The Book Stall

When the hard work is done, there’s nothing better than relaxing by the fire with a favourite book, here we share some inspiring writing and funny stories from the world of gardening, woodlands and country living. We hope you enjoy them, all the featured books are available to purchase from us, second hand, please contact for details. Happy reading……….

‘A Gloucestershire Wild Garden’ by The Curator, pre ISBN, published by Elliot Stock 1903. Written in 1903 this is more than likely the oldest book I shall review, although a publication by the famed Gertrude Jekyll is in the offing at
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Seed to Dust - A Gardener’s Story, Marc Hamer (ISBN 978-1-787-30206-8) Happy New Year everyone!, here is a book we first heard about in January 2021, as featured on Saturday Live radio, where author Marc Hamer was discussing amongst o
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The Well Gardened Mind, Sue Stuart-Smith (ISBN 978-0-00-810071-1) ‘The Well Gardened Mind’ is an important book right now. Laying out a scientific explanation for something we all know ‘Gardening is good for you’. Particularly durin
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The Potting Shed Papers - Charles Elliot (ISBN 978-0-7112-2009-6) This book follows in a similar vein to October’s choice, ‘In Your Garden’ as a collection of short stories. This time the theme is the people and planting that have contr
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In Your Garden - Vita Sackville-West (ISBN 0-7112-2354-8) ‘In Your Garden’ is a great bedside book, particularly for those of us who have the habit of nodding off after a couple of pages. It is the first in a series of books compiling t
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