Gardening in Spain
Throughout 2008 we'll be featuring articles by published gardening writers and long term Catalunya residents Dick & Clodagh Handscombe, with the aim of helping you make the most of the Mediterranean climate and get the best results from your garden. Just click the links below or in the toolbar to the left to read more....
The challenges of gardening in a Mediterranean climate
Clodagh and Dick have gardened on the coast and inland for the past twenty years. Their books Your garden in Spain, Growing healthy fruit in Spain and Growing healthy vegetables in Spain collate much of there hard earned experience for the benefit of others. They can be purchased via book shops in Spain and also by mail order from the publishers Santana Books - telephone 952-485838. For absentee gardeners still living in the UK for part of the year the books are now stocked by the Royal Horticultural Society Bookshop at Wisley gardens – they also offer a convenient mail order service on telephone number 0845-2604505 in the UK, 0044-1483-211320 FROM Spain.
visit Clodagh & Dick Handscombe's website
You can also buy Dick & Clodagh Handscombe's book 'Your Garden in Spain' and other books on gardening in Spain and the Mediterranean by visiting our Mediterranean Gardening Books page.





