Make more of the outdoors with fifty new projects to engage in throughout the year. In this easy-to-follow illustrated guide, Head Gardener Matt Collins teaches us how to build, plant and enjoy our gardens.

The perfect gift for any green-fingered adventurer who wants to make the most out of their garden. Matt Collins lends his expert voice to help readers discover joy in the garden: transforming even the smallest of spaces into an exciting new activity. Engage with wildlife, discover the importance of weeds, and turn over a sustainable new leaf.

Includes:

• DESIGN: Plan your garden journey, create ‘no-dig’ borders, make a gravel garden, get creative with containers and pots
• PLANTS: Plant trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, evergreens, bulbs, easy vegetables, succulent plants and more – plus create cut and dried flowers
• FEATURES: Layer bulbs in a pot, make a cold frame, plant up a window box, wire a wall or fence, make a sandpit
• WILDLIFE: Make a mini pond, create a log pile and other habitats, attract birds and pollinators, sow wildflowers
• GROW: Sow seeds, grow climbing roses, divide and multiply perennials, take a root cutting
• SUSTAINABILITY: Add mulch, make a water butt, harvest and collect seeds, make your own fertilizer, make a compost bin, make leaf mould, sow green manure

With projects suitable for a quick lunchbreak or a larger, more focused session, this beautifully illustrated book is the perfect gift for gardeners at any skill level.

Matt Collins is a garden, landscape and travel writer, and Head Gardener at the Garden Museum in London. Trained at the Botanic Garden of Wales, Matt contributes articles and essays for publications including Gardener’s World, The Guardian, Daily Telegram, Gardens Illustrated,Spectator, The Times, RHS's The Garden and Hortus. He has contributed a monthly column for the Daily Telegraph and reviews books for Gardens Illustrated.

Matt has several books published internationally by Pavilion Books. Matt’s interests lie at the intersection between cultivated and natural environments; his latest book, Forest, Walking Among Trees (Pavilion) traces an intercontinental pathway between British trees and their wild-wooded counterparts, and was shortlisted for an Edward Stanford Travel Writing award. Matt is a member of the Garden Media Guild.