Each year Gardens Illustrated rounds up its top gardening books of the year from releases throughout the past year and gives you a chance to win them.
This year's list features a host of great writers and books, from Tom Massey's The Resilient Garden: Sustainable Gardening for a Changing Climate, to Grasses for Gardens and Landscapes by Neil Lucas. We've featured Alice Vincent's book Why Women Grow, as well as Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts: 50 Easy-to-Grow Plants for the Organic Home Garden or Landscape by Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano. Read the full list below.
Looking for more gardening book ideas?
Our full list of this year and last year's best gardening books can be found at our top garden books round up.
All entries must be received by 11.59pm on 31 January 2024. To enter you must be over 18 and resident in the UK, including the Channel Islands. Full terms and conditions below
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Win our 14 top gardening books of the year
The full list of books to win this year
A Year Full of Veg: A Harvest for all Seasons by Sarah Raven, photographs by Jonathan Buckley, Bloomsbury, £27, ISBN 978-1526639349
American Roots: Lessons and Inspiration from the Designers Reimagining Our Home Gardens by Nick McCullough, Allison McCullough and Teresa Woodard, Timber Press, £30, ISBN 978-1643261164
The Cut Flower Sourcebook: Exceptional Perennials and Woody Plants for Cutting by Rachel Siegfried, Filbert Press, £35, ISBN 978-1739903923
The Cottage Garden by Claus Dalby, Cool Springs Press, £28, ISBN 978-0760379714
RHS Resilient Garden: Sustainable Gardening for a Changing Climate by Tom Massey, Dorling Kindersley, £27, ISBN 978-0241575833
Garden: Exploring the Horticultural World by Phaidon Editors, Phaidon, £44.95, ISBN 978-1838665975
To Stand and Stare: How to Garden While Doing Next to Nothing by Andrew Timothy O’Brien, Dorling Kindersley, £16.99, ISBN 978-0241544013
Not another Jungle: Comprehensive Care for Extraordinary Houseplants by Tony Le-Britton, Dorling Kindersley, £16.99, ISBN 978-0241572351
Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts: 50 Easy-to-Grow Plants for the Organic Home Garden or Landscape by Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano, Chelsea Green Publishing, £30, ISBN 978-1645020455
The Essential Tree Selection Guide: For Climate Resilience, Carbon Storage, Species Diversity and other Ecosystem Benefits by Henrik Sjöman and Arit Anderson, Filbert Press, £50, ISBN 978-1739903947
The Gardener's Guide to Prairie Plants by Neil Diboll and Hilary Cox, University of Chicago Press, £27.45, ISBN 978-0226805931
Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival by Alice Vincent, Canongate, £16.99, ISBN 978-1838855437
Grasses for Gardens and Landscapes: Design, Selection, Cultivation by Neil Lucas, Timber Press, £40, ISBN 978-1643261157
An Almost Impossible Thing: The Radical Lives of Britain’s Pioneering Women Gardeners by Fiona Davison, Little Toller, £20 ISBN 978-1915068217
To enter our competition to win all of them, read our terms and conditions and then enter the competition below. Good luck!
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17. One winner will receive all 14 books on the list. To enter you must be over 18 and resident in the UK, including the Channel Islands.