10 Best Gardening Books UK 2023

Holly Newton's bold and beautiful book covers all the basics of gardening. Uniquely written from the perspective of a charismatic friend, chatting their way through a fun guide to veggies, fruit and flowers.

More a gardening guide for your nephew than your grandpa, this book presents gardening with a contemporary twist. Filled with colourful graphics and imaginative recipes to make from your harvest, you can avoid waste by turning your haul into flavourful homegrown treats through the year. 

For anyone hoping to turn a single raised bed into a source of fresh produce, this book is a godsend. From building the bed itself all the way to harvest, Veg in One Bed helps you grow vegetables month-by-month for homegrown produce all year round.

Packed with photos and time-saving tips, this book is guaranteed to get you as excited and passionate about budget-friendly organic gardening as its author Huw Richards. 

Monty Don, host of the BBC's beloved Gardener's World, has pulled together a guide which covers every element of gardening. The pages of this book are scattered with love, featuring snaps of Monty's own Herefordshire garden, including his trusty golden retriever Nigel.

The tour of his garden is interspersed with tidbits of advice and guidance on environmentally conscious, organic gardening. The combination of fantastic photos and expert tips make this book a great gift!

Want step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions for how to work your garden all year round? Check out this helpful and comprehensive book from Ian Spence, one of the writers of BBC Gardener's World. 

Bold photos help bring the guide to life, coupled with useful 'To-Do' list. With advice on exactly when to plant certain seeds and tasks you can do ahead of time to avoid having to do extra work later. 

Described as 'foolproof', Lucy Chamberlain has created a gardening bible full of indispensable advice for both beginners and any keen gardeners looking to move from flowerbeds to the vegetable garden. 

Holding your hand throughout the early stages, readers can simply pick a particular crop and follow the straightforward steps. From cuttings and seeds, through the nurturing process all the way to the harvesting stage.

Just because you don't have a garden space doesn't mean you can't get growing! Grow Your Own Crops in Pots is a laser-focused gardening guide that shows you how to grow potted plants on balconies, window sills and patios.

This ingenious book is packed with clever space-saving tricks such as hanging tomato baskets and coriander in a colander. Learn to grow salad leaves, herbs, edible flowers and even fruit, with advice on growing 60 different species of herbs and plants.

Flowers are one of life's simplest pleasures and this book invites everyone to start cultivating their own. The author,  Erin Benzakein, is owner of Floret Flower Farms in Washington state, USA. In Cut Flower Garden, she kindly compiles her floral expertise into a loving tome that gardeners of all levels of experience can enjoy.

Discover the joys of different flower species from tulips to daffodils as Benzakein shares vital tips on growing and how to create splendid bouquets and arrangements for every occasion.

Alan Titchmarsh has created this brilliant guide to making the most of your small garden. Packed with vibrant photos and charming aerial-view illustrations, this book is sure to help readers maximise small spaces.

The book includes growing ideas for front gardens, side passages, balconies, windowsills and rooftops. Offering plenty of advice on the best ways to utilise containers to create the illusion of  larger space. 

If you've always wanted to grow your own snacks, this could be a brilliant book for you. This gardening guide by Naomi Schillinger is incredibly easy to follow and encourages us to believe that you don't need a huge garden or allotment to successfully grow food.

This book teaches you the importance of healthy soil, the ideal spots and the perfect timings for different planting projects. With clearly numbered stages and bright photo illustrations, to help you along the way.

What we particularly like about Carol Klein's book is how it celebrates the wonder of nature. Teeming with glorious high-quality photographs that create a fresh, breezy mood;  it focuses on the ways in which plants and flowers thrive on hilltops or in woodland, helping readers to identify similar conditions in their own garden space.

If you  already own other similar titles from Carol Klein, you may want to give this one a miss as much of the content is the same.