Readers will meet royal gardeners, naked gardeners, plant hunters and inveterate collectors, as well as discovering all manner of horticultural highlights, from the national collections of walnuts, foxgloves and flowering cherries, to the strawberry beds that inspired William Morris's fabric designs - not to mention a sprinkling of garden shops and plant nurseries just too good to miss.

Presented in an attractive slip case, A Cotswold Garden Companion is clear and easy to use and appealing to art lovers and garden lovers alike.