National Gardening Week 2024 runs from Monday 29th April – Sunday 5th May and this year, for your delectation, we have updated our collection of books to inspire you to be more green fingered.

Ever since the first celebration in 2012, the annual event has grown in popularity. and each National Gardening Week sees thousands of people sharing their love of gardening. Whether you are uplifted by seeing local blooms or find your own joy in gardening we have curated here a selection of books to inspire, enthuse and entertain you.

The theme for 2024 is ‘Knowledge is Flower' and with this super selection of books you can myth-bust, debunk and demystify the wonderful world of gardening. It's run by The Royal Horticultural Society, the UK’s leading gardening charity which aims to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place. The week also raises awareness of the difference that gardens and gardening can make to the lives of everyone in the UK. It helps to inspire more people, particularly the next generation of gardeners, to experience the joy of growing and creating beautiful green spaces.

We have of course updated this collection with some of the best new gardening books for 2024, recommended by our team of bookish experts here at LoveReading.

In Drawn to the Garden, LoveReading fave Caroline Quentin delivers a joyous and welcoming book, packed full of useful information, recipes, amusing snippets, and colourful illustrations detailing a love for gardening and all that entails. Our Liz Robinson absolutely blimmin loved this little treasure and it therefore joins our list of LoveReading Star Books.

In Gardeners' Folklore, Margaret Baker captures the knowledge that old-time gardeners used to have and the ancient secrets of a happy healthy garden are shared for a new generation of green-fingered plant-lovers.

With a mix of clear instructions alongside beautiful photography, The Plastic-Free Gardener is a timely guide to enjoying the pleasure of gardening without plastic. Start your journey to a plastic-free garden today with Louise Boland.

If you are looking for a Gardening Journal, then look no further than Sarah Simon's offering, aka @themintgardener. Plan your garden and track your plants throughout each growing season with this comprehensive gardening journal perfect for beginner gardeners! Whether you were born with a green thumb or struggle to keep even your plastic plants alive, this gardening journal will help guide you through the steps needed to create a luscious, thriving garden.

And a perennial favourite book of ours and the most perfect gift for yourself or others awaits in this truly heartening and motivating anthology for anyone who wants or loves a garden. In Bedside Companion for Gardeners (another Star Book) Jane McMorland Hunter delivers a thoughtfully edited and beautiful collection of poetry and prose, fact and fiction, practical advice and wildly impractical ideas for garden lovers of every type. With a clipping for every night of the year, this book allows you to amble through this anthology and soak up the views. It's an absolute gem.

So whether you’re gardening to eat, saving our planet with your gardening intiatives, gardening for joy and to support your mental health, sowing seeds with the little ones in your life or getting on top of the pruning, find some books here to complement your gardening journey.