Gardening

David Joyce looks at a range of garden situations - dry sunny beds, rock gardens or shady borders - and shows how an understanding of the growing conditions and an...

A presenter on ABC TV's Gardening Australia for more than 20 years, Colin Campbell was one of Australia's best-known and respected gardening personalities. Garden Talk provides the answers to most...

At its most convincing level, this book shows in awesome detail just what it is that we stand to lose when we fail to vigorously protect and conserve even relatively...

Stunning foliage plants to set off your garden chosen by one of Australia's leading garden design experts, Rosemary Davies. No more trudging through garden nurseries; no more deciphering rain-soaked labels;...

The first in an exciting new series of practical books that will inspire the DIY enthusiast to create professional results in the garden. After guidance through the basic techniques and...

The pleasures and practicalities of making a flower garden are explained in this book. The author gives guidance on planning the garden and on good planting for colour, harmony and...

"Grow"" ""Your"" ""Own"" ""Flowers" is an essential guide to growing hundreds of recommended annual and perennial flowers. The next book in the Grow Your Own series (publishing alongside "Grow Your...

The lily is one of the most beautiful and popular flowers in the garden and despite having a reputation for being "temperamental", lilies can actually be very easy to grow....

Hostas are invaluable foliage plants with their broad leaves providing dramatic clumps of architectural interest in the garden. The sculptural leaves come in many sizes and although many are green,...

The immense number of species and the wide range of possible growing situations of the fern family means that there is a fern to suit most parts of the garden....

If you are one of those people who haven't got time to hang around waiting for your garden to mature, then this is the book for you. It offers stylish...

'- An inspiring and practical guide to making the most of herbs in your garden- Acclaimed gardener and writer George Carter offers 20 simple step-by-step projects for herbal plantings you...

Arne Maynard believes that achieving balance is the key to garden design and in A Sense of Place he shows you how to open your imagination and create a garden...

Gorgeous Garden Boosters will help you transform your garden, whatever its size, into a stunning showcase. On every page, you'll find 'boosters' that are guaranteed to enhance your garden -...

This is a recipe book, but instead of food you'll find unlickable lasagna, mud and seed cupcakes and nature's nachos! Nature play and mud kitchens are fun and a great...

Weeds are plants growing in the wrong place. Here's how to recognize, prevent, eradicate - or learn to live with - your unwelcome guests. Get to the root of any...

A guide to attractive hedges and screens for any front or back yard in all climates.

This series of practical, authoritative guides is overflowing with new ideas for creating luxuriant color in your garden from bold, seasonal bursts of color to subtle, long-lasting effects. Each book...

Each page of this practical book is packed with ideas for using ornamental features to add personality to your garden. A complete range of styles is included - from classic...

1001 Perennials focuses on the plants that are the foundation of every garden. Technically, perennials are any plants that live for more than two years, but generally (and in this...

In this text, John Ferguson and Berkhard Mucke describe a unique approach to gardening in which the rhythm of nature is used to divide the year into nine seasons -...

The book is divided into four main sections, covering stately homes, country houses, dreams and utopias and garden produce, illuminating the history of the French countryside. Photographs reflect the colour...

From the internationally acclaimed Czech writer Karel Capek comes this beautifully written and marvelously apt account of the trials and tribulations of the gardener's life. First published in Prague in...

At some time, nearly every gardener has stood before a withered piece of vegetation and wailed 'everything I plant dies!' But these deaths are usually due to poor choice rather...

For those who are tired of mowing, concerned about wasting water, and nervous about toxic lawn chemicals, The Landscaping Revolution is a call to arms for those searching for a...

One of the greatest challenges for any gardener, is selecting the right plant for the right spot. Grow What Where enables people to seek out plants based upon their own...

Full of easy maintenance advice, planting ideas for evening fragrance, colour, lighting, design, and attracting wildlife, this is a book for how people garden now which will inspire everyone to...

Like Wave Hill itself, these pages make an indelible impression wildly intimate, possibility-laden, provocative leaving me wide awake and hungry for a visit. Margaret Roach, author of A Way to...

This text is the story of these flowers which have persisted for centuries and of the unlikely band of experts who rescued them. Seeking the elusive roses from the East...

Not everyone is truly green but now there is a book that shows you how to cultivate a 'greener' garden that is kind to the environment and saves you money....

Over the centuries the English ability to design and create exquisite gardens has probably been one of England's greatest contributions to art. Yet the depth and variety of this achievement...

The garden is increasingly viewed as a sanctuary where the beauty and tranquility of nature can enhance our everyday lives. 'The Garden Sanctuary' will inspire you with practical ways to...