
My Gardening Life - Mary Berry
Mary Berry
- Pages · 272 pages
- Publication Date · 26/02/2026
- Genre · Gardening
*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER"Filled with insights into all her own gardens, growing tips, hard lessons, plant lists for all seasons, beautiful photos and praise for all the experts who have helped her along the way." - The Telegraph
"Packed with horticultural wisdom delivered as authoritatively as her recipes..." Country Living"...an absolute treasure trove of green-fingered anecdotes and wisdom." Ideal Home
"In another life, I may have been a gardener."More than a memoir - this is a lifetime of gardening inspiration. Well-known and celebrated as a cookery writer and presenter, in My Gardening Life Mary Berry shares her second great love: gardening. From a passion that was sparked in her childhood as she helped her father in their vegetable patch, gardening has become a source of great joy to Mary. In this deeply personal account, she reveals all that she has learned through a lifetime of growing, including:The gardens she has loved and tendedThe plants she loves to growThe people who have inspired and influenced herHow she gardens through each seasonWhat gardening means to herFull of anecdotes, pearls of wisdom, and beautiful photos of Mary's own garden, My Gardening Life is a unique memoir told through the gardens Mary has loved. *My Gardening Life won The Sunday Times Bestseller award March 2026
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