Val Bourne's garden is living proof that cultivating a healthy ecosystem - what she calls her 'living jigsaw' - really can produce a beautiful and productive garden. By encouraging a wide diversity of birds, animals, insects, and even slugs, your garden will find a natural balance that will allow plants to shrug off problems before they become entrenched. The Living Jigsaw is a masterclass in natural gardening. Val's personal, inspirational and practical approach offers tried-and-tested techniques, with beautifully illustrated, proven results. This book not only champions natural gardening, but explains why it works - a compelling reason to make your garden chemical-free. It's so heartening . to read this treatise designed to instil or enliven an interest in better, truer practices, to foster a deeper wrought ability to create dynamic, interesting, complementary assemblages of plants and animals and fungi which can genuinely be described as great gardens. Hurrah! At last a gardening book that completely 'gets it'.

Chris Packham, TV presenter, naturalist and wildlife expert. Val Bourne is a celebrated garden writer, photographer and lecturer. She has won multiple awards including Journalist of the Year by the Garden Media Guild. She gardens on the wind-swept Cotswolds at Spring Cottage - high above Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire. Val is a hands on gardener and a committed plantaholic. She manages her third of an acre garden without using chemicals - something she has always believed in. Marianne Majerus is renowned for her inspirational garden images and has been awarded the titles International Garden Photographer of the Year and Photographer of the Year by the Garden Media Guild. Her work is regularly published in books and magazines around the world.