Readings Recommends: Gardening
100 Gardens
$59.99 – Hard back / Allen & Unwin
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Yates' Garden Guide 2011: Celebrating 125 Years of Yates in Australia
$39.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
This special anniversary edition features a pictorial history of Yates in Australia and a new chapter about changes in garden design over the last century, to inspire heritage traditions in the modern garden.
Fully illus... Buy or find out more →
The Little Veggie Patch Co: How to Grow Food in Small Spaces
$45.00 – Paperback book / Plum
Fabian Capomolla and Mat Pember run a successful business installing edible gardens: in polystyrene boxes on balconies, in crates you can put anywhere in your backyard, or by creating no-dig, raised garden beds. After ye... Buy or find out more →
The New Organic Gardener
$55.00 – Hard back / Harper Collins
Organic gardening is much more than simply throwing a bit of mulch onto your garden beds. A true organic gardener adopts a holistic approach, starting with the most precious organic element of all: the soil.
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The Edible Balcony
$39.95 – Paperback book / Penguin
Join popular media personality and foodie Indira Naidoo as she embarks on a mission to transform her tiny thirteen-floor balcony into a bountiful kitchen garden. She soon establishes a productive urban oasis that takes j... Buy or find out more →
Paul Bangay's Guide To Plants
$59.95 – Hard back / Penguin Books
Gardens designed by Paul Bangay are renowned for their elegant proportions, careful use of materials and inspired choice of planting. In one garden precise box hedging frames billowing beds of perennials; in another, oli... Buy or find out more →
The Garden Of Ideas
$49.99 – Paperback book / Melb Univ Press
The Garden of Ideas tells an inspiring and engaging story of Australian garden design. From the imaginings of emigrant garden-makers of the late-eighteenth century to the concerns of twenty-first-century gardeners, this ... Buy or find out more →
Deceptive Beauties: The World Of Wild Orchids
$59.95 – Hardcover book / University Of Chicago Press
Confucius called them the “king of fragrant plants,” and John Ruskin condemned them as “prurient apparitions.” Across the centuries, orchids have captivated us with their elaborate exoticism, their powerful perfumes, and... Buy or find out more →
Green
$45.00 – Paperback book / Murdoch Books
In Green, popular television presenter Brendan Moar unveils the secrets and incredible design potential of climate-friendly gardening. Based on the successful LifeStyle Channel television show 'Dry Spell Gardening', this... Buy or find out more →
Grow Your Own Vegetables In Pots
$29.95 – Paperback book / Cico Books
Get the best out of any type of garden without spending a fortune, whether it’s a small window box or a hard patio with this brilliant guide.
Using containers or pots as a base for your gardening is so versatile – try ... Buy or find out more →
My Gardening Year
$45.00 – Paperback book / Murdoch Books
Combining beauty with practicality, and written by one of Australia’s leading horticultural authorities, My Gardening Year will appeal to novices and old gardening hands alike. Full of solid and reliable advice to help t... Buy or find out more →
My Gardening Year
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
Combining beauty with practicality, and written by one of Australia’s leading horticultural authorities, My Gardening Year will appeal to novices and old gardening hands alike. Full of solid and reliable advice to help t... Buy or find out more →
AWW Kids In The Garden
$29.95 – Paperback book / Aust Cons Press
This delightful book introduces children to the oys of gardening. There’s information on what to plant and when, how to prepare the soil and the right tools to use. Then there’s the nitty gritty – how to grow herbs, vege... Buy or find out more →
Rural Australian Gardens
$89.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
Like many of us, landscape designer Myles Baldwin dreams of living in the country one day. For Rural Australian Gardens, he travels from subtropical and temperate to alpine and arid regions around the country to find the... Buy or find out more →
Great Gardens Of China
$79.99 – Hardcover book / Monacelli
The garden - a place for refined pleasure and spiritual relaxation - has its roots in ancient China. Western travelers from Marco Polo onward marveled at the intricacy, the elaborate buildings, the subtle design, and the... Buy or find out more →
Beginners Guide To Earthworm Farming, Simple Ideas For A Sustainable World
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin South Africa
If you are concerned about the health of our planet then turn your attention to what lies under your feet. In the soil below are creatures that are responsible for producing the food we eat. Earthworms have been describe... Buy or find out more →
A Year In My Garden: Flowers, Food, Family And Friends
$45.00 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
Nestled in the green and rolling hills of the Southern Highlands of New South Wales is Whitley, a gardeners paradise. Surrounded by beautifully manicured hedges, this property boasts majestic oak trees, roses and maples,... Buy or find out more →
Your Farm In The City
$22.99 – Paperback book / Do Not Use
Written specifically for dwellers of city and town, this one-of-a-kind, all-in-one resource tells how to grow organic produce, keep bees, raise chickens, and even run a small farm in any urban environment, from a rooftop... Buy or find out more →
From Coast To Country: Waterwise Gardens For Australian Living
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Freemantle Press
For over two decades, the landscape designs of Neil and jenny Delmage have been setting the standard for gardens that are waterwise, low-maintenance – and breathtakingly beautiful.
