The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Herbs - (Kew Experts) by Holly Farrell & Kew Royal Botanic Gardens (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Herbs </i>is an exquisite mix of practical and giftable gardening reference for beginners and enthusiasts who want to grow herbs beautifully. Combines practical advice, 12 easy to follow projects and choice illustrations from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew archive.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The new Kew guide to planting and cultivating herbs features 12 easy and inspiring projects as well as detailed information on 80 of the most important species to grow, all accompanied by Kew's beautiful botanical illustrations.</b> <p/> Herbs provide<b> flavours and scents unlike any other, </b> and the 80 hand-picked herbs in this book are a<b> living trove of fresh flavours for any cook</b>, with power to transform the simplest dish. <p/><b>Find out how to grow herbs in beds, pots, borders and windowboxes</b>, how to plant, and how to propagate and harvest your herbs, as the kew experts <b>equip you with all you need to create a flourishing herb garden</b> of your very own. <p/> Following this, <b>80 of the most important and exciting herbs are identified</b>, illustrated and their uses explained. This is accompanied by <b>12 projects which show how to develop a herb garden</b> at the next level and use herbs in the most interesting and creative ways, from<b> planting a herb roof</b> to making <b>herbal oils. </b> <p/> Herbs can be used as seeds, flowers, or leaves; cooked and eaten themselves or used to infuse a dish or drink. They are <b>high-value ingredients</b> for foraged dishes, and <b>must-have crops</b> for the best restaurants as chefs realise that often <b>the only way to capture their elusive flavour is to grow and harvest fresh herbs on their doorstep.</b> <p/> With this book these intense flavours can now be a reality for gardeners and home-cooks with <b>any size of garden, from an acre to a window box</b>. Underpinned by the authority of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the expertise of Holly Farrell this book combines practical elements with inspiration and beauty. <p/> This book is from the <b>Kew Experts</b> series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from Royal Botanic Kew Gardens offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles include: <i>Companion to Medicinal Plants, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to Growing Orchids, Guide to Growing Roses, Guide to Growing Succulents and Cacti, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Vegetables </i>and <i>Guide to Growing House Plants.</i><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b> HOLLY FARRELL</b> is the author of Planting Plans for your Kitchen Garden (2013, How To Books) and RHS Plants from Pips (2015, Mitchell Beazley). She contributes to gardening magazines such as The Garden and Kitchen Garden, and has a blog at www.hollyefarrell.com. Holly trained at RHS Gardens Wisley where she gained the Wisley Diploma in Practical Horticulture and the RHS Certificate and Diploma, both with Commendation. After working as Head Gardener on a private estate she now combines her career as a garden writer with freelance work as a consultant on (kitchen) gardens for private clients and Tom Stuart-Smith Ltd. Holly has been growing her own fruit and vegetables for many years, in a variety of settings from allotments to container gardens. Holly is also a keen and experienced baker, and while she's happy to produce wedding cakes for friends or hundreds of biscuits for a Christmas market stall, she doesn't need a reason to bake!</p><p><b>Kew Royal Botanic Gardens</b> has built a global resource for medicinal plant names that enables health professionals and researchers to access information about plants and plant products relevant to pharmacological research, health regulation, traditional medicine and functional foods.</p>
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