The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook

Enrich your soil, manage pests and diseases and boost biodiversity without toxic chemicals and synthetic fertilisers

Categories: Gardening
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing UK

Create a thriving garden or allotment that works in harmony with nature and will flourish in the face of ever-changing environmental conditions.

In The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook, expert organic gardener Sally Morgan shares a wide range of ecological concepts from permaculture, regenerative gardening, agroecology and more to boost your garden’s biodiversity and enrich your soil. This must-have guide will help you:

  • Build your soil so it’s full of healthy organic matter and protect it through no-dig practices, composting, cover crops and mulching
  • Increase resilience through productive plant combinations and polyculture
  • Create wildlife-friendly habitats utilising walls and fences, log piles, water features and wild corners
  • Choose the right plants to attract pollinators and plant defenders
  • Combat disease and keep pests at bay using natural predators, companion planting and trap and barrier crops

PLUS

  • The importance of collecting genetically diverse seeds from plants that have adapted to local conditions
  • Sustainably manage water in your garden, especially in times of drought or excessive rainfall

Whether you’re a passionate gardener, allotment holder or grower, The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook will help you future-proof your garden by giving it everything it needs to adapt and succeed, whatever the climate challenge.

(Previously published as The Healthy Vegetable Garden, now updated and revised)

‘A must-read for anyone who wants to know how to grow their own zero-food miles, pesticide-free veg, while treading gently upon our planet.’ Dave Goulson, author of The Garden Jungle and Silent Earth

 ‘This book could not be better timed, and given Sally’s lifetime experience of organic gardening, it’s bound to inspire all those who want to ‘grow back better’.’ Helen Browning, Chief Executive, Soil Association

About The Author


About Sally Morgan

Sally Morgan is the editor of Soil Association’s Organic Farming magazine, writes regularly for gardening and smallholding magazines and is a member of the Garden Media Guild. Sally’s blog was a finalist in the Garden Media Guild Award 2019, and she also runs smallholder courses on her organic farm in Somerset.

Her previous books include The Climate Change Garden with Kim Stoddart (Green Rocket Books, 2019) and Living on One Acre or Less (Green Books, 2016).

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Books By Sally Morgan

Pages:192 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inch
Publisher:Chelsea Green Publishing UK
US Pub. Date: March 21, 2024
UK Pub. Date: March 21, 2024
Paperback: 9781915294562

Available In/Retail Price

Paperback, 192 pages, £15.99GBP