Grow Your Own Botanicals brings together an inspirational collection of plants that add beauty, structure & interest to a garden as well as providing an exciting harvest that can be used in innovative ways in the kitchen & home. If you're buying seed kits & botanical plant gifts or like to experiment with making your own drinks, remedies or skincare, this handbook is the must-have companion gardening guide. Now you can make your hibiscus cordial for cocktails, herb & spice mix for your roasts or calendula face cream with your own garden produce. Cinead offers general advice on getting started
- soil, composting, borders, containers, seed saving, cuttings, intercropping, wildlife & biodiversity before moving on to the botanical garden. From plants that might traditionally be recognised as a botanical, to more unusual exotic varieties, this collection of 80 botanicals don't need huge space to grow but must harvest meaningful amounts to use to flavour food, drinks & oils. Experiment with herbs like juniper, lemon balm or nigella, grow evening primrose or liquorice with their pretty flowers & try out fruits like Chilean guava or yuzu. This is gardening at its most fun & fanciful! Hardback, 208 pages.