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How to Start a Market Garden

The Comprehensive Guide to Starting a Sustainable Vegetable-growing Business
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How to Start a Market Garden offers all you need to know about starting a successful, sustainable business growing fresh produce. More and more people are discovering the rewards of growing their own food, and there's plenty of advice on methods of growing. But what about... Read More
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All you need to know about starting a successful, sustainable business growing fresh produce.

All you need to know about starting a successful, sustainable business growing fresh produce.

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How to Start a Market Garden offers all you need to know about starting a successful, sustainable business growing fresh produce.

More and more people are discovering the rewards of growing their own food, and there's plenty of advice on methods of growing. But what about producing larger quantities to sell? Or even making a living from horticulture? And how do you grow organic produce on this scale?

This book covers everything you need when starting out; from finding land to grow on and sourcing the finance to get going, to winning customers and marketing your produce, working on your business plan, deciding which crops to grow, and demystifying legal considerations.

With an extensive directory of invaluable contacts and resources and a market gardening calendar, this friendly guide is packed with reassuring, first-hand advice and beautiful photographs and illustrations.

Whether you’ve got surplus produce from a vegetable garden, are starting a community project, or looking to sell to wholesale from a fully-developed business, this is the perfect guide for anyone interested in selling produce for profit.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399422802

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: Black and white illustrations and colour photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Kate Collyns started her own organic market garden in Wiltshire from scratch in 2011, and now grows tonnes of food every year to sell to her local community. She is the Chair of Bath and Bristol Organic Growers Group and a regular contributor to Organic Grower magazine. Kate has also written two books on growing and thoughtful gardening.

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