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Secrets for every season, straight from the potting shed. Discover the pleasures and pitfalls of a year in the great outdoors at Stockton Bury Gardens, a four-acre open garden at the heart of a working farm. Tamsin Westhorpe's year-long diary of gardening is honest, funny and full of practical hints and tips for success - from how not to lose your trowel to how best to answer the perennial dilemma of the plant that needs 'well-drained soil and a sunny spot'. Packed with favourite seasonal plants, timely reminders for each month and entertaining tales of moving sheep, thwarting rabbits, and speaking at rural village halls, Tamsin's diary is a handy, practical companion that celebrates the British seasons in all their changeable glory - from someone who lives, breathes and eats country gardening.

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Punctuated by tips, tasks and techniques and peppered with outdoorsy insights, this book deserves a place on every gardener's bedside table - Helen Yemm, Daily Telegraph; As well as a diary of the garden, this book is a love letter to rural Herefordshire - Constance Craig Smith, Daily Mail; Diary of a Modern Country Gardeners was a welcome arrival this year. It's a self-deprecating and practical account by the former editor of The English Garden magazine. - Anna Pavord, Sunday Times

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Tamsin Westhorpe is a hands-on gardener at her family garden, Stockton Bury in Herefordshire, which regularly features in round-ups of the best UK open gardens to visit. She is a prolific lecturer at home and abroad and her aim is to make her audiences laugh. She is a podcast presenter and judge at RHS Chelsea, and is also a features writer and former editor of The English Garden.

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