Eat What You Grow

EAT WHAT YOU GROW

How to have an undemanding edible garden that is both beautiful and productive

Imagine a garden that is as beautiful as it is productive, that is brimming with wildlife from bees to birds, and that gives you fresh, wholesome, chemical-free food with flavors that go beyond anything shops can offer. 

You might think such a space would be time-consuming and complicated, would involve back-breaking digging and endless weeding. Not if you garden alongside nature. 

From fruit trees and shrubs, and perennial vegetables that come back year after year, to easy-to-grow, delicious delights that can be weaved effortlessly together to create a stunning garden whatever its size, all the plants in Eat What You Grow have been carefully selected so that they hold their own not just in the garden but on the plate. 

Alys Fowler is a gardener, writer and presenter who trained at The Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, The New York Botanical Gardens and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She writes a weekly column on gardening for the Guardian Weekend Magazine and is the author of six books, including The Edible Garden, which accompanied a BBC TV series of the same name, and Hidden Nature, which was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize. 

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