Seasonal Availability Calendar

The Seasonal Availability Calendar from Michael Littlewood provides an at-a-glance guide to what is in season each month, making it easy to plan meals using locally grown food.

Each month-to-view page has a beautiful illustration showing some of the produce that is in season, as well as a complete list of all the vegetables and fruits that are available. The detailed introduction includes seven good reasons for eating in harmony with the seasons, advice about the appropriate diet for each season of the year, guidance on buying and storing vegetables, fruits and herbs, and sources of further information on seasonal eating and local food.

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Size: 50cm deep by 21cm wide
22 pages, spiral-bound, with hanger
Price: £4.95 plus £2.55 P+P.

Herb Guide for Vegetarian Cookery

Expand your culinary horizons! The Herb Guide for Vegetarian Cooking is designed to hang on your kitchen wall, where it will be an instant source of information and inspiration.

The Guide describes the characteristics and culinery uses of 18 different herbs. Charts show you at a glance which of these are suitable for different kinds of dishes, the best herbs to use with a wide range of vegetables and fruits, and which herbs go well together.

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Size: A4, 297 x 210mm
Spiral bound, 15 pages
ISBN: 0956362826
Price: £5.95 + £1.95 P&P

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Vegetable Planning Chart

This chart is for the keen gardener who wants to see at a glance when to sow, plant, harvest and store vegetables throughout the year. Presented in the form of a bar chart with over fifty varieties of vegetables grouped in their families for ease of planning.

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Size: A2, 42 x 59cm
Has wipe clean surface
Drawings by Jean Hague
Layout by Andrew Crane
Price: £8.95 plus £2.55 P+P

Natural Swimming Pools
Inspiration for Harmony with Nature

After reading this book you will understand how the system works, as well as the environmental, health, and safety benefits it offers. A comprehensive guide to planning, constructing and maintaining your natural swimming pool, in the most environmentally friendly way. With over 300 beautiful colour pictures that will inspire you to have your own natural water garden where you can swim in harmony with nature at any time.

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Hardback, 256 pages, 300+ colour images
Size: 21.5 x 28cm
ISBN: 0-7643-2183-8
Designed by Andrew Crane, sketches by Peter Thomas
Published by Schiffer Publishing Co. USA, 2005
Price: £39.95 + £7.55 P&P

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Natural Swimming Pools
A Guide for Building

If you wish to swim in clear blue water and have a beautiful garden feature all year round, this book will help you create your own paradise. If you have some experience of building work and are keen to build your own natural swimming pool with or without some specialist assistance, then this book will provide you with everything you need to know.

Over 80 illustrations and coloured photographs take you through the process in an easy to understand way. It also contains detailed scaled construction drawings.

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Hardback, 256 pages, comprehensively illustrated
Size: 26 x 19.5cm
ISBN 978-3-86037-350-7
Published by AgriMedia Ltd
Price: £24.95 + £7.55 P&P

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Natural Swimming Pools
Conventional Pool Conversion

The huge interest in Natural Swimming Pools, which I introduced to this country in 2000, has now convinced many owners of existing conventional swimming pools to aspire to a natural one.

However, many are unaware that their pools can easily be converted. This small book, which is a supplement to Natural Swimming Pools - A Guide for Building, sets out to show the many benefits, the design and planning of the pool, the basic construction process, along with many inspiring illustrations of completed projects.

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Softback, 36 pages, comprehensively illustrated
Size: 263mm high x 197mm wide
ISBN 978-1-89923-319-9
Designed by Andrew Crane
Published by Ecodesignscape
Price: £15.95 + £2.75 P&P

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The Organic Gardener's Handbook

The Organic Gardener's Handbook is a concise practical reference manual, containing essential information for the organic gardener in a handy size and easy-to-read format. It introduces the reader to the basics of organic gardening before examining various aspects in depth.

• How the climate varies in different parts of the United Kingdom
• Edible plants, their families and their common and botanical names
• Planning the vegetable plot and crop rotation
• Methods and types of planting
• Protecting plants and the tasks necessary to ensure success

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Softback, 192 pages, 39 colour illustrations
Size: 230mm x 200mm
ISBN: 978 1 86126 936 2
Designed by Andrew Crane
Published by The Crowood Press, Wiltshire, July 2007
Price £11.95 + £2.55 P&P

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A Guide to Companion Planting

A straightforward introduction to the basics of companion planting, the benefits of gardening in harmony with nature, and the ways companion plants work to make your garden healthier and more productive.

