She has keen interest in agriculture and food politics and is setting up an urban farm in Birmingham. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Interesting and well written, but a huge disappointment after Alys's previous book, The Edible Garden. Allows you to use the information to suit your own garden and needs, rather than mapping out a plan that you then struggle to adapt to your own conditions.

The book sets out the argument for gardening in this way in the introductory pages and then splits into subsequent sections. The notion of an undemanding edible garden has always seemed like an impossibility to me, but on reading Eat What You Grow, I realise that I am quite wrong. What I enjoyed most about this book is that it is a galvanising treatise on the possibility of a truly nature- centric edible garden, a celebration of biodiversity as well as deliciousness. informative and interesting too, i learnt a lot and the idea of polyculture gardens has my brain buzzing.Split into three main sections, the book takes a holistic approach by building from the basics, which are edible perennials in a variety of sizes and growth habits, up to fillers that self-seed, through to toppings, which are annual plants that will thrive in this mixed system. Alys Fowler trained at the Horticultural Society, the New York Botanical Garden and the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew.

She has written seven books including T he Thrifty Gardener, The Edible Garden, The Thrifty Forager, Abundance , Hidden Nature and A Modern Herbal . If the initial age verification is unsuccessful, we will contact you asking you to provide further information to prove that you are aged 18 or over. She has an allotment and an urban back garden with two chickens, lots of flowers and plenty of vegetables. However, the book does work as a concept with its own focus and I think if you haven't read Fowler's earlier work then this is actually the best place to start.I was especially intrigued by the Edible Water Garden section, as this is entirely unknown territory for me and I’d love to try my hand at growing edible aquatic plants. I bought this book alongside “The Edible Garden”, (which i had been watching on the television), thinking it would be a food addition to my gardening library.