Gardening in a Changing World: Plants, People and the Climate Crisis

'The most illuminating book on this very important subject.' -- Cleve West, multi-award-winning garden designer and popular author of books including Our Plot and The Garden of Vegan "I can't recommend this new book enough...a comprehensive and deeply researched account of humans' relationship with plants. The depth of the book is quite extraordinary. It's not a glossy image-led garden book, it's a serious text. And it is a fantastic and up-to-date overview of current trends and approaches in planting design." -- Nigel Dunnett, academic, plantsman, Olympic Park planting designer, author 'This book not only acknowledges some of our greatest plantspeople, but ensures that we must always remember plants are front and centre stage on Earth . . . always!' -- Arit Anderson, garden designer, presenter Gardeners' World "The book every gardener needs." -- Claire Masset * Author, Secret Gardens of the National Trust, via Twitter * "Darryl Moore has been revolutionising how we grow in cities for the past decade and picked up a medal for his city-friendly design at RHS Chelsea this year. Here he galvanises readers to make meaningful change - whether in their gardens or beyond." * Sunday Times Best Gardening Books Autumn 2022 * "If there were a prize for most timely publication of the year, this would be a contender...This must-read book is expertly divided into neat, digestible sections that are jam-packed with fascinating and vital information." * Gardens Illustrated Books of the Year * "The premise of this book is simple. To avert further climate crisis and biodiversity loss, we need to rethink our relationship with plants. Gardening in a Changing World covers many complex topics, but it does so in short, digestible chapters and a lucid style...It will alter the way you garden." * Garden Design Journal * "The book forms a new intellectualism towards the use of plants. Moore's book cites more than 300 sources showing how recent developments in horticulture and plant science show how gardens can be better for humans and other lifeforms." -- Matthew Appleby * Horticulture Week * "Darryl Moore explores how our humble gardens could be key to saving us all from the climate crisis. He turns our enjoyment of plants on its head, showing how their vital importance to the future of the planet is even more beautiful than their aesthetic appeal. The book also draws on recent scientific research to offer guidance into changing our gardening habits and rethinking the design and use of our outside spaces for sustainable, future-proof gardens." * Evening Standard * "Hugely informative" * Amateur Gardening * "Gardening in a Changing World sets a new high-water mark in our individual and collective understanding and appreciation of the art and science of ecological planting design. A book for any ecologically-minded gardener or design professional looking to seriously sharpen and elevate their knowledge, awareness, and skill levels." * The New Perennialist * "A fascinating exploration of how gardens can be better for human beings, with reference to recent plant science that demonstrates the need to have a new attitude to plants beyond aesthetics. This book provides an introduction to taking a holistic approach when designing, inhabiting and enjoying our gardens." -- The Garden (RHS) 'This very wide-ranging, meticulously researched, authoritatively written book is an important one that skilfully traces the evolution of the 21st-century garden, and highlights the pressing need for a more ethical, more ecologically astute, plant-centric way of both living and gardening.’ * The Irish Times * ‘Highlights the pressing need for a more ethical, more ecologically astute, plant-centric way of both living and gardening.’ * The Irish Times * This is an amazing book, unique and original in style and substance and – boy does it have a lot of substance. It is every book, paper or subject you have taken in school, college or university on the subject of plants, ecology, people and planet boundaries, condensed into one unique book. It is an academic masterpiece and the author has a true gift for digesting complex discussions and theories and making them clear and accessible to the reader. * The Horticulturalist *