A GOOD READ

Every garden has dark, hard-to-handle areas and Beth Chatto’s expertise on the challenges of shade is second to none. Now her valued advice, borne of long experience, is available in Beth Chatto’s Shade Garden (Pimpernel Press, £30), a revised edition of her classic Woodland Garden, first published in 2002. Beth’s lyrical writing is an education, taking the reader on a seasonal journey through her own woodland garden in Essex, suggesting plants for every eventuality.