Readings Recommends: Gardening
100 Gardens
$60.00 – Hardback / Allen & Unwin
Jamie Durie has quite simply changed the way we live outdoors, the backyard is a better place since he's come into our lives, we see so much more opportunity to make it an extension of our home-and he does it with such genuine... Buy or find out more→
Yates Garden Guide 2011
$39.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Fully illustrated and detailing more than 1000 plant species, this book contains everything you need to know about growing trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit. Buy or find out more→
The Little Veggie Patch Co.: How to Grow Food in Small Spaces
$45.00 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
Lots of Fun packed full of all the information you'll need (plus some hilarious tips and stories from the little Veggie Patch boys own experience along the way), this colourful guide is for anyone interested in growing their own... Buy or find out more→
The New Organic Gardener
$55.00 – Hardback / ABC Books
A true organic gardener adopts a holistic approach, starting with the most precious organic element of all: the soil. New Organic Gardener shows you how to grow a large range of not just vegetables and herbs but also flowers,... Buy or find out more→
The Edible Balcony: How to Grow Fresh Food in a Small Space Plus 60 Inspiring Recipes
$39.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
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 just ten... Buy or find out more→
Paul Bangay's Guide to Plants
$59.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
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, olive... Buy or find out more→
Deceptive Beauties: The World of Wild Orchids
$59.95 – Hardback / The 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 their... Buy or find out more→
Green
$45.00 – Paperback / 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 book... Buy or find out more→
Grow Your Own Vegetables in Pots
$29.95 – Paperback / Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
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 – 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 the... Buy or find out more→
My Gardening Year
$49.95 – Hardback / 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 the... Buy or find out more→
AWW Kids in the Garden
$29.95 – Paperback / ACP Publishing Pty Ltd
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, vegetables,... Buy or find out more→
Rural Australian Gardens
$89.95 – Hardback / 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 best... Buy or find out more→
The Great Gardens of China: History, Concepts, Techniques
$89.95 – Hardback / Monacelli Press
First published in 2010 in the United Kingdom as The great Chinese gardens by CYPI Press, Harrow Middlesex. Buy or find out more→
Your Farm in the City: An Urban-dweller's Guide to Growing Food and Raising Animals
$23.00 – Paperback / Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
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 or... Buy or find out more→
From Coast To Country Waterwise Gardens For Australian Living
$49.95 – Hardback / Fremantle Press
For over two decades, the landscape designs of Neil and Jenny Delmage have been setting the standard for Australian gardens that are water-wise, biodiverse, low-maintenance - and breathtakingly beautiful. In this book they take us... Buy or find out more→
Kitchen Gardens Of Australia Eighteen Productive Gardens Forinspiration And Practical Advice
$49.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
Whether you want to reduce your carbon footprint, save 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 Kate Herd on her... Buy or find out more→
On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening without Boundaries
$23.99 – Paperback / Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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
$49.95 – Paperback / CSIRO Publishing
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, freshness and... Buy or find out more→
The One Straw Revolution
$21.95 – Paperback / The New York Review of Books, Inc
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 us... Buy or find out more→
Discovering Vegetables, Herbs and Spices
$110.00 – Hardback / CSIRO Publishing
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. Buy or find out more→
A Shelter in the Garden: Playhouses, Treehouses, Gazebos, Sheds, and Other Outdoor Structures
$19.95 – Paperback / Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc
Whether it’s a treehouse perched among the branches or a rustic gazebo by a pond, a small-scale playhouse or a whimsical dovecote, shelters in the garden conjure thoughts of childhood and long-ago summers.A Shelter in the... Buy or find out more→
Dig: Seasonal Gardening
$49.95 – Paperback / 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... Buy or find out more→
Vertical Gardens: Bringing the City to Life
$80.00 – Hardback / Thames & Hudson Ltd
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 decoration... Buy or find out more→
In a Unicorn's Garden: Recreating the Magic and Mystery of Medieval Gardens
$49.95 – Hardback / Murdoch Books
Recreates the mustery and magic of medieval gardens and provides the tools for designing these inspiring gardens for yourself. Each chapter features a garden design based ona theme of significace in the medieval world, all designs... Buy or find out more→
Reading the Garden
$40.00 – Paperback / Melbourne University 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 of... Buy or find out more→
Flower Hunters
$32.95 – Hardback / Oxford University Press
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 establish... Buy or find out more→
Field Guide to Eucalypts: South-East Australia
$129.95 – Hardback / Bloomings Books Pty Ltd
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-eastern... Buy or find out more→
Natural Garden Style: Gardening Inspired by Nature
$89.95 – Hardback / Merrell Publishers Ltd
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: Origins, Meaning, Form
$28.00 – Hardback / Tuttle Shokai Inc
The Japanese stone garden is an art form recognized around the globe. These gardens provide tranquil settings where visitors can shed the burdens and stresses of modern existence, satisfy an age-old yearning for solitude and... Buy or find out more→
Espalier: Beautiful, Productive Garden Walls & Fences
$29.95 – Paperback / Hyland House Publishing Pty Ltd
‘... 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, patios and... Buy or find out more→
The Wilderness Garden: Beyond Organic Gardening
$24.95 – Paperback / Aird Books Pty.Ltd
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 – Hardback / Hyland House Publishing Pty Ltd
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→
Harvest: A Complete Australian Guide to the Edible Garden
$69.95 – Hardback / 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 block,... Buy or find out more→
Rosehips and Crabapples: A Rose-Lover's Diary
$59.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
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 by cruelty... Buy or find out more→