The Garden Gang 12 titles published
between 1940 - 1980
This series was entirely written and illustrated by Jayne
Fisher, Ladybird’s youngest author – in 1979,
at the age of 9, Jayne had her first book published entitled
Penelope Strawberry and Roger Radish – all the books
were about garden ‘fruit and vegetable’ characters.
The first series of the Garden Gang was issued under the series
number 413, with green covers - the rear cover had a photo
of Jayne on the back. The same green covers were used when
the books migrated to 793 but later the whole series were
reissued with white covers.
Books in series 793 There were 12 titles published in this series
between 1940 and 1980 inclusive. Click on any title to see
the first edition, synopsis and other information.