Gift & Humour
Dig That Garden, Save The Planet
Your First Steps to Becoming an Eco-Gardener
Author: Johnnie Dominic
Price: £7.99
Dimensions: 183 x 134 mm
Number of pages: 96
ISBN: 9781840247503
Publication Date: 5th May 2009
Buy BookSynopsis
‘As long as one has a garden one has a future’
Francis Hodgson Burnett
This practical and entertaining guide helps you make those first steps to becoming an ecogardener. Beautifully illustrated and brimming with bright ideas, it’s designed to make you think, get you started and help you to have fun doing it.
A useful and inspiring gift for gardeners new and old, it covers such topics as Sod’s Lore (not so boring old soil), The Long-Suffering Lawn, Cheap Eats and ‘how to make slugs do something useful for a change’. Wellies on, then. We’ve got a planet to save!
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Birds (The magazine of the RSPB) February 2010
'those keen on spreading a ‘save the world’ message may choose it as a gift to prompt others... it is thought-provoking, and a pleasure to dip into.'
The Ross-Shire Journal Series, 27th October 2009
'enthusiastic and encouraging little gem aimed at the gardening enthusiast keen to do their bit for the environment.'
The North Devon Journal Series, August 13, 2009
'offers those all-important tips to get you started as an eco-gardener. It’s a practical and entertaining guide, showing how to make your own compost – even keeping a bucket for...
Kitchen Garden magazine, July 2009
'a little book full of inspirational tips... tips and anecdotes are liberally illustrated with cartoon which will make you smile... Who is it for? Aspiring gardeners or budding eco-warriors with...
'a simple guide to start an eco-friendly garden. It’s for all ages and has funny cartoon illustrations.'
Eastern Daily Press Norfolk Magazine, June 2009
'a great little compendium of green garden ideas, ideal for the beginner.'
The Rugby Advertiser, May 2nd, 2009
'As the title suggests, it basically deals with eco-gardening. It is a subject which can be dry, although this book is far from it... The reader will learn a great...
'Humorous and priceless gardening tips.'
The South Yorkshire Times, April 23, 2009
'A chatty little book which is a collection of suggestions to green-up your garden, in the environmental sense, with some basic instructions on how to put them in to practice....
The Burton Mail, April 11th, 2009
'a book that inspires the gardener to take a careful and less commercially driven approach to their patch in a bid to create an area that’s imaginative and green in...
Ben Hughes, Diary of an Eco Dad in The Manchester Evening News,
'I’ll spend a little time reading two new books I have received from Summersdale publishers, Dig That Garden – Save The Planet and The Accidental Gardener. I think they both...
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
‘This small book is jam-packed full of priceless tips and advice to get you started as an eco-gardener all delivered in an entertaining and easy-to-understand style.’
Nigel Marven, Wildlife TV Presenter
'At last, an eco-friendly gardening guide where you can see the wood for the trees… native trees, of course! Easy-to-follow tips for a garden attractive to people and creatures, that...
Bookseller, 14th November 2008
‘The perfect impulse buy… entertaining and engaging in spades.’
County Times (Powys), 7 May 2010
‘Gardening with a sense of humour... full of ecological advice for helping save the planet from your own back garden.’
‘crammed full of tips on how to get a healthy garden even if you just have pots on the patio. A practical, entertaining guide... making your first steps to becoming...
The Guernsey Press and Star, 20th November 2010
‘beautiful and compact guide... The book’s tips are inexpensive to carry out and simply explained, making it perfect for the casual or younger gardener.’
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