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Nigel Colborn

Author of The Container Garden

31 Works 342 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Nigel Colborn is a garden writer and broadcaster and was recently given a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Garden Media Guild

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Works by Nigel Colborn

The Container Garden (1990) 84 copies

Shortcuts to Great Gardens (1993) 45 copies, 1 review

Garden Floor: From Gravel Gardens to Camomile Lawns (2000) 39 copies

The Old-Fashioned Gardener: Lessons from the Past for the Gardener of Today (1993) 30 copies

A Flower for Everyday: A Practical and Inspirational Guide to Year-Round Color in the Garden (1996) 20 copies

Annuals and Bedding Plants (1994) 19 copies

Plant Solutions for Every Garden (2006) 15 copies

Plant by Numbers: A Step-By-Step Garden Planning Guide (1998) 15 copies

Plant Solutions (2006) 10 copies

Leisurely gardening : a laissez-faire guide to the low-maintenance garden (1989) 9 copies

Great Planting Plans: Over 30 Original Planting Schemes and Plan Associations (1998) 7 copies

Old-Fashioned Organic Gardening (2002) 7 copies

Garden Magic: All the ingrediants for successful planting by numbers --1998 publication. (1998) 6 copies

Great Plants for Small Gardens (1997) 6 copies

Ground Level (2003) 5 copies

The Kirkland Acres (1994) 4 copies

Kirkland Acres, the (2004) 3 copies

Zauberhafte Gärten in Töpfen und Kübeln (1994) 2 copies

Gartenparadies in Töpfen und Kübeln. Tips und Gestaltungsvorschläge für das ganze Jahr (1999) 2 copies

Natural Gardening the Traditional Way: Timeless Techniques for the Ecological Gardener (2009) 2 copies

This Gardening Business (1989) 2 copies

Family Piles (1990) 1 copy

MARKS AND SPENCER : THE CONTAINER GARDEN. (1992) 1 copy

Jardins fleuris en un clin d'oeil (1993) 1 copy

Getting the Best from Exposed Gardens (Get the Best from Your Garden Series) (1989) 1 copy

Weather of the Heart (1997) 1 copy

Wisley - A Celebration 1 copy

A Gardener's Yearbook: A practical and inspirational guide to year-round colour in the garden (1998) 1 copy

The Congregation (1996) 1 copy

Droom Tuinen 1 copy

Gardens of Cornwall / vh tape 1 copy

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Gender: male
Education: Cornell University
Occupations: horticulturist
journalist
radio and TV presenter
Organizations: BBC
Royal Horticultural Society
Places of residence: Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK
Associated Place (for map): Lincolnshire, UK

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Statistics

Works: 31
Members: 342
Popularity: #69,720
Rating: 3.1

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 54
Languages: 5

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