Susan Berger trained at the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Now retired, she previously ran a successful garden design company, and her garden has been featured in The Sunday Times, Gardens Illustrated and Marie Claire Maison.

Inspiring and beautiful, this is a must-have for any new allotment gardener.

• Getting Started Tools of the tradePlanning the siteCrop rotationClearing the groundSoil typesImproving the soilSowing and plantingProtecting your plantsDesignCultivationHarvesting and storingGardener's calendarA–Z of vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowersVegetablesFruitHerbsFlowers TroubleshootingUseful resourcesAcknowledgementsPhoto creditsMain indexIndex of recipes

Susan Berger trained at the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Now retired, she previously ran a successful garden design company, and her garden has been featured in The Sunday Times, Gardens Illustrated and Marie Claire Maison.

Inspiring and beautiful, this is a must-have for any new allotment gardener.

• Getting Started Tools of the tradePlanning the siteCrop rotationClearing the groundSoil typesImproving the soilSowing and plantingProtecting your plantsDesignCultivationHarvesting and storingGardener's calendarA–Z of vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowersVegetablesFruitHerbsFlowers TroubleshootingUseful resourcesAcknowledgementsPhoto creditsMain indexIndex of recipes

Susan Berger trained at the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Now retired, she previously ran a successful garden design company, and her garden has been featured in The Sunday Times, Gardens Illustrated and Marie Claire Maison.

Inspiring and beautiful, this is a must-have for any new allotment gardener.

• Getting Started Tools of the tradePlanning the siteCrop rotationClearing the groundSoil typesImproving the soilSowing and plantingProtecting your plantsDesignCultivationHarvesting and storingGardener's calendarA–Z of vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowersVegetablesFruitHerbsFlowers TroubleshootingUseful resourcesAcknowledgementsPhoto creditsMain indexIndex of recipes