Ursula Buchan shares with us her own experiences and gardening preferences: her dislike of herb gardens, and timid planting, her battles with plastic netting and problems with doing the church flowers. As well as a mine of practical information, Good in a Bed is an intriguing picture of the development of gardening during the 1980s and 1990s.;Ursula Buchan is one of those rare gardening writers who is read with pleasure by people who have never picked up a trowel or pruned a rose - in fact by people who don't have gardens at all. She puts gardening into a more interesting perspective, a million miles from the familiar gardening-by-numbers approach. Good in a Bed contains wisdom accumulated over two decades, from practical advice on plants, garden design and pests - not to mention how to make a cricket wicket or rugby pitch - to thoughts on horticultural trends and fashions, like the development of dwarf varieties and the encouragement of wildlife.

'Her horticultural knowledge is formidable, but she wears her learning lightly...Her approach is always human, always engaging' -- The Spectator 20011201 'The sort of book that you can curl up with on a winter evening and simply enjoy. There's plenty of sound advice and good ideas for gardeners, but it's the personal touch she brings to her writing that is so inviting' -- Choice Magazine 20020101 'The perfect bedside companion' BOOKS OF THE YEAR -- Independent (Weekend Review) 20011201 ' Gardeners and non-gardeners alike will enjoy her work' -- Country Illustrated 20011001 'Looks at various garden topics in a sparky and amusing way' -- Literary Review 20020201 ' Good in Bed is a perfect read in a bed or a railway station or under the swaying palms of Staffordshire' -- Country Life 20010901 'The tone of Ursula Buchan's collected gardening pieces is perfectly pitched...she has turned into one of our most respected and literate garden writers' -- Times Literary Supplement 20011026 'An intriguing picture of the development of gardening during the Eighties and Nineties. Curl up in an armchair with this book - it makes gardening a great spectator sport' -- The Field 20020301

Ursula Buchan writes a regular gardening column for 'The Spectator' and the 'Independent' and has contributed to numerous newspapers and magazines. After Cambridge University, she trained as a gardener at the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens at Wisley and at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She has presented two series on flower shows for Channel 4 and has appeared on BBC radio. Her books include 'Gardening for Pleasure', 'Plants for All Seasons' and 'Better against a Wall'. She lives in Cambridgeshire.