Inspirational Books
A select range of garden and outdoor books we really like and can recommend, either for the depth of knowledge they contain or for the way the information is presented.
Sometimes if we are lucky we get both. You’ll find these are the ones we gush over.
If you are a shop customer you’ll find we have many more books to select in store, but because we only keep a small number of copies and change them quite frequently we cannot put them on the website at this point in time. If you would like us to get hold of a garden or outdoor book for you, please send us an email to bookworm@worm.co.uk.
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Gardening Journal
£16.95
Gardening Journal
This excellent Moleskine notebook with 5 themed sections
£16.95
Keep all your garden notes in one organised place.
This excellent Moleskine notebook has 5 themed sections:
Plants
Pots, Tools
Design
Visits
Garden Log
And 5 further tabbed sections that you can personalise.
Lined and squared paper to make notes and sketches.
Bags of useful reference information :
Glossary of leaves
World Hardiness Zones
Plus a back pocket to store rip sheets, seed packets and other stuff.
Mushrooming without Fear
£14.95
Mushrooming without Fear
The best book we have found with clear and concise advice on mushrooming with a handy 'in the field' reference guide.
£14.95
We love mushrooms. Most of all we want to pick them wild and eat them. But obviously this is not without danger, all our home reference books until now have been vague or over complicated.
Here is a mushrooming guide with a totally new, positive approach.
Alex Schwab’s mushrooming rules are few but they are fixed rules. His key identification points leave no room for uncertainty. The book includes a field guide pull out card to take with you when you are out mushrooming or foraging for wild food. 180 full colour illustrations, 128 pages.
Mushrooming without fear- for the first time. YUM.
Also see our special Mushroom Knife.
Wild Food - National Trust
£7.95
Wild Food - National Trust
A practical guide from the National Trust which explores everything you need to know about collecting and foraging for food in the wild
£7.95
Includes:
- How to identify wild fruit, flowers, nuts, seeds, roots and seafood.
- Advice on what wild food is safe to eat and what is not.
- Shows examples of using wild ingredients in jams, jellies and other recipes. Along with guidelines on gathering safely and protecting the countryside.
Allotment Book
£12.95
Allotment Book
Really useful book not just for people setting out with allotments, but for people growing their own veg at home.
£12.95
Advice and information on growing vegetables through the year, this book is really easy to read and easy to use too.
There is information on how to plan your plot, choosing what to grow with recommended varieties and detailed growing advice.
There is also an allotment calendar showing when to plant, when to sow etc. 126 pages, with full colour pictures. By Andi Clevely, with forward by Jekka McVicar.
