Last week, I attended a Double Press Launch at Hillier Gardens in Hampshire.  It was the official launch of two books…the new edition of The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs in association with the RHS and also Hillier: The Plants, The People, The Passion. Held at Jermyn’s House, which is pictured below, it was wonderful to hear the process involved in revising the manual and the history of the gardens themselves.

Below is the front cover of the 8th edition of The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs which is extensively revised, updated and enhanced by John Hillier, Roy Lancaster and the RHS Botanists led by James Armitage .… Read more