So the organic bug has bitten you, too? You dream of sweet-smelling compost. You see ladybirds all around you. You want your flowers blooming, Brussels sprouting, grass greener -no chemicals required. You've vowed to ditch the weed-and-feed but now the slugs are making you nervous. Well, you've picked up the right book, and you've got much more than you bargained for besides (in a good way). For 'organic' can, and should mean so nuch more - like saving the planet. Yet, the world apparently going to seed in a wheelbarrow, and a future of flood and drought predicted, can a mere gardener really make a difference? Of course you can. The Organic Garden will teach you absolutely everything you need to know to turn greener than a plump-caterpillar.

So bin your sprinkler and get your butt in to the garden. Find out nature's tune and try to him it, and if you must have some decking make sure no rainforest suffered. Go on, dig for victory. Find out how to.: garden for food, flowers and wildlife, nurture your soil, get the good bugs working for you, recycle, think local, save resources, be ethical at the garden centre, cope with climate change, garden beyond the garden. The Centre for Alternative Technology is Europe's Teaching eco-centre CAT exists to promote everyday sustainable living and works to develop ways in which we can minimise human impact on the environment. Book jacket.