A revised, expanded and newly illustrated edition of Penelope Bennett's popular guide to growing fruit, vegetables and herbs in a tiny space.
In a space that measures only 5 x 2.5m (16 x 8 ft), outside her kitchen window, high up on a London rooftop, Penelope Bennett cultivates a garden that includes artichokes, beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, alpine strawberries, raspberries, herbs (and saffron), 31 kinds of potato and six different fruit trees. With Window-box Allotment as your guide you can make your outdoor space, however tiny, equally prolific. And as you learn how to do it you will be endlessly entertained.
About the Author :
Penelope Bennett is a writer who has no formal training as a gardener but has acquired her considerable skills through trial and error. Her work has appeared in newspapers and magazines. Her novella and short stories, Endangered Happiness, was nominated for the David Higham Prize for Fiction. Town Parrot. a children's book, was published by Walker Books. Penelope lives in London.Clive Boursnell is a renowned photographer of architecture, gardens, landscapes and, above all, people. He turned to photography as the culmination of a career which included classical ballet and working as a woodsman, a farmhand, a miner and prospector and a mountaineer. He lives in London.
Review :
'In her book she shows just how much fun you can have, detailing how to make a compost wormery from a wine box, set up a bird cafe with a varied menu and install a pond with a fountain: hers is host to a pygmy water lily'
'Although it is small, the enjoyment, interest and enrichment it produces are immense. In her book, [Penelope Bennett] shows just how much fun you can have, detailed how to make a compost wormery from a wine box, set up a bird cafe with a varied menu and install a pond with a fountain: hers is host to a pygmy water lily.'
Penelope's individual and entertaining voice creates a very personal and readable gardening book.
'Penelope Bennett is a true urban gardener and an inspiration to anyone with the tiniest of roof terraces or balconies.'
'Those who feel you need green fingers to grow vegetables should read Penelope Bennett's inspirational book.'
Penelope's individual and entertaining voice creates a very personal and readable gardening book.
'The instructions are clear and practical, the voice calm and sure, free of hectoring "musts" and "must nots" and constantly entertaining.''
If you're inspired by the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, but have limited space for gardening, a new book by local resident Penelope Bennett might help.
Witty as well as informative.
Further proof that a glorious array of fresh food can be grown in the tiniest of spaces, with enough room left over for a pint-sized garden pond.
Packed with practical information for the small-space urban gardener, but is much more than a manual. It's a thoroughly good read, whatever the size of your garden
If you're sceptical about how much fruit and veg you can really grow in a tiny space then her book, Window-box Allotment, is sure to change your mind
If you want to laugh, be inspired, get more out of growing in a small space or simply have the courage to sow your first seed, this is the book for you
...garnished with amusing literary snippets and striking turns of phrase
'full of daily observations and delights'
'With this delightful book, Penelope Bennett proves that you don't need a huge garden at your disposal to be a gardener - sometimes a window sill will do. An important resource for all aspiring urban gardeners'
'Although it is small, the enjoyment, interest and enrichment it produces are immense. In her book, [Penelope Bennett] shows just how much fun you can have, detailed how to make a compost wormery from a wine box, set up a bird cafe with a varied menu and install a pond with a fountain: hers is host to a pygmy water lily.'
'In her book she shows just how much fun you can have, detailing how to make a compost wormery from a wine box, set up a bird cafe with a varied menu and install a pond with a fountain: hers is host to a pygmy water lily'