In this book the husband-and-wife tea... Buy or find out more →
Kitchen Gardens Of Australia: Eighteen Productive Gardens For Inspiration And Practical Advice
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Lantern Books
Whether you want to reduce your carbon footprint, sav money, become more self-sufficient or just enjoy the unique taste of fresh produce, there has never been a better time to create a kitchen garden.
Join passionate des... Buy or find out more →
The Life And Love Of Trees
$80.00 – Hardcover book / Headline
Trees are vital - the roots and the shelter for our existence. Without them we simply wouldn't be here. From that starting point, Lewis Blackwell celebrates and explores the miracle of the tree in our lives today. In hig... Buy or find out more →
Spirit Garden Inspiration
$65.00 – Hardcover book / Fuel
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On Guerrilla Gardening
$23.99 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
An inspirational take on gardening in the 21st century: join the revolution transforming public space into oases of colour and life.
On Guerrilla Gardening is an activist's call to arms to all citizens - green-fingered, ... Buy or find out more →
Fabulous Food From Every Small Garden
$39.95 – Paperback book / Csiro Publications
Fabulous Food from Every Small Garden shows how to grow food at home in even the smallest of spaces. It explores the reasons for growing your own food, including the many potential benefits such as improved taste, freshn... Buy or find out more →
The Constant Gardener
$75.00 – Hardcover book / Miegunyah Press
The garden has been a constant companion to Holly Kerr Forsyth giving her pleasure, a refuge and occasionally aching muscles. In this comprehensive guide to creating, enjoying and maintaining the garden, Holly shares her... Buy or find out more →
Flowers In History
$89.95 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
In Flowers in History, some of the most appealing natural history illustrations from the past are brought together in a pictorial journal with modern day photographs. Photographer Ignace Maenhaut captures flowers in a un... Buy or find out more →
Gardens Of The Loire Valley
$80.00 – Hardcover book / Garden Art Press
The Loire Valley is generally thought of as a place for history and culture. Everybody remembers visiting at least one of its historical buildings. In fact, the region is internationally famous for its many significant h... Buy or find out more →
Italian Gardens
$70.00 – Hardcover book / Garden Art Press
Originally published in 1961 as a complementary study to Geoffrey Jellicoe's architectural work Italian Gardens of the Renaissance, this book is intended to present a layman's point of view on the subject, providing imme... Buy or find out more →
One Straw Revolution
$23.95 – Paperback book / New York Rev Books
Masanobu Fukuoka's book about growing food has been changing the lives of readers since it was first published in 1978. It is a call to arms, a manifesto, and a radical rethinking of the global systems we rely on to feed... Buy or find out more →
Discovering Vegetables Herbs And Spices
$79.95 – Hardcover book / Csiro Publications
An inspiration to people to grow and try new foods, this comprehensive guide to vegetables, herbs and spices explores old favourites as well as many little known yet exciting food-producing plants. Over 200 species and t... Buy or find out more →
Shelter In The Garden
$29.95 – Paperback book / Stewart Tabori & Cha
Whether its a treehouse perched among the branches or a rustic gazebo by a pond, a small-scale playhouse or a whimsical dovecote, structures in the garden conjure thoughts of childhood and long-ago summers. Garden Archit... Buy or find out more →
Dig: Seasonal Gardening
$49.95 – Paperback book / Murdoch Books
Dig: Seasonal Gardening is a rich source of innovation and inspiration, season by season, from the respected Australian garden designer, writer and broadcaster Meredith Kirton. This is an indispensable companion for both... Buy or find out more →
Trees That Shape The World
$35.00 – Paperback book / Quadrille Pub.
