Category: Gardens/Garden Design
Paul Bangay is renowned for the expansive and elegant gardens with classical lines and symmetrical plantings that he has created in Australia and all over the world. Yet gardens on this grand scale are not accessible to everyone. With more of us living in apartments, townhouses and terraces, our gardens ...Show more
Category: General/Other
In his international bestseller, The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben opened readers? eyes to the wonders and amazing processes at work in the forest. Now this new, breathtakingly illustrated edition brings those wonders to life like never before. With compelling selections from the original book a ...Show more
Category: Botanical
A Tree in the House is part guide for the aspiring home florist, and part celebration of rural life in sync with nature. Annabelle Hickson provides stunning ideas and instructions for flower installations and arrangements, covering beautiful, seasonal bouquets, flowers for friends, table and overhead ar ...Show more
Category: Gardens/Garden Design
In Australian Dreamscapes, Claire Takacs showcases the varied gardens found in the Australian landscape, from lush green oases to semi-arid settings. Claire profiles Australian gardens, gardeners and garden designers who are drawing on the international movement towards a more naturalistic approach ...Show more
Category: Gardens/Garden Design
"A beautiful tour through some of the loveliest gardens in the world " --Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus at Missouri Botanical Garden A steep hillside oasis in Singapore, a garden distinguished by shape and light in Marrakech, a haunting tree museum in Switzerland--these are just a few of the extraor ...Show more
Category: Guides/How To
Covering a life time of experience this book details the development of a remarkable garden made by one woman on a limited income. Suited to its dry climate, the garden (in Central Victoria) is an example and encouragement to anyone wanting to create a garden of their own under conditions of restri ...Show more
Category: General/Other
Launched in 1948, Australian House & Garden magazine has been a trusted source of inspiration for homemakers across seven decades. This book charts architecture, interior and gardening passions and the path of domestic life in Australia, from the joyful optimism of postwar domesticity, through ...Show more
Category: General/Other
It all began when Simon Griffiths decided that he and his whippet couldn't live in his tiny but gorgeous one-up one-down shopfront in Albert Park any more. He had a yearning for open spaces, country air and, most importantly, a garden of his own. On finding his cottage in Meadowbank, and trialling diffe ...Show more
Category: Gardens/Garden Design
Explore the grand gardens and forests of Europe and Britain with esteemed landscape designer William Guilfoyle, as he did with his wife on their honeymoon. The Guilfoyles took their Grand Tour honeymoon in 1890, at the height of William's reputation as the architect of one of the world's great botanica ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers | Reading Level: 6 Gardening
A glorious survey of work by more than 70 contemporary floral designers who are extending the boundaries of their art Blooms celebrates the explosive impact that floral designers from the last decade have had on a previously underappreciated art form. This stunning book is the most ambitious survey of ...Show more
Category: Plants & Flowers
The top 50 indoor houseplants for Australia and New Zealand - what's best and how to keep them alive. Bring the outdoors in and breathe new life to your home with plants! House plants are well and truly back on trend - they instantly lift an area, make a room feel fresh and welcoming, and brighten your ...Show more
Category: Gardens/Garden Design | Reading Level: 6 Gardening
A celebration of the exceptional and ordinary ways people engage with the world around them through plants. In gardens we find shelter, nurture and respite from the noise and rush of everyday life. To garden is a wonderful thing but you don't have to have a large plot of land or immense knowledge to rea ...Show more
