Learn how to light a fire without matches, build a shelter to sleep in, cook on a fire, hunt for bugs and much more. From essential bushcraft basics and Stone Age survival skills to joyful outdoor play, this book is packed with ideas to bring your little ones closer to nature and all its magical offerings.

Everyone enjoys the calming influence of water. This practical book, packed with advice and full-colour photographs, provides reference for aspiring water gardeners. It helps you learn how to create a water feature in your garden and furnish it with plants. It also contains a section on fish and wildlife and a season by season maintenance guide.

Includes a directory of plants and a bonus chapter on photographing butterflies. This title brings together the information you will need to encourage garden butterflies in temperate countries.

The most regular contact many people have with wildlife is the pleasure of watching birds in the garden. This title details the principles of sympathetic gardening, discussing how best to enhance local habitats, whether in cities, suburbs, a village or rural setting. It also contains a chapter on the particular concerns of small gardens.

A visual record of some of the foremost personalities in Britain to be lauded with the title 'Great', told in almost 300 images from the vast archives of the Press Association, whose photographers have been on hand over the last century to capture these personalities for posterity.

Everything you need to know to achieve dazzling displays, including colour and life right through the seasons, year after year with hardy perennials. This illustrated plant directory lists popular perennials from 70 families.

A guide to hardy, easy-to-grow plants that provide interest over more than one season. There is advice on selecting and maintaining the right plants, and an illustrated A to Z directory of those plants for easy reference, photographs, information, and a glossary of terms and related Websites.

This title covers all readers need to know for the successful growth, maintenance and propagation of these versatile plants, including advice on selecting species to make the most of their different habits and forms, and utilizing their architectural qualities to best effect.