` THE magazine Good Housekeeping has produced four new gardening books in an ‘Easy to Grow’ series.

With an easy to follow layout and useful photographs to support the well written text, these books could help any first time gardeners to get growing.

The four books are Easy to Grow Herbs (ISBN 978-1-84340-540-5), Easy to Grow Vegetables (ISBN 978-1-84340-538-2), Easy to Grow Pots and Containers (ISBN 978-1-84340-541-2) and Easy to Grow Flowers (ISBN 978-1-84340-539-9). Each book is priced at £5.99 and published by Collin and Brown.

` HOW would you like to see 25,000 tulips in flower without having to travel to those famous gardens in Holland? A short car ride to RHS Gardens Harlow Carr near Harrogate at any time from May 1 to May 16 will get you in to see this spectacular display. Normal garden admission costs apply. Visit www.rhs.org.uk for details of this event and all the other events this year. Call the gardens on 01423 565418 for more help.