The Kinfolk Garden: How to Live with Nature by John Burns

$59.99 AUD

Category: Gardening | Series: Kinfolk Ser.

Since the launch of its magazine in 2011, Kinfolk has grown into an internationally recognized brand known for its minimalist aesthetic and strong community of inspiring and influential creatives. Kinfolk's books, with a combined 335,000 copies in print, have applied this lens to cooking, home design, a nd work. Now, in The Kinfolk Garden, the team turns its eye to outdoor spaces and the many ways they enhance our lives and help us foster community. With a focus on spaces that bring the outdoors in and the indoors out and people who have found ways to expertly incorporate the natural world into their lives, the book explores the garden as a place for work, play, entertaining, and inspiration. Featuring 30 homeowners and their spaces in locations around the globe, The Kinfolk Garden offers an easy approach to bringing nature home. ...Show more

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

$24.99 AUD

Category: Gardening

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

The Gardeners Book of Patterns by WALLINGTON. JACK

$39.99 AUD

Category: Gardening | Series: Royal Horticultural Society

  Fully endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society, a practical reference that will help readers to create mood, proportion and scale in the garden.    • Packed with inspiring photographs of gardens, borders and features, this book provides a wealth of ideas for adapting schemes t o fit the area being planted.   • Includes patterns for 'natural' designs as well as more formal approaches.   • TOPICS COVERED: Plants with Pattern: Leaf Shape and Texture; Patterns in Garden Layouts: Symmetrical and Formal; Patterns using Plants: Borders and Bedding; Patterns in Landscape     ...Show more

Home by Natural Harry: DIY Recipes for a Tox-Free, Zero-waste Life by Harriet Birrell

$34.99 AUD

Category: Gardening

Down-to-earth recipes for a resourceful, tox-free, and waste-free home life. Home by Natural Harry is a compendium of DIY recipes, tips, tricks, and hacks for a calm, resourceful, and tox-free existence. It is a modern reference for anyone who wants to ditch their joyless supermarket habit, reduce plast ic waste, and save money and the world. Home by Natural Harry considers every room of the house (stain remover for the laundry, shower cleaner in the bathroom, dish liquid in the kitchen) and presents alternatives to shop-bought cleaning products, as well as a comprehensive chapter on body care (from toothpaste to shampoo to foaming hand wash). Readers will also be treated to a handful of recipes for Harriet's favorite money-saving kitchen staples including oaty seed loaf, coconut yoghurt, and pickled veg. Home by Natural Harry celebrates a slower, more frugal and thoughtful life--the joys of which people the world over are learning to respect and embrace. ...Show more

Adelaide Hills Gardens by Christine McCabe

$80.00 AUD

Category: Gardening

The Adelaide Hills charts the evolution of gardening in Australia. And though anchored deeply in history, many of its gardens have their sights set firmly on the future. Old oak, elm and ash trees, planted long ago after memories of English gardens, live alongside stringybark eucalypts and native bush gullies, fruit-bearing orchards and wineries. All have thrived on the region's good rainfall, cool climate and natural springs.Over time, the Hills has weathered storms, droughts and fires. In response to these changing conditions, gardens, too, have changed. Heavily forested slopes have, in many cases, given way to veggie patches, free-ranging chickens and sheep, while Victorian rose and rhododendron hordes have made room for climate-compatible native flora.Encompassing twenty gardens, taking in grand Victorian estates and repurposed municipal water tanks alike, with evocative stories by Christine McCabe and sublime photography by Simon Griffiths, this book is a testament to the power of gardens to adapt, delight and restore.   ...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 rus tic romance, craft 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

Stonefields by the Seasons by Paul Bangay

$54.99 AUD

Category: Gardening

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

Hidden Life of Trees - Illustrated by Peter Wohlleben

$49.99 AUD

Category: Gardening

In his international bestseller, The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben opened readers? eyes to the wonders and amazing processes at work in the forest. Now this new, breathtakingly illustrated edition brings those wonders to life like never before. With compelling selections from the original book a nd eighty six stunning photographs of trees from around the world, this gorgeous volume distills the essence of Peter Wohlleben?s message to show trees in all their glory and diversity. Through rich language highlighting the interconnectedness of forest ecosystems, the book offers fascinating insights about the fungal communication highway known as the 'wood wide web,? the difficult life lessons learned in tree school, the hard-working natural clean-up crews that recycle dying trees, and much more. Beautiful images provide the perfect complement to Wohlleben?s words, with striking close-ups of bark and seeds, panoramas of vast expanses of green, and a unique look at what is believed to be the oldest tree on the planet. ...Show more

Yates Top 50 Edible Plants for Pots and How Not to Kill Them! by Angie Thomas; Yates

$35.00 AUD

Category: Gardening

How to grow your own food in the smallest spaces - in pots on balconies, courtyards and windowsills Increasingly people are keen to grow some of their own food, giving them fresh, delicious and healthy ingredients right on their doorstep. Homegrown food also means reduced food miles and packaging, and r eminds us where food comes from and how plants grow.With backyards shrinking and more people living in apartments, we need to find a range of fruit, vegies and herbs that will grow and thrive in small spaces.Whether you love lush leafy greens, tangy citrus, crunchy carrots or vine-ripened tomatoes, there are lots of edible plants that can be grown in pots, hanging baskets and vertical gardens on sunny balconies, verandas, courtyards and windowsills, opening up the wonderful world of homegrown to everyone. This book provides the best information on which edible plants to grow in pots and how to care for them, no matter what your skill level. With loads of glorious photographs for inspiration, it puts 'patio to plate' within reach of everyone, whatever their gardening space. ...Show more

Bonsai Handbook by NORMAN KEN

$24.99 AUD

Category: Gardening

A History of Gardening in 50 Objects by George Drower

$49.99 AUD

Category: Gardening

The earliest record of an enclosed space around a homestead comes from 10,000 BCE and since then gardens of varying types and ambition have been popular throughout the ages. Whether ornamental, wild cottage gardens, container gardens blooming over unforgiving concrete or one turned over for growing prod uce, gardens exist in all shapes and sizes, in all manner of ways. Today we benefit from centuries of development, be it in cultivation of desirable blossom or larger fruits, in the technology to keep weeds and lawn at bay or even from garden visionaries who tore up rulebooks and cultivated pure creativity in their green spaces. This book takes 50 objects that have helped create the gardening scene we know today, exploring the history of beautiful, fruitful outside spaces in a truly unique way. With stunning botanical and archive images, and colorful photographs, this lavish volume is one no garden lover should be without. ...Show more

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

$70.00 AUD

Category: Gardening

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