This inspirational beginners' guide provides a straightforward introduction to the basics of companion planting, explaining the benefits of gardening in harmony with nature and outlining the different ways in which companion plants can work to make your garden healthier and more productive.

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Softback, 48 pages, 22 colour illustrations
Size: 230mm x 200mm
ISBN: 978-0-9563628-0-3
Published by Michael Littlewood, 2009
Price: £8.95 + £2.55 P&P

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A Guide to Gardening By the Moon

This is a 40 page booklet describing how the moons gravitational pull has a fundamental influence on both people and plants.

Most modern gardening is undertaken without any reference to lunar cycles – but the moon's gravitational pull has a fundamental influence on both people and plants.

This beginners' guide demystifies the subject, clearly explaining the basic principles and explaining how to put lunar gardening into practice in your garden.

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Softback, 48 pages, 22 colour illustrations
Size: 230mm x 200mm
ISBN: 978-0-9563628-1-0
Published by Michael Littlewood 2009
Price: £8.95 + £2.55 P&P

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Vegetable Growing Guide

Detailed information at a glance of over fifty varieties of vegetables, covering when to sow and plant; at what depth; how far apart in and between rows; the height and width of the plant when grown. On the reverse side, useful information is given on Plant Families; Botanical Names; Soil and climate details. Laminated both sides.

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Size: B2, 50 x 70cm
Both sides laminated
Drawings by Jean Hague
Layout by Michael Littlewood
£9.95 plus £2.55 P+P.

Companion Planting Chart

This excellent durable colour chart provides an easy, quick reference to 108 varieties of vegetables, fruits and herbs, showing which plants are beneficial and which are antagonistic, when grown together. The size allows all the names to be quickly and easily read when hanging on the kitchen or garden shed wall. Information on the reverse side is given about all the many advantages of Companion Planting, thereby helping gardeners to work in harmony with nature and save money too. Both sides have a 'wipe-clean' surface.

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Size: B2, 70 x 50cm
Drawings by Valerie Baines
Layout by Michael Littlewood
Price: £9.95 plus £2.55 P+P

Gardener's Monthly Reminder Calendar

Ever wondered what to do when in the kitchen garden each month? This hanging monthly calendar provides a timely reminder for all the vital tasks for growing healthy organic fruit and vegetables. It covers when to prepare the ground, when to sow, plant, transplant, fertilise, harvest, protect and water. In addition there is space alongside for gardeners to record their own reminders or information. Each page has a beautiful illustration showing the fruit and vegetables available for the month. It is wiro-bound at the top with an attractive cover and two introductory pages. Please note: this is a perpetual calendar.

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Size: 50 x 14cm
Drawings by Paula Chasty
Layout by Andy Smith
Price: £11.95 + £2.55 P&P

Landscape Detailing 1
Enclosures

Michael Littlewood's Landscape Detailing is now well established as a valuable source of reference for landscape architects, garden designers, architects, and other professionals and students designing external works.

Each section begins with technical guidance notes on design and construction. This is followed by a set of drawn-to-scale detail sheets. These details can be traced or scanned for direct inclusion with the set of contract drawings. A list of relevant references, bibliography, and a list of associations and institutions indicate where further guidance can be obtained. A ready reference for all designers and contractors and an indispensable time-saving tool. Landscape Detailing is an essential for the design office.

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Softback, 194 pages, 152 detailed drawings
Size: A4, 210 x 297mm
ISBN: 07506-1304-1
Third Edition 1993
Published by The Architectural Press, Oxford
Price: £45.99 + £5.50 P&P

Landscape Detailing 2
Surfaces

Michael Littlewood's Landscape Detailing is now well established as a valuable source of reference for landscape architects, garden designers, architects, and other professionals and students designing external works.

Each section begins with technical guidance notes on design and construction. This is followed by a set of drawn-to-scale detail sheets. These details can be traced or scanned for direct inclusion with the set of contract drawings. A list of relevant references, bibliography, and a list of associations and institutions indicate where further guidance can be obtained. A ready reference for all designers and contractors and an indispensable time-saving tool. Landscape Detailing is an essential for the design office.

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Softback, 208 pages, 152 detailed drawings
Size: A4, 210 x 297mm
ISBN: 07506-1303-3
Third Edition 1993
Published by The Architectural Press, Oxford
Price: £45.99 + £5.50 P&P

Landscape Detailing 3
Structures

Michael Littlewood's Landscape Detailing is now well established as a valuable source of reference for landscape architects, garden designers, architects, and other professionals and students designing external works.

