A good read

DOLLY TUBS AND BUCKETS BURSTING WITH FLOWERS ARE CRAMMED INTO ARTHUR PARKINSON’S FIVE-METRE-DEEP FRONT YARD AND IN HIS BOOK The Flower Yard (KYLE BOOKS, £22), HE DEMONSTRATES HOW A TINY SPACE AND A LACK OF OPEN GROUND IS NO BARRIER TO GROWING YOUR OWN FLORAL JUNGLE.

ARTHUR REGARDS POTS AS LIVING VASES, WHICH HE CAN FILL WITH FLAMBOYANT DISPLAYS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER. HERE, HE TAKES US ON AN ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE ROMP AROUND HIS OWN PLOT TO SHOW US HOW HE DOES IT.