What is your favourite gardening book/website?

[JaneAustenAllegro]

We moved a few months ago from a first-floor flat to a house with a lovely little garden.

Now it's spring I need to get my head round this gardening business!

Can you recommend any good gardening books or websites for information, advice and inspiration?

TIA

I love the Dr. Hessayon range of gardening books. They include: The new lawn expert, trees and shrubs, houseplant, flowering shrubs, garden DIY etc. Written in a simple way and easy to refer to. I've got loads of gardening books but I like them the best. You can get them in any bookshop or garden centre.

Have a look for a book which is broken down into months, listing what sort of thing you should be doing in the garden in which month.

jalopy takes the words out my mouth! we have bought loads through the years, but these are the ones we return to. also, get some out the library

for starters Alan Titchmarsh how to be a gardener; and Gardener's World magazine. Grow some veg - courgettes are incredibly easy and there is nothing to beat the smug satisfaction of eating veg you have grown yourself.

oops sorry I forgot to come back to this thread - thanks everyone for your recommendations.

I think I've seen those Hessayon books in the garden centre I will have a look next time I'm there.

Thanks for the tip about courgettes, I'm definitely going to try growing a few things in growbags on the patio, it gets full sun all afternoon. Ooh and lots of herbs too. I'm actually very excited about all this - I just wish it would hurry up and stop blizzarding so I can get out in the garden again!