Focus on Gardening
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Enjoy gardening and your garden - information, advice and inspiration to get you started or give you new ideas.
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Try these websites for the inspiration and information you need to get out in the garden and get results.
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BBC Gardening - a wealth of gardening information, advice, hints and tips Step by step guides to gardening basics; garden design; gardening with children; plant finder; pest and disease identifier; gardening message board and much more. Learn how to be a gardener with the BBC's online course. The modules cover everything you need to know to give you a great start in gardening.
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Dig-in - grow your own grub and then cook it! |
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RHS - gardening and plant advice and information from the Royal Horticultural Society |
| Find out how to create your own compost and join the Leicestershire Rot-a-Lot Composting Club |
The websites listed above have been selected for their information, advice or service. Leicestershire County Council is not responsible for the content of external websites.
Leicestershire Library Services has a wide range of gardening books to help you . Those shown below are just a few examples. Look on library shelves for books with similar class numbers, search the online catalogue or ask library staff for help.
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Alys Fowler The Edible Garden
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Kathryn Hawkins Pot it, Grow It, Eat It
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Pippa Greenwood The RHS Book of Pests and Diseases
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D.G Hessayon The Best of Experts
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Valentine Low One Man and His Dig
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Laetitia Maklouf The Virgin Gardener
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Dermot O’Neill Roses Revealed
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James Alexander-Sinclair 101 Bold and Beautiful Flowers
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All of the books shown above can be requested at your library. They can also be requested through the online reservation service if you have a library card and a PIN. There is a charge for this service.
- Use Infolinx to find local gardening clubs and allotment societies.
- or use leicestershirevillages.com to find local groups. Go to your town/village and search under ‘Find my nearest’
- If you're really inspired, why not investigate getting an allotment?
Page Last Updated: 30 August 2011
