"Des Higgins" wrote in message
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cannot see what else was suggested to you but here are some obvious ones:

Christopher Lloyd has a bunch ranging from the glossy coffee table book
(he had (he is dead now) a wonderful garden that photographed very very
well) via cookery (he had one book combing recipes with vegetable growing
information) to heavy learned paperback (The Well Tempered Garden is a
classic which is full of information although a bit heavy to digest after
the turkey on xmas day).

BBC has a special on him next week sometime...........:~))
Jenny

Helen Dillon had a summary of her garden column from De Turbine in
Ireland. She is witty and knows her stuff. It is in easy to read chunks
and I read the whole thing through twice it was such good bed time reading
(then drift off fantasising about her mixed borders). Cannot remember the
name of the book but it is easy to find.

Des in dark dank damp Dublin





"Cat(h)" wrote in message
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Ornata wrote:
Alan Holmes wrote:
"Cat(h)" wrote in message
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Have you experts, enlightened amateurs, and fellow-gardening
pedestrians, any recommendation for what might make a good Christmas
present for a person who likes gardening, but is not an expert?
Thank you in advance!

Try looking in the charity shops, my wife has recently bought a number
of
very good books at a very cheap price.

Alan

Cat(h)


That's a good tip - I've bought a number of gardening books, in really
good condition, from my local charity shop, and that's in a not
particularly affluent part of south London, so I imagine the hunting
must be even better in more salubrious areas.

Another tip, if you're intending to buy books for somebody, is to
consider not just the beautifully illustrated large-format books but
also well-written paperbacks. You can take them anywhere and also read
them in bed without risk of injury! Beth Chatto has books in
paperback, as does Graham Stuart Thomas.

Thank you all for the good suggestions.
I think I might plumb for the dreaming beautiful book, rather than the
second hand paperback technical tome... we all need inspiration :-)

Cat(h)