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My Garden World by Monty Don
$37.99 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
'One of the most thrilling moments occurred ten years ago when I found a single wild flower growing on a grassy bank. It was not particularly rare - a common spotted orchid - but it was like discovering a pot of gold - or perhaps, more accurately, the promise of gold. It was a sign that recovery was pos ...Show more
Ohinetahi Garden, House and Art by Miles Warren
$45.00 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
Ohinetahi is the home of Sir Miles Warren, renowned Christchurch architect and passionate gardener. In this delightful description of his house, his garden and the major artworks within the garden, Sir Miles tells the fascinating history of the property, details the many architectural changes made since ...Show more
The Language of Houseplants - Harness Healing and Energy Indoors by Cheralyn Darcey
$28.99 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
Find the perfect plant to share your life with. Every plant has a meaning, energy and qualities that will enhance your life and the spaces you live and work within. This guide features 44 popular houseplants, each beautifully illustrated with vintage artworks and an in-depth explanation and exploration ...Show more
Flourish: New Zealand Women and Their Extraordinary Gardens by Barb Rogers; Juliet Nicholas
$55.00 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
This book celebrates the endeavours and achievements of women gardeners who are responsible for some of the most-admired gardens within New Zealand. Often starting as a home-based hobby, fitting around child care and other domestic tasks, the gardens developed by the women featured in this book have evo ...Show more
Royal Gardens of the World - 21 Celebrated Gardens from the Alhambra to Highgrove and Beyond by Mark Lane
$79.99 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
The book is a sumptuous exploration of 21 of the world's most celebrated royal gardens, from the formal splendour of Versailles to the organic, sustainable Highgrove. In mainland Europe you can journey from the formal splendour of Het Loo in the Netherlands and Fontainebleau in France to the Baroque Wo ...Show more
Frensham: A New Zealand Garden by Juliet Nicholas; Margaret Long
$59.99 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
In this lavishly illustrated book, Canterbury gardener, Margaret Long, tells the fascinating story of Frensham, considered one of New Zealand's finest gardens. As though we are right there with her, the reader is taken on a tour through the seasons, listening as we go to Margaret's thoughts and insights ...Show more
Oxford College Gardens by Tim Richardson
$85.00 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design | Reading Level: very good
The gardens of Oxford's thirty or so colleges are surprisingly varied in style, age and size, ranging from the ancient mound in the middle of New College to the fine modernist design which is St Catherine's. The eighteenth-century landscape school is represented in the magnificent acreage of Worcester, ...Show more
Common Ground: Garden Histories of Aotearoa by MATT MORRIS
$45.00 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
Common Ground: Garden histories of Aotearoa takes a loving look at gardens and garden practices in Aotearoa New Zealand over time. While a lot of gardening books focus on the grand plantings of wealthy citizens, Matt Morris explores the historical processes behind humble gardens' those created and ma ...Show more
The Complete Book of Ferns: Indoors • Outdoors • Growing • Crafting • History & Lore by Mobee Weinstein
$45.00 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
The Complete Book of Ferns is filled with botanical information, indoor and outdoor growing and care information, details on propagation, display ideas, and even craft projects. This gorgeous book is authored by Mobee Weinstein, the Foreman of Gardeners at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx and ...Show more
Shedonism - 101 Reasons to Escape to Your Shed by Ben Williams
$35.00 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
Find yourself, in your shed. Turn your she-shed or man cave into your own private escape with 101 simple, practical ideas. Take some well-deserved alone time and learn to preserve lemons and chillies, whittle a butter knife, tie your own fishing flies, keep chickens, plant a roof garden or make a came ...Show more
Tea for the Tui: Fun Recipes to Entice Birds into Your Garden by Rosemary Tully
$21.99 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
Birds add an immeasurable element of life, movement and colour to your garden, and this delightful book of more than 35 recipes provides the ideal way of not only tempting them to pay a visit but also ensuring that they stay healthy all year round, particularly during winter. The recipes feature inexpen ...Show more
The Italian Garden: Restoring a Renaissance Garden in Tuscany by Cecilia Hewlett (Editor); Narelle McAuliffe (Editor)
$55.00 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design | Series: with Paul Bangay | Reading Level: near fine
The remarkable story of the project undertaken by Paul Bangay and Monash University to transform a neglected car park at the university's Prato campus in Tuscany into a traditional Renassance walled garden, befitting its location. The Italian Garden is part restoration story, part vicarious travel tale ...Show more