom Harris has been a keen grower of plants of all types since childhood. His particular interest is in greening unpromising small spaces: he has held a lifelong love for container gardening. In his time he has planted thousands of containers to adorn not only his own plot but gardens throughout the UK and Europe. He occasionally contributes articles to national publications.

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