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"Inspire a love of gardens and gardening among the young with this beautiful information book."
March 2025 Debut of the Month
Opening this beautiful, illustrated book is like going on an adventure through the world on our doorsteps. Each page presents a different garden or outdoor space for readers to explore, from herb gardens to ancient woodland, wildflower meadows and grassy lawns to vegetable gardens.
Readers can spot different plants, trees and birds in the full colour double page illustrations, each named and labelled with reader-friendly information. There are activities at the end of each chapter to help us grow, harvest and care for some of those plants in our own gardens.
By the end of the book, readers will understand so much not just about gardens, but about how the natural world works, how different species live and thrive alongside one another. A book to treasure and return to season by season, year by year.
Discover a glorious collection of unique gardens filled with plants from all kinds of environments. Go on an adventure with one of the U.K.'s favorite gardeners, Frances Tophill, through twenty different gardens. Explore everywhere from the vegetable garden to a tropical glass house, and discover the wildlife living in our hedgerows. Learn about more than one hundred kinds of plant, and get your hands in the soil with 28 seasonal growing and nature activities. A glossary of key terms at the back makes this the perfect book for budding gardeners looking to dive into a world of plants.In the book you will discover . . . The Tropical House filled with huge green leaves and bright flowers The Ancient Woodland, where you might spot some wildlife amid the towering trees The Rock Garden, where plants adapt to grow on the sheer surfaces The Soil, a secret world that's teeming with microscopic life
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Discover a glorious collection of unique gardens filled with plants from all kinds of environments. Go on an adventure with one of the U.K.'s favorite gardeners, Frances Tophill, through twenty different gardens.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed How to Grow a Garden and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
How to Grow a Garden features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Gardening, The Natural World, Wildlife, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Plants and trees, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Practical interests, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
Hardback. £17.99, down from the £19.99 cover price. Not Available.
How to Grow a Garden was written by Frances Tophill and published by Magic Cat Publishing an imprint of Magic Cat
How to Grow a Garden has 64 pages
£17.99, reduced from £19.99. Not Available.
