Shrubs for Gardens, Agroforestry, and Permaculture

A range of useful shrubs for different niches, sites, and functions—in gardens and on homesteads and farms.

World-renowned expert Martin Crawford covers common fruit bushes like currants and gooseberries, and includes many other less-known shrubs with edible fruits, nuts, leaves, or other parts. He takes us on a journey into the world of exotic spice trees, shrubs with medicinal parts, and plants that fix nitrogen to help fertilise other plants. All these can be grown in temperate climates, ...