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- ISBN 9780241726655
- Weight: 969g
- Dimensions: 172 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 26 Feb 2026
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
"Filled with insights into all her own gardens, growing tips, hard lessons, plant lists for all seasons, beautiful photos and praise for all the experts who have helped her along the way." - The Telegraph
"Packed with horticultural wisdom delivered as authoritatively as her recipes..." Country Living
"...an absolute treasure trove of green-fingered anecdotes and wisdom." Ideal Home
“In another life, I may have been a gardener.”
More than a memoir – this is a lifetime of gardening inspiration. Well-known and celebrated as a cookery writer and presenter, in My Gardening Life Mary Berry shares her second great love: gardening. From a passion that was sparked in her childhood as she helped her father in their vegetable patch, gardening has become a source of great joy to Mary.
In this deeply personal account, she reveals all that she has learned through a lifetime of growing, including:
- The gardens she has loved and tended
- The plants she loves to grow
- The people who have inspired and influenced her
- How she gardens through each season
- What gardening means to her
Full of anecdotes, pearls of wisdom, and beautiful photos of Mary’s own garden, My Gardening Life is a unique memoir told through the gardens Mary has loved.
*My Gardening Life won The Sunday Times Bestseller award March 2026
Bestselling cookery writer and TV star cook, Dame Mary has written over 80 cookbooks, including the classic Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook (DK, 2017) which has sold over 1.5 million copies internationally. Her career began when she developed a passion for domestic science at school and she went on to train at the Cordon Bleu in Paris. In 2020, Mary received the honour of Damehood in the Queen’s birthday honours. She has been an Ambassador for the Royal Horticultural Society since 2014 and is President Emeritus of the National Garden Scheme.
Cordon Bleu trained in Paris, Mary began her career as a magazine cookery editor before publishing her first cookery book in 1966. In 2009, Mary was awarded the highly coveted Guild of Food Writers Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 she was made a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
