Allotment Gardening: An Organic Guide for Beginners – SHORTLISTED IN THE GARDEN MEDIA GUILD AWARDS 2025

by Susan Berger

Offering creativity, calm and pleasure, an allotment can also provide all the exercise youâ€ll need, with fresh, pesticide-free vegetables to boot. Starting with advice on tools and planning, this manual includes suggestions for making and using compost and how to plan your produce, together with an A–Z of vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers that provides details on cultivation and ideas for ways to consume the end product.

Genres: Gardening, Reference

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

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Susan Berger trained at the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden. She runs a successful garden design company, and her garden has been featured in The Sunday Times, Gardens Illustrated and Marie Claire Maison.

Reviews

[Gary Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent introduction to allotment gardening. Contains most of the information a new allotment holder needs to make a good go of their new plot.

[TiniBeee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very well informed book with much more knowledge, ideas, hints and tips then many others I've read or been shown on allotmenteering so far! Well laid out for easy referencing, added recipes for inspiration and straight to the point info for many aspects of growing

[Andreas Michaelides · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title pretty much covers the content of the book. I love it because it gives you a step by step methodology and approach covering the basics of what you need to start organic gardening.
I really enjoyed and I always have it with me when I plant to plant new plants or any other vegetables.
Highly recommended for beginners and first time gardeners like I am, especially for the organic information.

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full of useful information and tips on how to grow healthy fruit and veg. I can't wait to give it a go!