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Gardens An Essay On The Human Condition
$48.95 – Hardcover book / Univ. Of Chicago Pr.
Humans have long turned to gardens—both real and imaginary—for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as far away from everyday reality as Gilgamesh’s garden of the gods or as near... Buy or find out more →
Vertical Gardens
$120.00 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson
Bringing nature into urban environments has always been a challenge for metropolitan areas. One of the most spectacular solutions to this problem is the vertical garden. These gardens are more than just an unusual decora... Buy or find out more →
Avant Gardeners Fifty Visionaries Of Contemporary Landscape
$75.00 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson
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Reading The Garden The Settlement Of Australia
$36.95 – Paperback book / Miegunyah Press
Gardens have a particular significance for white Australia: they have helped make meaning and "home" in a new place; enabled connections with the Australian environment or rejection of it and facilitated the development ... Buy or find out more →
Flower Hunters
$55.00 – Hardcover book / Oxford University Pr
The flower hunters were intrepid explorers - remarkable, eccentric men and women who scoured the world in search of extraordinary plants from the middle of the seventeenth to the end of the 19th century, and helped estab... Buy or find out more →
Field Guide To Eucalypts Vol 1 South East Australia
$129.95 – Hardcover book / Bloomings Books
Australia is remarkable in that its landscapes are often associated with a single group of plants - the eucalyptus. The genus Eucalyptus includes about 900 species and subspecies, with almost a third occurring in south-e... Buy or find out more →
Edible Water Gardens
$49.95 – Paperback book / Hyland House
Edible Water Gardens is the first complete guide to growing and using edible wetland plants worldwide. Practical and easy-to-use, this book will appeal to a wide spectrum of readers, from water gardeners and commercial g... Buy or find out more →
Natural Garden Style: Gardening Inspired By Nature
$89.95 – Hardcover book / Merrel Publishers
A timely in depth exploration of approaches to garden design that take their inspiration from nature. Features a section on creating and maintaining your own natural style garden. Buy or find out more →
Japanese Stone Gardens
$45.00 – Hardcover book / Tuttle Publishing
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the powerful mystique and dynamism of the Japanese stone gardenfrom their earliest use as props in animistic rituals, to their appropriation by Zen monks and priests to create set... Buy or find out more →
Espalier
$29.95 – Paperback book / Hyland House
‘... His unique but simple methods of training plants as espaliers are both original and brilliant ...’ –Peter Cundall
Create beautiful, productive garden walls and fences, and optimise space in small gardens, pati... Buy or find out more →
Wilderness Garden
$24.95 – Paperback book /
You don't need to water your garden! Or weed, prune, spray or dig it... at least, not if you throw out the old European ideas of gardening, and design a growing system that suits Australian conditions. Buy or find out more →
Dicksonia Rare Plants Manual
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Hyland House
The Dicksonia Rare Plants Manual is a gardener’s reference with detailed descriptions of the more than 2000 hard-to-get yet highly desirable plants available from Stephen Ryan’s rare plant nursery. Buy or find out more →
The Vertical Garden: In Nature and the City
$89.95 – Hardcover book / W W Norton
This is a Norton Book for architects and designers. From the inventor of the vertical garden, here are the secrets of plants that cling, grip and climb.Patrick Blanc, an artist with green fingers, has created dozens of h... Buy or find out more →
Australian Open Gardens: 2008 to 2009
$0.00 – Trade paperback / Hardie Grant
Your guide to over 600 outstanding gardens.
As part of the Australian Open Garden Scheme, every year garden owners across the nation invite the public into their private realms. Australia’s Open Gardens 2009-2010 is the ... Buy or find out more →
Harvest: A Complete Australian Guide To Edible Garden
$69.95 – Hardcover book / Murdoch Books
This beautifully illustrated book by bestselling gardening author Meredith Kirton will inspire you to grow, harvest and cook your own seasonal fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices, whether your garden is a large suburban ... Buy or find out more →
Rosehips And Crabapples
$59.95 – Hardcover book / Lantern Books
Gardens are full of memories - of places, of plants, of people, of beauty created and shared, beauty which can be relived and enjoyed again years later. In a mostly incomprehensible world, a world increasingly dominated ... Buy or find out more →