English-speaking home-owners bent on creating a garden in France may be baffled by the vagaries of the French language when purchasing tools, materials and equipment. Plants familiar in the homeland do not bear the same common names in France, so Latin provides an essential link in translation.

 

From an established author, the Dictionary of French Gardening Terms demystifies the bewildering choice of what’s available in garden centres, nurseries and stores, exposing oddities and inconsistencies – even highlighting items that don’t exist in the UK.

 

• A dictionary of more than 10,000 French terms translated into English, including hundreds of technical or specialist words you won’t find in a standard dictionary. Latin names that bridge the divide between English and French.

 

• Entries divided into categories that cover all aspects of gardening: Tools, Equipment & Accessories, Structures, Furniture – and Nursery, which lists thousands of annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, bulbs, and vegetable plants.

 

• Ready reference on numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages, plus a list of gardening terms, pests and diseases, and animals in the garden.