The Best Gardening Books of 2023!

It’s that time of year again… Our annual book special is here! Today, Helen Griffin, RHS Book Publishing Manager, chats with Fiona Davidson, Guy Barter, and Arthur Parkinson about their top gardening book picks of 2023. Tune in for a discussion on the future of GYO and resilient planting, the relevance of gardening history, and wildcard topics like cut flowers, winter gardening, and yes, even murder. 

Presenter: Helen Griffin

Contributors: Fiona Davidson, Guy Barter, Arthur Parkinson, and Matt Pottage

Books Discussed:

Botany of the Kitchen Garden by Helena Dove

Rekha’s Kitchen Garden: Seasonal Produce and Home-Grown Wisdom from One Gardener’s Allotment Year by Rekha Mistry

RHS The Winter Garden by Naomi Slade

England’s Gardens: A Modern History by Stephen Parker

Gardening can be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell

Not Another Jungle: Comprehensive Care for Extraordinary Houseplants by Tony Le Britton

Chatsworth: The gardens and the people who made them by Alan Titchmarsh

A Year Full of Veg: A Harvest for All Seasons by Sarah Raven

The Cut Flower Sourcebook by Rachel Siegfried