The Royal Horticultural Society: Gardening Manual By Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society: Gardening Manual (Collectible Illustrated Hardcover Edition)
A Complete, Quick-Reference Comprehensive Masterclass in Practical Garden Creation, Maintenance, and Seasonal Care
A Complete, Quick-Reference Comprehensive Masterclass in Practical Garden Creation, Maintenance, and Seasonal Care
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: The Royal Horticultural Society: Gardening Manual
- Author: Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd (DK), London
- Publication Date: 2000
- ISBN-10: 075130364X
- ISBN-13: 9780751303643
- Edition Details: Presumed First Edition / First Printing. A foundational modern reference manual created in close cooperation with the world's premier gardening authority, presenting a complete unblemished text block lacking owner inscriptions.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium heavy-gauge printed glossy pictorial laminated hardboards, issued without a dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Large Thick Quarto (4to), 420 pages. Lavishly produced in the trademark Dorling Kindersley style, densely packed with thousands of close-up full-colour studio photographs, localized step-by-step technical skills diagrams, and clear structural layouts.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Good (G)
- Exterior Boards: The original publisher's printed pictorial laminated boards are structurally flat, solid, and sound. True to its nature as a heavy reference volume, the casing shows clear signs of being read, handled, and enjoyed over the years, displaying light-to-moderate age-appropriate shelf-rubbing, surface handling friction, and noticeable bumping/wear along the extremities and extreme corner tips.
- Interior: The structural text block, heavy page signatures, and inner hinges are in excellent, exceptionally tight, and uncompromised condition. The internal leaves, structured instructional grid layouts, and hundreds of glossy colour sections are remarkably crisp, clean, and flat. Completely free from previous owner ink signatures, gift presentation notes, modern highlighting, text underscores, dog-ears, or dealer pencil marks.
- The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)
Synopsis & Historical Value
First released in London in 2000 by Dorling Kindersley, The Royal Horticultural Society: Gardening Manual stands as an unassailable milestone and one of the most practical single-volume references ever dedicated to domestic land curation. Specifically engineered with a core emphasis on total practicality and achievability, this comprehensive guide provides novice enthusiasts and modern homeowners with a rock-solid, empirical grounding in successfully creating, planting, and tending their personal garden spaces.
The genius of this work lies in its highly accessible, four-part structural format designed to meet the real-world demands of today's busy lifestyles. Part 1 guides the reader through choosing a custom layout style best suited to their individual property, budget, and desired maintenance timeline. Part 2 delivers full coverage of essential gardening skills—meticulously organized by specific areas like soil prep, advanced pruning techniques, propagation, and eco-conscious problem-solving. Part 3 and Part 4 break down the calendar year by season, showcasing an eye-catching catalogue of reliable, easy-to-grow plants alongside task lists to keep a plot in peak condition year-round. Complete with extensive sections on shifting toward self-sufficiency via home fruit and vegetable patches, this classic volume remains an indispensable workbook for modern landscape designers and antiquarian book collectors nationwide.
Author Profile: Royal Horticultural Society
Founded in 1804, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is the United Kingdom's leading gardening charity and universally recognized as the absolute global authority on the advancement of horticulture and fine garden curation. Tasked with managing monumental model gardens—such as Wisley, Hyde Hall, and Harlow Carr—the society is celebrated for conducting high-level scientific research into plant genetics, soil dynamics, and environmental pest control, while executing elite certifications like the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show. Their specialized collaborative monographs, compiled alongside premier photojournalists under the Dorling Kindersley banner, are celebrated globally for their technical accuracy and accessibility, making their collective publications the definitive golden standard for academic reference libraries and serious collectors across the globe.
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