Bonsai - Its art, science, history and philosophy by Deborah R Koreshoff

$30.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good

Bountiful Bonsai by Richard W Bender

$12.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good

Bonsai--the Japanese art of training plants to form elegant sculptures--is an age-old craft that appeals to gardeners and non-gardeners alike. Bountiful Bonsai presents a radical, new approach that applies bonsai techniques to everyday container gardening, instantly turning houseplants and herbs into be autiful and unusual bonsai sculptures Bonsai expert Richard Bender not only expects his plants to look good but also expects to yield pleasant fragrances, fresh herbs and fruits for his table. He shows readers how to create "instant bonsai" by shaping a range of common houseplants, including: Fragrant hibiscus and jasmine Kitchen herbs such as rosemary and thyme Luscious fruits like cherries and oranges Medicinals such as tea tree and camphor laurel This beautifully illustrated volume provides all the information you need to get started, from plant choice advice to care requirements and bonsai "carving" tips. Suitable for indoor gardening, or shaping exquisite bonsai fruit trees for outside gardens, Bender turns a finicky art into a hobby accessible to all. Bonsai have graced Japanese homes for centuries; now they can yield useful crops that will simultaneously satisfy your artistic sensibility and also provide some wonderful meals ...Show more

Subtropical Plants for New Zealand Gardens by Jacqueline Sparrow; Gill Hanly

$14.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: good-very good

A guide to the range of attractive subtropical plants that can be grown in warmer climates. Includes trees & shrubs, palms & cycads, climbers, ferns, orchids, bulbs & perennials, water plants and fruit. Brilliantly colourful and luxuriant, subtropical and tropical-style gardens are highly po pular and becoming increasing so. This practical book is a guide to the range of attractive subtropicals but also to selected tropical plants that can be grown in subtropical areas. ...Show more

The Home Orchard

$15.00 NZD

Category: Gardening

My Garden My Paradise - The Garden in New Zealand Literature by Christina Stachurski (ed.)

$14.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: very good

My Garden, My Paradise will delight and inspire as it celebrates the relationship between New Zealand literature and the garden. Over fifty of New Zealand's finest writers express the beauty, joy and satisfaction of gardening, of growing food and flowers, of creating and enjoying a private haven. Prose extracts and poems, beautiful photographs make this a beautiful gift book. First published 2003. ...Show more

Greater Perfections - The Practice of Garden Theory by John Dixon Hunt

$25.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good

Modern Garden Design - Innovation Since 1900 by Janet Waymark

$20.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: good-very good

Gardens in the twentieth century reach back into the Victorian era and forward into the age of Land Art. Modern Garden Design traces the revolutionary postwar period - the Harvard rebels, Eckbo, Rose and Kiley; Noguchi, Burle Marx and Barragan - and the powerful influence of the Scandinavian landscape d esigners. ...Show more

Vita's Other World - A Gardening Biography of V. Sackville-West by Jane Brown

$14.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good

Worm Farm Management - Practices, Principles, Procedures by Eric Wilson

$10.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: good

Asian Herbs and Vegetables - How to identify, grow and use them in Australia by Penny Woodward

$12.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good

The term 'Asian herbs and vegetables' describes a wide array of plants that are grown by Asian people and used by them in varying ways in what is loosely known as 'Asian cuisine'. The demand for Asian ingredients, including herbs and vegetables, has grown in the last ten years for several reasons. Ethni c diversity has increased. There has also been a greater emphasis on healthy foods, and the desire for added variety or something 'new' now drives many consumer choices. The purpose of this book is to introduce people from Western backgrounds to some of these 'new' herbs and vegetables and their associated panoply of new flavours, textures, shapes and scents. This book makes it possible to identify and grow these herbs and vegetables and suggests some of the ways they can be used. ...Show more

Planting Dreams - Shaping Australian Gardens by Richard Aitken

$35.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good

'A garden should ...be just a little too big to keep the whole cultivated. Then it gives it a chance to go a little wild in spots' - Edna Walling, landscape designer Waratah or wattle? Chrysanthemum or rose? Planting Dreams celebrates the artistry and imagination that have shaped Australian gardens. Res pected garden historian Richard Aitken explores the environmental and social influences that have helped produce our unique gardening culture - from Indigenous land management and the earliest European garden at Farm Cove, to the potted plants and besser block screens of mid-twentieth century modernist design and beyond. Drawing on the unparalleled collections of the State Library of New South Wales, Planting Dreams showcases Australian garden making in all its richness and diversity through a stunning and intriguing mix of paintings, sketches, photographs, and prints, from popular culture to high art. 'An elegant look at the miraculous gardening evolution' - Indira Naidoo, author of The Edible Balcony ...Show more

The Outdoor Room by Jamie Durie

$20.00 NZD

Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good

Covers various aspects of designing a garden - from walls, floors, and lights, to furnishings and water-features - accompanied by more than 200 full-colour photographs.