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The Kew gardener's guide to growing vegetables : the art and science to grow your own vegetables / Helena Dove.

by Dove, Hélèna.

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Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers, 2020.

Vegetable gardening.

Vegetable gardening -- England.

9780711242784 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Growing vegetables : the art and science to grow your own vegetables

144 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

"Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew"--Cover.

"A combination of botanical beauty and practical advice from the Kitchen Gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, will inspire beginners and experienced growers to produce a wide range of fantastic crops, no matter what the size of their garden. From growing from seed to harvesting through the season the twelve inspirational projects will bring the wonderful world of vegetable growing to life and produce confident, keeen growers wanting to expand their experience of tasty and nourishing crops." --Back cover.

The Kew Guide to Growing Vegetables looks at some of the most common vegetables grown, and also some more unusual edibles. It gives easy to follow instructions on how to be a successful vegetable gardener, plus 12 exciting projects to try throughout the year. From sowing, to planting young plants, to hardening off and harvesting, Helena Dove, Kew's Kitchen Gardener shows what can be achieved with a few packets of seed and some fertile ground.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [England] is a world famous centre for botanical and mycological knowledge. Over the past 250 years Kew has made innumerable contributions to increasing the understanding of plants and fungi with many benefits for humankind. Helena Dove is the Kitchen Gardener at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and previously worked at Myddelton House Gardens in Enfield, London. She has written for magazines including Garden News, The Plant Heritage, as well as the Kew Blog. She trained in horticulture on the Historic and Botanic Gardening Training Scheme and studied her RHS qualifications at Writtle College.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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