The Garden Gang was a series of books for children written by Jayne Fisher. They were published by Ladybird Books during the late 1970s and early 1980s as Series 413 and later re-issued as Series 793.^[1] Fourteen story books were written, each containing two short stories about a group of characters who were fruit and vegetables living an almost human life, selling over 8 million copies ^{[citation needed]}. In addition to the fourteen story books, there were also three other books - an annual and two colouring books. Fisher's books were not dissimilar to the popular Munch Bunch series, also devised by a young girl, the fourteen-year-old Angela Mitson.^{[citation needed]}

At the age of 9 years, Jayne was the youngest author to ever write for Ladybird Books.^[2][3] Her writing and illustrating has been an inspiration to others.^[4][5]

Books

There are fourteen story books:

• Penelope Strawberry and Roger Radish (1979)
• Percival Pea and Polly Pomegranate (1979)
• Oliver Onion and Tim Tomato (1979)
• Wee Willie Watermelon and Betty Beetroot (1979)
• Lucy Leek and Bertie Brussels Sprout (1979)
• Gertrude Gooseberry and Belinda Blackcurrant (1979)
• Colin Cucumber and Patrick Pear (1980)
• Peter Potato and Alice Apple (1980)
• Pam Parsnip and Lawrence Lemon (1980)
• Grace Grape and Robert Raspberry (1980)
• Sheila Shallot and Benny Broadbean (1980)
• Avril Apricot and Simon Swede (1980)
• Pedro Pepper and The Cherry Twins (1983)
• Oscar Orange and Augustus Aubergine (1983)

A larger and relatively hard-to-find story book (or annual):

• Meet The Garden Gang (1981)^[6]

Two colouring books:

• The Garden Gang Have Fun (1979)
• The Garden Gang At Home (1979)