Category: Gardening
Before the colonisation of Australia, Aboriginal Australians lived on a wonderful larder of fresh fruit, vegetables and lean meat, in a land largely free from disease, with more exercise, less stress and supportive communities. Today, in Aboriginal communities all over Australia, there are higher instan ...Show more
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The skills that we learn bind our lives together. Do you want to know how to grow your own food? Or how to keep bees? How to forage for edible seaweed along the shoreline, or wild greens down by the stream? Maybe you're curious about growing mushrooms or how to grow the perfect tomato. You're invited to ...Show more
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Art Wolfe's immersive photos capture the wonder humans have felt about trees for millennia. From the ancient Assyrian Tree of Life to the Iroquois peoples' Tree of Peace, trees have played an archetypal role in human culture and spirituality since time immemorial. An integral part of a variety of faith ...Show more
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This beautiful book highlights an often overlooked, but remarkable, aspect of our natural world: Australia's fungi. Many are brightly coloured, some fluorescent, some are elegant, others squat, some fragrant, more still are highly toxic. This field guide showcases many of these species in all their sple ...Show more
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The far south coast of New South Wales is a magical place, with remote coastlines, sheltered lagoons and pristine hinterland meeting mountain ranges. It was also once an area partly depleted by logging and long-term agricultural use. Some forty years ago, renowned architect Philip Cox and a group of lik ...Show more
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Banksias are Australia's most iconic plants after Eucalypts - known for thousands of years to Australians and - through writing and art - to many more who have never visited this land.This extensively revised edition includes the most recently discovered Banksia, vincentia, with descriptions and illustr ...Show more
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Combining science, horticulture, art and economics, this lavishly illustrated book - with many never-before-published images - reveals the motives and complex networks that led to the international spread of knowledge and cultivation of hundreds of Australian plants in Europe in the late eighteenth and ...Show more
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The greater Perth coast is a biodiverse and ecologically vulnerable region, with its unique native plant species threatened by clearing, invasive species, fire and climate change. This second edition of Coastal Plants has been updated and expanded to provide a definitive guide to 128 of the most common ...Show more
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Revel in the richness and diversity of these inner-city community gardens. Includes:* many fascinating and unusual edible plants * simple, home-style recipes using the vegetables and herbs gathered from these gardens* tips for successful gardening, like pine needles for strawberries and chicken manure t ...Show more
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The new terrarium trend seems to be going strong with no signs of slowing any time soon. Terrariums date back to 19th century London, and were originally used to protect plants or small animals. Their delicate charm has stood the test of time, and terrariums are now used as home decor, handmade gifts, e ...Show more
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Growing Orchids at Home provides expert advice for homebound flower fanatics. Orchids are one of the most diverse and proliferous groups of the plant kingdom, prized for the staggering variety of their appearance and fragrance. Growing Orchids at Home provides an authoritative but approachable guide to ...Show more