My Tiny Veg Plot: Big ideas for small spaces

by Lia Leendertz, Mark Diacono

Food can be grown just about anywhere, and lack of space should not put you off growing and enjoying the taste of your own fresh vegetables. Not everyone has access to outside space or what we traditionally think of as a garden, but we all have window ledges, doorways, often stairways, sometimes even a balcony or roof space. This book offers solutions and inspirations for these tricky spots that we frequently overlook or neglect, and highlights some unusual growing spaces such as a minuscule balcony in Bristol, an innovative installation of hexagonal polytunnels full of salad leaves in Amiens, France, and an ingenious self-sufficient growing system that provides a wealth of vegetables in an old swimming pool in Phoenix, Arizona. Filled with practical advice, inspiration and planting and design ideas, My Tiny Veg Plot tells you how to prepare your beds whatever the size and situation; there is advice on filling containers, creating ingenious planters, using planting mediums, soil and water and which fruit and vegetables will thrive in which spot. My Tiny Veg Plot contains straightforward information on what to grow and how to grow it, from seed to ready to eat.

160 pages, Paperback

Published November 15, 2018

About the author

Lia Leendertz is a gardener and writer. She writes about gardening, growing food and cooking, and her work has appeared in for the Telegraph, the Guardian, Gardens Illustrated, The Garden, and Simple Things magazine. She publishes an annual garden almanac.

Reviews

[Bianca · Rating 3 out of 5]

So much inspo in such a tiny book. The most diverse veggie patches you’ll ever find, giving you plenty to contemplate and lots of ideas for bringing more home-grown veggies and herbs into your life.

[Andy Horton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Relevant to my balcony-gardening interests. Lots of case-studies of small-space gardening, reminiscent of Gardeners’ World “your gardens” pieces, interspersed with suggestions and practical advice.