Off to the nursery by Alice Oehr

Alice Oehr, author of Off to the Market and Artichoke to Zucchini, has written a third book all about home gardening. It is spring and families are off to the local nursery to spend their time searching for the most suitable vegetable plants, herbs, fruit trees and flowers to create a sustainable home garden.

This trip is very organised and the family has enough boxes and bags to carry their purchases in. They have prepared the garden beds so just need advice from the experts at the nursery about what to buy. Each expert provides them with some excellent ideas and the family listens carefully. They purchase plenty of veggie seedlings, seeds, herbs, fruit trees, berry bushes and flowers. Added to the list is a bag of manure, seaweed spray, secateurs, hat, gloves, pea straw, and some pots. What an amazing collection ready for family time in the garden.

This delightful book is full of bright and vibrant illustrations with fluoro orange adding an engaging pop of colour. As well as the narrative, the book also provides wonderful facts about plants, how to grow and use them, as well as helpful environmental tips. The glorious cover and delightful endpapers will entice readers to find out more.

Themes: Plants, Nursery, Home Gardening, Family, Diversity, Sustainability.

Kathryn Beilby