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Master the art of growing fruit.
From the world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this book introduces the best fruit to grow at home and teaches you how to cultivate each plant. With 12 easy and inspiring projects and beautiful botanical illustrations, this is part of the best-selling series of Kew Gardeners Guides, now available in paperback.
This fully and beautifully illustrated guide from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, gives you all the insight, knowledge and advice you will need to master all kinds of fruit growing.
Written by Kew expert, Kay Maguire, the book contains a full guide to each type of fruit, with tips on where to grow, planting, how to tend to them and the best tricks to get the most out of your crop. From citrus to berries, apples and figs to nuts and melons, all the most delicious fruits are covered in full detail.
The book also contains 12 practical projects for readers to follow along with at home, from planting a fig to making quince jelly, growing a melon from seed to making chestnut stuffing.
These projects will bring the wonderful world of fruit to life and produce confident, keen growers wanting to expand their experience of growing their own. Perfect for beginners or experienced gardeners alike.
This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles available: Guide to Growing House Plants, Guide to Growing Herbs, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Orchids, Guide to Growing Vegetables, Guide to Growing Roses, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents, Guide to Growing Perennials, Guide to Growing Shrubs, Guide to Growing Alpines.
