Gardening and landscape design
Paul Bangay's Guide to PlantsPaul Bangay Tenth anniversary edition featuring two new chapters and...
Paul Bangay's Guide to PlantsPaul Bangay Tenth anniversary edition featuring two new chapters and almost 30 new plants. Gardens designed by Paul Bangay are renowned for their elegant proportions, careful use of materials and inspired choice of plants. In one garden, precise box hedging will frame billowing beds of perennials; while in another, olive trees emerge from an undergrowth of rosemary against a dramatic coastal landscape. In a Paul Bangay garden, you can be sure that every plant has ...
$59.95
Costa's World: Gardening for the soil, the soul and the suburbsCosta Georgiadis The long-awaited ...
Costa's World: Gardening for the soil, the soul and the suburbsCosta Georgiadis The long-awaited book from the beloved host of ABC TV's Gardening Australia. Bringing together all of Costa's gardening and sustainability knowledge, this is a book for the whole family that reflects Costa's philosophy and quirky sense of fun. 'Costa's World' is a generous, joyous, fully illustrated gardening book that celebrates the life-changing joy of chooks; kids in the garden; big ideas for small spaces; Cost...
$45.00
Illustrated Plant GlossaryEnid Mayfield The 'Illustrated Plant Glossary' is a comprehensive gloss...
Illustrated Plant GlossaryEnid Mayfield The 'Illustrated Plant Glossary' is a comprehensive glossary of over 4000 terms related to plant sciences, featuring superb colour illustrations to aid comprehension of many of the plant terms. The topics covered in this glossary include anatomy, angiosperms, bryophytes, chemistry, cytology, ferns and fern allies, family-specific terms, flowers; fruit, genetics; grasses, rushes and sedges, gymnosperms, habit and growth, habitat and ecology, indumentum, ...
$69.95
Around the World in 80 TreesJonathan Drori Bestselling author and environmentalist Jonathan Drori...
Around the World in 80 TreesJonathan Drori Bestselling author and environmentalist Jonathan Drori follows in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg as he tells the stories of 80 magnificent trees from all over the globe. In 'Around the World in 80 Trees', Jonathan Drori uses plant science to illuminate how trees play a role in every part of human life, from the romantic to the regrettable. From the trees of Britain, to India's sacred banyan tree, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration - not to mentio...
$32.95
The Bee Friendly Garden: Easy ways to help the bees and make your garden growDoug Purdie A grower...
The Bee Friendly Garden: Easy ways to help the bees and make your garden growDoug Purdie A grower's handbook to attracting bees and other beneficial insects. Bees are our most important pollinators and they are in decline the world over. They love to live in urban environments, where it's a short flight path from one type of plant to the next. But conventional gardens that favour lawns and pesticides over flowers and edible plants are scaring the good bugs away. 'The Bee Friendly Garden' is a...
$39.95
Around the World in 80 PlantsJonathan Drori, illustrated by Lucille Clerc An inspirational and be...
Around the World in 80 PlantsJonathan Drori, illustrated by Lucille Clerc An inspirational and beautifully illustrated book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe. In his follow-up to the bestselling 'Around the World in 80 Trees', Jonathan Drori takes another trip across the globe, bringing to life the science of plants by revealing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore. From the seemingly familiar tomato and dandelion to the ...
$45.00
The 'Botanical Field Guide' offers in symbol and keyword format a substantial overview of the pla...
The 'Botanical Field Guide' offers in symbol and keyword format a substantial overview of the plant world. Plants express life. They sustain the environment and feed humans and animals alike. For the conscious observer the plant becomes more than the sum of its parts. The plant can be experienced as an unfolding event that moves through the seasons from seed to leaf to flower to fruit and to seed again. Make this comprehensive and robust guide your steady companion, wherever you live, in city...
$12.00
Growing Australian Natives: Second EditionJohn Mason Interest in growing native plants has burgeo...
Growing Australian Natives: Second EditionJohn Mason Interest in growing native plants has burgeoned in recent years, especially with many more varieties of native plants being available in specialist and general nurseries. Gardeners are not only drawn to native plants for their beauty, but also because they attract birds and butterflies to their gardens and are the ideal plants for our warmer summers and drier conditions. The variety of Australian native plants is enormous, some 20,000 speci...
$39.95
Taller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia
Taller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia: Their Selection Cultivation and ManagementDean Nicoll...
Taller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia: Their Selection Cultivation and ManagementDean Nicolle 'Taller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia' treats 81 taller-growing eucalypts (relative to the 84 species included in the companion book 'Smaller Eucalypts for Planting in Australia') suited for growing in Australia. Many of these species are already commonly grown and seen in gardens, streets, parks and farms throughout Australia, while others are rarely planted but have vast potential for mu...
$35.00
Australian Dreamscapes: The art of planting in gardens inspired by natureClaire Takacs In 'Austra...
Australian Dreamscapes: The art of planting in gardens inspired by natureClaire Takacs 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 to planting design. Similar to the New Perennial movement and Prairie-style, these gardens take into conside...
$80.00
The Waterwise Australian Native Garden
The Waterwise Australian Native Garden: A practical guide to garden design, plant selection and m...
The Waterwise Australian Native Garden: A practical guide to garden design, plant selection and much moreAngus Stewart and AB Bishop First published as 'The Australian Native Garden' There's never been a more crucial time to droughtproof your garden and to consider Australian native plants as a key component in your outdoor space. This award-winning practical volume, from two of the country's foremost horticultural experts, offers everything you need to know about designing and growing a gard...
$49.95
500 Plants: Great Australian favourites for your gardenAngus Stewart 500 tried and tested native ...
500 Plants: Great Australian favourites for your gardenAngus Stewart 500 tried and tested native plants from Australia's favourite gardening authority. Out of the thousands of Australian plants worthy of garden space, here are the top 500, as edited and selected by Angus Stewart. These are the tried and tested, the popular cultivars, the ones that won't turn up their heels and die on you - and are available commercially. Over the last few decades, the native plants that had been looked on by ...
$36.95