Watch the telly

On the main channels, the following programmes will all inspire you to garden and eat seasonally:

  • Channel 4's River Cottage provides all the inspiration you'll ever need to grow (and eat) your own
  • The BBC's Gardeners' World filmed in England, with plenty of fruit & veg coverage
  • BBC Scotland's The Beechgrove Garden provides coverage of Scottish gardening, including community garden initiatives
  • Fantastic BBC programme A Farm for the Future explains why farming cannot carry on as it is
  • Do some reading

    Totally subjective and random list of recommended reading material!

  • Amazing book about the global food system Stuffed and Starved by Raj Patel
  • Permaculture bible for the UK The Earth Care Manual, a permaculture handbook for Britain and other temperate countries, by Patrick Whitefield
  • 'Raingardens managing water sustainably in the garden and designed landscape' - inspiring book by Nigel Dunnett and Andy Clayden
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