Each section begins with technical guidance notes on design and construction. This is followed by a set of drawn-to-scale detail sheets. These details can be traced or scanned for direct inclusion with the set of contract drawings. A list of relevant references, bibliography, and a list of associations and institutions indicate where further guidance can be obtained. A ready reference for all designers and contractors and an indispensable time-saving tool. Landscape Detailing is an essential for the design office.

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Softback, 214 pages, 133 detailed drawings
Size: A4, 210 x 297mm
Soft cover ISBN: 07506-2320-9
Third Edition 1993
Published by The Architectural Press, Oxford
Price: £45.99 + £5.50 P&P

Tree Detailing

This is a distilled compendium of practical information on all aspects of tree planting and maintenance. Each chapter comprises a brief text plus a set of A4 scale drawings, ready for use by landscape designers or specifiers.

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Softback, 214 pages, over 100 detailed drawings
Size: A4, 210 x 297mm
ISBN: 0408-50002-6
Published by The Architectural Press, Oxford, 1988
Price: £25.00 + £5.50 P&P

This book is currently out of print, new edition in production. Photocopies available from Michael Littlewood.

Landscape Detailing (Spanish)

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Size: A4 8" x 11" Over 300 Detailed drawings
Price £75.00 + P&P per set of 3

This book is currently out of print, new edition in production. Photocopies available from Michael Littlewood.

Landscape Detailing (Chinese)

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Size: A4 8" x 11" Over 300 Detailed drawings
Price £75.00 + P&P per set of 3

This book is currently out of print, new edition in production. Photocopies available from Michael Littlewood.

The Sustainable Village

This booklet provides information on all aspects of creating a sustainable village and shows how it can help the community by having:

• Solar, wind, water and biomass power for alternative energy sources.
• Reed beds for recycling wastes.
• Communal gardens for vegetables, fruits, nuts and beehives for honey.
• Water meadows for flood plains, wildlife and wild flowers.
• Mills for timber, flour, paper etc.
• Green roofs and insulated buildings.
• Natural recreation places for everyone.
• Lakes and ponds for edible plants and animals.
• New eco-housing developments.
• Local work places.
• Community public transport systems.
• Education & learning centres for all ages.

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Size: A4, landscape 297 x 210mm
8 pages
Designed by Andrew Crane
Sketches by Caroline Kemble
Price: £4.95 + £2.25 P&P

The Sustainable Farm

This booklet provides information on all aspects of creating a sustainable environment and shows how it can help to:

• Realise the full potential of the land as a holistic,ecological resource.
• Ensure a self-sufficient, self-reliant sustainable farm.
• Establish a productive ecosystem modelled on a natural woodland or forest.
• Conserve all the natural resources such as soils, water, trees, plants and wildlife.
• Provide opportunities for employment and living harmoniously on the farm.
• Care for all domestic animals in a natural way.
• Recycle all waste on site, save water and make your own energy.
• Produce a wide range of organic vegetables, fruit, nuts, herbs, fish, fowl and meat in harmony with nature for communal use.
• Ensure respect for nature, people and the overall well-being of the farm and the local community.

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Size: A4, landscape 297 x 210mm
8 pages
Designed by Andrew Crane
Sketches by Caroline Kemble
Price: £4.95 + £2.25 P&P

The Sustainable School

This booklet provides information on all aspects of creating a sustainable school environment and shows how it can help to:

• Realise the full potential of the grounds as a total holistic ecological resource both for the school and the community.
• Conserve all the natural resources such as soil, water, trees, plants and wildlife.
• Recycle all wastes on site, saving water and energy and reducing costs.
• Establish a permanent self-sustaining edible ecosystem modelled on natural woodland.
• Produce fresh foods such as vegetables, fruit, nuts, herbs, fish and fowl, in harmony with nature, for children to experience.
• Reduce maintenance time and costs by natural labour saving techniques.
• Provide richer habitats for wildlife.
• Offer wider scope for national curriculum studies including the extra-curricular themes of environmental education, economic and industrial understanding and citizenship.
• Provide better opportunities for social interaction among parents and children and create ongoing learning interests outside the classroom.
• Ensure a respect for nature for the future and the well being of the school and the community.

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Size: A4, landscape 297 x 210mm
8 pages
Designed by Andrew Crane
Sketches by Caroline Kemble
Price: £4.95 + £2.25 P&P