Burke's Backyard Overseas : Travels with Don Burke by Don Burke

$7.95 AUD

Category: Home and Garden

Oxford Companion To Aust Gardens by AITKEN/LOOKER (eds)

$34.95 AUD

Category: Home and Garden

Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katharine S. White; E. B. White (Editor, Introduction by); Jamaica Kincaid (Afterword by)

$9.95 AUD

Category: Home and Garden

In 1925, Harold Ross hired Katharine Sergeant Angell as a manuscript reader for The New Yorker. Within months she became the magazine's first fiction editor, discovering and championing the work of Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike, James Thurber, Marianne Moore, and her husband-to-be, E. B. White, among ot hers. After years of cultivating fiction, she set her sights on a new genre- garden writing. On March 1, 1958, The New Yorkerran a column entitled oOnward and Upward in the Garden,o a critical review of garden catalogs, in which White extolled the writings of oseedmen and nurserymen,o those unsung authors who produced her ofavorite reading matter.o Thirteen more columns followed, exploring the history and literature of gardens, flower arranging, herbalists, and developments in gardening. Two years after her death in 1977, E. B. White collected and published the series, with a fond introduction. The result is this sharp-eyed appreciation of the green world of growing things, of the aesthetic pleasures of gardens and garden writing, and of the dreams that gardens inspire. ...Show more

Woodcraft by Sally Walton; Stewart Walton

$6.95 AUD

Category: Home and Garden | Series: New Crafts Collection

This text introduces a variety of decorative wood techniques, as well as ideas for simple furniture with basic construction methods. Essential information for selecting and preparing wood is included, the equipment needed and the basic techniques.'

Narcissus by John W. Blanchard; Alpine Garden Society Staff (Contribution by)

$12.00 AUD

Category: Home and Garden

Life in the English Country House - A Social and Architectural History by Mark Girouard

$12.00 AUD

Category: Home and Garden

This best-selling book is a beautifully illustrated history of the English country house from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. In it, renowned architectural historian Mark Girouard presents a rare and revealing glimpse of the English upper classes--their public and personal lives, their servant s, and their homes. "A deeply important book, one of the most interesting contributions to architectural history."--J. H. Plumb, The New York Review of Books "A survey of country houses through the past five centuries, from a broad range of materials: family archives, literature, plans and photographs.... The book itself is a physical artifact of surpassing beauty which could fit on the grandest table in the houses it describes."--David Hackett Fischer, The New Republic "Informative, balanced, knowledgeable, and witty."--The New Yorker "This enthralling and immensely informative book...tells with wit, scholarship, and lucidity how the country house evolved to meet the needs and reflect the social attitudes of the times."--Philip Ziegler, The Times "One of those very useful and very enjoyable books that the learned can seldom write, and the entertaining seldom achieve--clear, detailed, and witty."--Angus Wilson, The Observer Winner of the 1978 Duff Cooper Memorial Prize and the W. H. Smith & Son Annual Literary Award for 1979. ...Show more

Restoring Old Australian Houses & Buildings - An Architectural Guide by Howard Tanner; Philip Sutton Cox

$12.00 AUD

Category: Home and Garden

Renaissance of Italian Gardens by Lorenza De'Medici

$12.00 AUD

Category: Home and Garden

Landscape Architecture by Gang Chen

$9.95 AUD

Category: Home and Garden

Absolutely fascinating Informative, enlightening, and entertaining This is one of the most comprehensive books on Planting Design. It fills in the blanks in this field and introduces poetry, painting, and symbolism into Planting Design. It covers in detail the two major systems in Planting Design: Forma l Planting Design and Naturalistic Planting Design. It has numerous line drawings and photos to illustrate the Planting Design concepts and principles. Through in-depth discussions of historical precedents and practical case studies, it uncovers the fundamental design principles and concepts as well as underpinning philosophy for Planting Design. It is an indispensable reference book for Landscape Architecture students, designers, architects, urban planners, and ordinary garden lovers. What Others Are Saying About Planting Design Illustrated... "I found this book to be absolutely fascinating. You will need to concentrate while reading it but the effort will be well worth your time." -Bobbie Schwartz, Former President of APLD (Association of Professional Landscape Designers) and Author of The Design Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together "This is a book that you have to read, and it is more than well worth your time. Gang Chen takes you well beyond what you'll learn in other books about basic principles like color, texture, and mass." -Jane Berger, Editor & Publisher of gardendesignonline "As a longtime consumer of gardening books, I am impressed with Gang Chen's inclusion of new information on planting design theory for Chinese and Japanese gardens. Many gardening books discuss the beauty of Japanese gardens, and a few discuss the unique charms of Chinese gardens, but this one explains how Japanese and Chinese history, geography, and artistic traditions bear on the development of each country's style. The material on traditional Western garden planting is thorough and inspiring, too. Planting Design Illustrated definitely rewards repeated reading and study; any garden designer will read it with profit." -Jan Whitner, Editor of the Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin "Enhanced with an annotated bibliography and informative appendices, Planting Design Illustrated offers an especially "reader friendly" and practical guide that makes it a very strongly recommended addition to personal, professional, academic, and community library Gardening & Landscaping reference collections and supplemental reading lists." -Midwest Book Review "Where to start? Planting Design Illustrated is, above all, fascinating and refreshing Not something the lay reader encounters every day, the book presents an unlikely topic in an easily digestible, easy to follow way. It is superbly organized, with a comprehensive table of contents, bibliography, and appendices. The writing, though expertly informative, maintains its accessibility throughout and is a joy to read. The detailed and beautiful illustrations expanding on the concepts presented were my favorite portion. One of the finest books I've encountered in this contest in the past five years." -Writer's Digest 16th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards Judge's commentary "The work in my view has incredible application to planting design generally and a system approach to what is a very difficult subject to teach, at least in my experience. Also featured is very beautiful philosophy of garden design principles bordering poetry. It's my strong conviction that this work needs to see the light of day by being published for the use of professionals, students & garden enthusiasts." -Donald C Brinkerhoff, FASLA, Chairman and CEO of Lifescapes International, Inc. ...Show more

Popular Flowering Plants

$14.95 AUD

Category: Home and Garden

Popular Orchids

$14.95 AUD

Category: Home and Garden

Atlas of Plant Life

$6.95 AUD

Category: Home and Garden