A Wildflower Year (their habitats & histories)

A Wildflower Year is a beautiful guide to over 60 flowers, each one eloquently described about its unique features and habitats, alongside gorgeous illustrations.

Read up on no-dig gardening. And pet-friendly gardens (many wildflowers including foxgloves are not safe, a reason to not send ‘plantable’ cards embedded with seeds, to homes with pets).

Wildflowers have a crucial role to play  to protect our biodiversity, support pollinators (like bees and butterflies) and combat climate change. The book features a month-by-month ode to wildflowers, and a useful tool for identifying and growing your own.

Wildflowers featured in this book (all these three are toxic to pets) include:

• Cow parsley
• Common poppy
• Oregano

About the Author

Frances Tophill is a horticulturalist and botanist who trained at Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden, and is a regular presenter on BBC’s Gardener’s World. She also works with RHS campaign’s for school gardening.