• Get more from your garden: Raised-bed gardening is a great way to increase garden yields, especially in areas with poor soil or challenging site conditions.
• Green gardening. Raised-bed gardening requires less watering than conventional gardening and also utilizes kitchen and garden waste to produce its own compost.
• Expert Davide: Author Simon Akeroyd has years of experience as a raised-bed gardener.

Simon Akeroyd is a garden writer with a passion for both kitchen gardening and cooking. He contributes to numerous magazines including Grow Your Own (as the Allotment Gardener) and was also a garden and food writer for the BBC. His books include Shrubs and Small Trees, Lawns and Ground Cover, the Allotment Handbook, A Small Course in Veg and Fruit, RHS Vegetables for the Gourmet Gardener, and (as co-author) Grow Your Own Fruit. He was previously a garden manager for the Royal Horticultural Society, and worked at both RHS Wisley and Harlow Carr.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
1. THE BASICS
Why raised beds?
Choosing materials
Using reclaimed and recycled materials
Filling a raised bed
How big?
How high?
Construction basics
Extending the season
Keeping pests off your crops
Watering and water conservation
Maintaining a raised bed
Dealing with the waste--compost!

2.TYPES OF RAISED BEDS
Conventional raised bed
Keyhole garden
Hugelkultur
Raised beds with pond at center
Raised beds with crop rotation
Ideas using recycled materials
Raised bed kits
Raised bed greenhouse/polytunnel
Raised bed fruit cage
The ornamental raised bed
Vertical garden (planting in pouches) to cover walls
Rooftop gardens
Tabletop gardens
Raised beds for children
Raised bed seating area
Strawberry raised beds
Ideas for front yards

3. PLANTING PROJECTS
Herb garden
Veg garden
Ornamental garden
Rooftop garden
Summer veg

Bibliography
Resources
Index
Credits