Grow Together, Charles Dowding
Grow Together, Charles Dowding
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Grow Together
50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

Author: Charles Dowding

Narrator: Charles Dowding

Unabridged: 3 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: DK

Published: 04/07/2026

Categories: Nonfiction, Gardening


Synopsis

No Dig guru Charles Dowding uses 40 years of growing experience to recommend which crops to grow successfully together, how to time it right, and how to harvest in particular ways, to grow the tastiest, pest-free crops as space-efficiently as possible.

Carrots between lettuces, fennel between spinach, garlic interplanted with coriander, broad beans around asparagus, cucumbers between peas and strawberries: 50 different proven combinations are shared to help you get the most from growing crops in tune with the seasons, the soil community, and wider environment.

Growing together is about more than simply planting two different crops side-by-side: there's succession planting, catch-cropping, cover-cropping, companion planting, planting to aid pollination, and multi-sowing. Charles explains them all and provides invaluable advice on how to succeed in each technique, with the correct timings and spacings, as well as the best varieties to grow.

DK author Charles Dowding has proven his success in selling books to his audience: No Dig (2022) and Compost (2024) have channeled all his knowledge successfully into brilliant and popular books. Charles is the undisputed leader in no-dig gardening. From his home and garden in Somerset, he has been growing vegetables and fruit for more than 40 years. He’s a market gardener (who still sells his produce locally to restaurants) as well as his social media, writing and course work.

© 2025 Charles Dowding (P) 2025 DK Audio

Reviews

Goodreads review by Readers on March 22, 2026

Charles Dowding’s Grow Together is a thoughtful guide drawn from his years of hands-on gardening experience. In this book, he highlights the benefits of growing crops together by focusing on plant cooperation rather than competition. By using different planting combinations, gardeners can make more......more

Goodreads review by Valery on April 23, 2026

Grow Together by Charles Dowding reshaped how I think about gardening. At best, I am mediocre at growing plants; at worst, horrible. But Dowding’s no-dig approach, letting soil stay undisturbed and enriched with compost, is simple and changes everything. That plants can support each other, rather th......more

Goodreads review by Tanata on May 01, 2026

Thoughtful, practical, and much more immersive than I expected from a gardening guide. What really worked for me here was how grounded Charles Dowding’s expertise feels on the page. This is not a book of vague companion-planting folklore or overpromised perfect pairings. It is built from long trial,......more

Goodreads review by Svens on April 23, 2026

I have never been a plant lover, but this book has given me deep insights into plants and made me realize why my plants have not been flourishing under my care all these years. "Grow Together" is a relevant gardening book that offers a fresh perspective on plant growth. The author argues that plants......more