Grow 5

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'Bellamy makes gardening seem simple, expressive and joyful. Anyone can do it.' - Evening Standard

'Offers a fresh take on gardening in small spaces.' - Countryside

Grow 5 reveals a brilliantly simple, fast way to make a beautiful garden, whether you have a small plot or a handful of pots. With 52 planting 'recipes' using a palette of just five plants, you can create:

- a low-carbon flower garden for a changing climate

- a micro-meadow in a city space

- an urban garden inspired by an ancient woodland

- high notes of colour in a tiny courtyard

- a stylized slice of nature in a pot

This practical and inspirational book by award-winning garden expert Lucy Bellamy and photographer
Jason Ingram includes more than 100 of the newest and best plants and how to use them through the seasons.

Lucy Bellamy was Editor of Gardens Illustrated magazine for five years. Her first book, Brilliant and Wild: A Garden from Scratch in a Year, was awarded practical book of the year by the Garden Media Guild (2018) and has been translated into German, French and Dutch. She has written about gardening in the national press, including for The Guardian and The Times.

As editor of Gardens Illustrated, Lucy had access to some of the best gardens in the U.K. and internationally. She lives in Bristol and has a small, city garden.