Book Reviews

  • “You Should Have Been Here Last Week” by Tim Richardson reviewed by Bridget Rosewell

    This is one of those (few) books every thinkingardener ...

  • 1000 Garden Ideas by Stafford Cliff

    Reviewed by Anne Wareham. "Thumbnails gone mad...?" ...

  • An interesting book review by Abbie Jury

    I haven't named the book which is the subject of this ...

  • And the view from the UK by Mark Laurence

    I think that 'Planting' is an important book, but I was ...

  • Another lovely coffee table book: Monet’s Garden in Art reviewed by Paul Steer

    Well, I've heard of quite a few people disappointed ...

  • Autobiography of a Garden by Patterson Webster: a review

    Autobiography of a Garden is about the garden making, ...

  • Avant Gardeners: 50 visionaries of the Contemporary Landscape by Tim Richardson

    Reviewed by Bridget Rosewell. ".....Moreover, it is ...

  • Christopher Lloyd – His Life at Great Dixter by Stephen Anderton

    Reviewed by Jane Powers. "The author is at his most ...

  • Essay on Gardening by Henk Gerritsen, reviewed by Catharine Howard

    This review made me buy the book. It's a real thinkingardens ...

  • Garden Magic by George Carter. Reviewed by Ann Hawkins

    Here's a garden designer I really admire and enjoy. ...

  • Gardens in History by Louise Wickham reviewed by Tristan Gregory

    The full title of the book under review here is "Gardens ...

  • Gardens Of The World-The Great Traditions by Rory Stuart reviewed by Sara Venn

      Gardens Of The World - The Great Traditions, ...

  • Great Garden Design by Ian Hodgson, reviewed by Katherine Crouch.

    I wonder: are all great garden designs, as in this ...

  • In an Irish Garden (1986) reviewed by Marie McLeish

    You may wonder why we are reviewing a book which was ...

  • Japanese Zen Gardens, by Yoko Kawaguchi and Alex Ramsey, reviewed by Jake Hobson.

    Time for a book review, and I'm delighted to welcome ...

  • Meet the Laidees – a book review by Katherine Crouch

    What is it with gardening that it seems determined ...

  • More books on Italian Gardens reviewed by Charles Hawes

    Charles Hawes has a weakness for Italian Gardens and ...

  • More Monet from Paul Steer

    Never imagine that a book review on thinkingardens ...

  • Natural Selection: A Year in the Garden by Dan Pearson reviewed by Tristan Gregory

    Someone somewhere may have been wondering why Thinkingardens ...

  • Nature Over Again: The Garden Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay by John Dixon Hunt

    Reviewed by Darryl Moore. "John Dixon Hunt has established ...

  • Not just a load of old coneflowers by Victoria Summerley.

    Another fine book review from Victoria Summerley. ...

  • Old Fashioned? Review by Mark Laurence

    One of the earliest books I bought was Beth Chatto's ...

  • Paradise Gardens by Toby Musgrave, reviewed by Tristan Gregory

    Well, it's getting near to Christmas and you're still ...

  • Philosophy in the Garden by Damon Young, reviewed by John Clarke

    Anne Wareham, editor It's that time again: thank you ...

  • Shades of Green reviewed by Victoria Summerley

    I am a great admirer of John Sales. He is one of the ...

  • Shrubs are the Next New Thing: a review of ‘Shrub Features’ by Michael King.

    Time to review an ebook - in this case a self published ...

  • Small gardens, anyone? Book Review by Susan Wright

    Is this the book everyone wants? Small gardens? Anne ...

  • The Deckchair Gardener reviewed by Catharine Howard

    When Catharine asked me if she could review The Deckchair ...

  • The Garden Visitor’s Companion by Louisa Jones

    Reviewed by Chris Young. "The author’s aim is to ...

  • The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto by Jenny Condie and Alex Ramsey reviewed by Rory Stuart

    Everyone is now totally exhausted after all that debate ...

  • The New English Garden by Tim Richardson reviewed by Bridget Rosewell

    Here is a review of the winner of a Garden Media ...

  • The Omnipotent Magician, Jane Brown reviewed by Gary Webb,

    A review of a new book on - was he ever called Capability? ...

  • The Road To Le Tholonet by Monty Don, reviewed by Alison Levey

    After the series the book, of course. Here's Alison ...

  • The Twilight Garden by Lia Leendertz, reviewed by Susan Wright.

    A-book-I-got sent: and a new reviewer. Welcome to ...

  • The Well Connected Gardener by Sue Minter

    "Another surprise is that the distinguished career ...

  • The whole world is a garden?…. by Charles Hawes

    We appeared (Charles and me) in an exhibition at the ...

  • Understanding Garden Design by Vanessa Gardner Nagel, reviewed by Sarah Wilson

    A book with a title suggesting a very modest agenda ...

  • What are Gardens For? by Rory Stuart reviewed by Bridget Rosewell

    Here is a second second review of this book, in this ...

  • What are Gardens for? by Rory Stuart, reviewed by Sheppard Craige

    You may well wonder why we have two reviews of Rory ...

  • Which nature? Rambunctious Garden by Emma Marris: a review by Catharine Howard

    Before  you ask, rambunctious means difficult, hard ...

  • You may do unexpected things – a book review by James Golden

    This looks like an unusually exciting book. (It's ...

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