Sabrina's Little ABC Book of Gardening (New Edition) by Sabrina Hahn

$19.99 AUD

Category: Gardening

Popular columinist, broadcaster and landscape gardener Sabrina Hahn has written a pocket-sized guide jam-packed with handy hints about gardening. Drawing on years of experience, Sabrina has tips on how to care for our most popular plants while avoiding common pitfalls.

Dr. Houseplant: An Indispensable Guide to Keeping Your Indoor Plants Healthy and Happy by William Davidson; Janneke Luursema (By (photographer)); Jane Bland

$29.99 AUD

Category: Indoor, succulents & terrariums.

Is your monstera getting monstrous? Snake plant looking sickly? Fiddle-leaf fading? Devil's ivy dropping leaves? Dr. Houseplant is your key to a thriving indoor home garden. Build your confidence and plant collection with this guide and learn to give your favourite houseplants the best care. Packed with information from choosing healthy plants to creating space for them to flourish in your home, Dr. Houseplant is the go-to for any plant enthusiast, whether you're just starting out or a seasoned green thumb. The book includes features on 42 of the most popular houseplants, including monsteras, ferns and cacti. Each feature provides you with the knowledge to provide the ideal conditions for each variety, from watering, feeding and temperature control, and will show you how to identify and treat common issues, such as pests and fungal diseases, with tailored solutions to suit every plant and home. With photography that illustrates the beauty and life plants can bring to your home, Dr. Houseplant will inspire and help you cultivate your own indoor garden.   ...Show more

A Natural State by Kristen Watts

$29.95 AUD

Category: Garden design

Spring: A Classical Influence for Today's Gardens by Delmage Jenny & Neil

$59.95 AUD

Category: Australian gardens

Living Outside: Reviving the Australian Modernist Garden by Sharon Mackay; Diana Snape; Christopher Frederick Jones (Photographer)

$70.00 AUD

Category: Garden design

The Australian garden was born mid-century, a time of postwar confidence and growing national identity. Gardens became outdoor rooms for recreation and healthy living - removing the barriers between inside and out - and bold designs celebrated native Australian plants. The mid-century modern aesthetic has seen a revival in recent years, with contemporary garden designers reinterpreting the optimism, innovation and independence of that era. The gardens in Living Outside speak to an Australia that draws on the confidence of the last century while pushing the boundaries of experimentation, all to rise to the environmental and social challenges of today. The featured projects embrace their unique surrounding landscapes, from coastal cliffs and expansive grassland to tropical forest and even urban neighbourhoods. They also reflect a return to modernism - not just the look and feel, but also the functionality and values of invention, conservation, wellbeing.These gardens are more than just ornamental backdrops: they provide shade for neighbourhoods, food for pollinating insects, habitat for wildlife, hubs for both social interaction and moments of respite. They are platforms for research into resilient futures, experiments in sustainability and places for families to grow. They have been designed in response to their contexts and exemplify the singular and joyous spaces that can result from a deep appreciation of place.   ...Show more

Bees and Their Keepers - In Religion, Revolution and Evolution by Frank Perry (Translator); Lotte Möller

$39.99 AUD

Category: Gardening

A beautifully illustrated and thoroughly engaging cultural history of beekeeping - packed with anecdote, humour and enriching historical detail. The perfect gift. Beekeeper and garden historian Lotte Möller explores the activities inside and outside the hive while charting the bees' natural order and ha bits. With a light touch she uses her encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject to shed light on humanity's understanding of bees and bee lore from antiquity to the present. A humorous debunking of the myths that have held for centuries is matched by a wry exploration of how and when they were replaced by fact. In her travels Möller encounters a trigger-happy Californian beekeeper raging against both killer bees and bee politics, warring beekeepers on the Danish island of Læso, and Brother Adam of Buckfast Abbey, breeder of the Buckfast queen now popular throughout Europe and beyond, as well a host of others as passionate as she about the complex world of apiculture both past and present. Translated from the Swedish by Frank Perry - Sweden's Gardening Book of the Year 2019, shortlisted for the August Prize 2019 ...Show more

Vertical Gardens by Carles Broto

$95.00 AUD

Category: Gardening

GUIDELINES: A thorough technical introduction provides guidance to architects and designers exploring vertical gardens, an innovative and ever more popular response to increasing urbanization. CASE STUDIES: Injecting green spaces into cities, providing gardening solutions in limited space, and combating the endless concrete, metal and glass of our cities, vertical gardens comprise an exciting field of landscape architecture. This book features the most exciting projects from around the world, illustrated with full color photographs, plans and in-depth explanations from the architects. It will be an inspiration to architects, students and those interested in urban design. ...Show more

