Book reviews

Birds in your garden

March 2021

Penny Woodward talks about attracting birds to your garden and two new books about birds.

Here: Poems for the Planet -- a review

October 2020

Here: Poems for the Planet is a call for hope and action on behalf of a planet in crisis.

The Herbalist's Bible

February 2015

What did people do for medicine in the 17th century? JUSTIN RUSSELL reviews a modern take on a Middle Ages herbal classic.

Down to Earth Garden Design by Phil Dudman

Book Review: Down-to-Earth Garden Design

July 2013

SIMON WEBSTER reviews Phil Dudman’s guide to garden design.

Books for presents

December 2012

SIMON WEBSTER suggests some reading matter to stimulate the grey matter (and the plant matter, for that matter).

The Fertile Dozen - A beginner's reading list

June 2012

In order to understand the present and prepare for the future, it helps to understand the past.

When ELIOT COLEMAN was asked what books would be best to help someone understand what a biologically based agriculture is all about, he put together this collection, which he nicknamed “The Fertile Dozen.”

Book Review: The New Organic Gardener

December 2011

JUSTIN RUSSELL reviews the new book by organic industry stalwart, Tim Marshall.

When wild things disappear

June 2010

I do like to weave some poetry into OG, just as I like to search for it in the wider world.