member priceThe bestselling, expert guide to growing your own vegetables organically.
In this classic bestseller, expert landscape designer Xanthe White takes readers by the hand and walks them from backyard bombsite to productive vegetable garden in a single year. White’s month-by-month guide demystifies organic gardening and offers invaluable advice on seed-raising, planting, composting, mulching, chemical-free pest and disease control, companion planting, soil rotation, essential varieties and much more. This inspirational and practical guide is perfect both for beginners who want to grow their own food and seasoned gardeners looking for new ideas.
The only book you’ll ever need for delicious vegetables from garden to table.
Author Biography
Xanthe White is the lead designer of her studio Xanthe White Design based in both Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand. The practise has worked for the last 28 years on projects across the globe including New Zealand, United Kingdom, Isle of Mann, France, Singapore, Japan and China. She has published several books on gardening and landscaping and has been involved in writing, radio and television through the years to communicate the art of gardening in a contemporary context. She is also involved in education teaching in studio classes as well as Masterclasses at an international level. She is also President of the Garden Design Society and a fellow of the organisation as well as an awarded Meritae Alumnae of Baradene.
She lives in Auckland New Zealand with her husband Chris and their children Jacob and Sophie.
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