My Suburban Farm by Ainslee Costa

$35.00 AUD

Category: Gardening

 While most Australians live in capital cities, at one time or another we all covet the charm and slower pace of country living. But if a tree change isn’t feasible for suburbanites, why not combine the best of both worlds at home? My Suburban Farm is a gorgeous guide to bringing the rustic romance, cra ft aesthetic and home-grown joy of rural life into your very own suburban nook.From the meditative delights of craft to the satisfaction of growing and cooking your veggies, this book celebrates everything handmade, home-grown and heart-warming. Ainslee Costa, creator of the popular My Suburban Farm Instagram account, shares her tips and tricks on everything from candle-making to pottery, hunting for vintage wares to keeping chickens. With My Suburban Farm you’ll learn to bring the simple pleasures of the country into any space.   ...Show more

How to Grow Your Dinner - Without Leaving the House by Claire Ratinon

$24.99 AUD

Category: Vegetable & herb gardens

A vegetable garden is not an option for everyone, and so container growing has become a desirable option for people with little outside space. Many have discovered the love of growing houseplants and want to take their skills to another level; others are inspired by the idea of growing their own food or ganically and sustainably. The book covers all the essentials of growing a range of edible plants in pots, and meeting each crop's specific needs. Author Claire Ratinon brings her urban food growing expertise to this popular subject, in a book designed to appeal to new gardeners and anyone who would like to take on the rewarding challenge of growing their own dinner, even if they've only got a window box or balcony to work with. ...Show more

Living with Air Plants by Yoshiharu Kashima; Yukihiro Matsuda

$29.99 AUD

Category: Garden design

Living with Air Plants is the perfect introduction to the world of Tillandsia and the many ways they can be used to design and upgrade your home or work space. It is the work of a prominent horticulturist and a design, lifestyle and gardening expert from Japan, and displays a wonderful Japanese design a esthetic and attention to detail. These endearing plants are friendly to seasoned gardeners and beginners alike, and easy to grow and care for, once you know how. This reference and growing guide covers over 100 different Tillandsia varities, and gives you all the information you need to select your plants and make them thrive. In this book, you'll learn about: The various types of Tillandsia plants and their characteristics Growth cycles and preferred environments Air plant care and selection Propagating/dividing plants from cuttings Enjoying and displaying Tillandsia in all sorts of spaces Beautiful photos of air plants in personal spaces will inspire you to create your own mini indoor garden. These stylish, low-maintenance plants pair well with succulents and terrariums--two other popular container gardening trends. If you love the idea of adding quirky greenery to your life, these are the plants to try--and this is the book to get you started! ...Show more

Plant Style: How to Greenify Your Space by Alana Langan; Jacqui Vidal

$34.99 AUD

Category: Design

Ferns are back in the bathroom, cacti are sitting on plant stands and hoyas are cascading from hangers. Indoor plants are the ultimate indoor accessory. Softening interiors and readily available, they are a stylist's best friend. However, it's their power to transform a sterile space into an urban sanct uary that makes them more than just an inanimate prop -all you need to know is how to use them. From the founders of coveted plant-wares studio, Ivy Muse, comes this charming guide on how to turn your home into a jungle- like retreat. With design- savvy tips and expert advice, you'll learn all there is to know about decorating with plants and botanical styling plus the necessities like light requirements and when to water and feed. From bathroom to boudoir to every room in between, create your very own green oasis with Plant Style. ...Show more

Stonefields by the Seasons by Paul Bangay

$59.99 AUD

Category: Australian gardens | Reading Level: very good

Paul Bangay's celebrated Victorian property, Stonefields, has now been under his expert care for 15 years. Today, his vision is complete and the garden is mature and more beautiful than ever. In this new book, Paul takes the reader through the changing seasons to highlight different aspects of the garde n and the trusted design and planting principles he has applied at Stonefields. From the vibrant autumn colours in the woodland, to the jubilant flowering of the crab apple trees in October and the harvesting of vegetables in the summer, this is a delightful and exquisitely photographed journey through the garden that tells the story of its evolution since The Garden at Stonefields was published in 2013. Sharing practical advice, too, Paul explains the gardener's essential quarterly tasks as well as his favourite and recommended plants for each season. But this is also a beautiful book of reflection on a much-loved garden to which a gardener has dedicated many years of time and care. Looking back on all he has achieved in this treasured space, Paul muses on creativity, achievements and disappointments, the human connection to the changing Australian landscape and the inevitabilities of change and the passage of time. More than just an intimate tour around Stonefields today, this book is an invitation to reflect on the meaning and rich rewards of gardening itself.   ...Show more