Stephanie Hafferty's 'The Productive Garden' – a giveaway

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As the days get longer and we start to see a glimmer of sun through this wettest of winters, we find ourselves getting excited about the season ahead. We’ve already sown chilis because they need a long growing season. But what else could be finding its way from our plot to our plate this year?

What could be better for grow-your-own inspiration than a beautiful new book from Stephanie Hafferty, no-dig gardening specialist and homesteading expert? Stephanie’s new book ‘The Productive Garden’ hits bookshelves at the end of March – and you could be one of the very first to get your hands on a copy!

The Productive Garden

We’re big fans of Stephanie’s down-to-earth approach to running a productive organic garden. From what to sow and what to cook with it, to fragrant lotions and potions to keep body and home clean and smelling sweet, Stephanie’s books cover it all.

You might remember some time ago we road-tested her Divine Beetroot Soup recipe. To this day it's one of the most delicious soups we’ve ever ladled into a bowl! We can’t wait to try out some of the suggestions – both for garden and for kitchen – from the new book.

Divided into three sections, the new book 'The Productive Garden' covers how to plan, grow and use your garden’s harvest to ensure year-round productivity. As an extra bonus, it features luscious photography from the brilliant Jason Ingram - some of which Stephanie has kindly allowed us to feature here. You can find out more about the new book on Stephanie’s website. 

A gardening giveaway

As always, for this giveaway we’ll match Stephanie’s book with a prize of some Burgon & Ball tools. Our new RHS-endorsed BoronGreen range seems appropriate, as it as been created to offer a tool range that treads more lightly on the Earth.

The BoronGreen tools use boron steel made from 80 per cent recycled steel. We’ve just done some calculations on the tools’ carbon footprint, and in the range’s first year of production, the switch from virgin steel to 80 per cent recycled has saved an astonishing 19,113 tonnes of carbon! We won a sustainability award for BoronGreen last year but it was quite a thing to do the maths and work out the effect the switch has had.

So to partner with Stephanie’s book, we have a trio of BoronGreen tools that are perfect for Stephanie’s no-dig approach. There’s a trowel, a transplanter, and a dibber. All ideal for getting young plants started and then getting them planted out, ready to grow for a season of productive harvesting.

Together the book and tools make a prize worth over £50, so read on and enter now!

How to enter

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To win this prize and get started on creating your plot, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog. Scroll to the bottom of this page to comment (your email address won't be published). You’ll also need to be a subscriber to our monthly email newsletter to be a winner, so if you're not already signed up, fill in your email address in the grey band right at the bottom of this page. You can unsubscribe at any time if you don’t enjoy our monthly updates. 

Here's the small print:
‘The Productive Garden’ prize draw, 2026
This giveaway is open to UK residents over the age of 18 only. No purchase necessary. No cash alternative is available.  Winners will be chosen at random and the judges’ decision will be final. One winner will receive one (1) copy of 'The Productive Garden’ by Stephanie Hafferty; one (1) Burgon & Ball RHS-endorsed BoronGreen trowel; one (1) Burgon & Ball RHS-endorsed BoronGreen transplanter; and one (1) Burgon & Ball RHS-endorsed BoronGreen dibber. Prize draw opens at 00:01 on 03/03/2026 and closes at 23:59 on 15/03/2026. Winners will be contacted by Burgon & Ball shortly after the closing date. Employees of Burgon & Ball and employees of Stephanie Hafferty and their family members aren’t eligible to win. One entry per person; entries created by a bot or a service that automatically enters participants are not eligible to win. We draw your attention to our privacy policy here.