The waterwise Australian native garden : a practical guide to garden design, plant selection and much more / Angus Stewart & AB Bishop.
Publication details: Crows Nest, NSW : Murdoch Books Australia, 2019.Description: 288 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:- 9781760525552 (paperback)
- Water wise Australian native garden
- Drought-tolerant plants
- Landscape gardening -- Water conservation
- Gardens -- Australia -- Design
- Endemic plants
- Gardens -- Design
- Native plant gardening
- Native plants for cultivation
- Wilderness areas
- Xeriscaping -- Australia
- Drought-tolerant plants
- Landscape gardening -- Water conservation
- Native plant gardening -- Australia
- Native plants -- Australia
- Gardens -- Design -- Australia
- Drought-tolerant plants -- Australia
- Landscape gardening -- Water conservation -- Australia
- Endemic Plants -- Australia
- Wilderness areas -- Australia
- Gardening -- Australia
- Native plants for cultivation -- Australia
- Australia
- Australian
- 635.9525 23
- Winner of the 2018 HMAA Laurel Award for best book.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction large size | 635.952 STE | Available | 070311 |
Includes index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 INTO THE WILD -- The Daintree, Old -- Sturt National Park, NSW -- Beecroft Peninsula, NSW -- The Australian Alps, NSW and Vic -- The Bend of Islands, Vic -- Eucalypt Expert: Elspeth Jacobs -- Cradle Mountain -- Lake St Clair National Park, Tas -- Kangaroo Island, SA -- Fitzgerald River National Park, WA -- Horticulture Expert: Digby Growns -- Central Australia, NT -- pt. 2 ELEMENTS OF DESIGN -- Redesigning Garden Design -- Wildflower Expert: Nola Parry -- Horticulture Experts: Gwen and Rodger Elliot -- Fire Considerations -- Growing Bush Foods -- Nursery Experts: Evan Clucas and Leanne Weston -- Attracting Fauna -- Bird Expert: Holly Parsons -- pt. 3 MAKING A GARDEN -- Soil Requirements -- Native Plant Expert: Peter Olde -- Deep Planting -- Propagating Native Plants -- Garden Maintenance -- pt. 4 GARDEN EXAMPLES -- Brooke's Garden -- The McLellans' Garden -- The Walcotts' Garden -- Big Hill -- Eremaea -- King Billy -- A.B.'s Garden.
Note continued: Eleanor's Garden -- The Jerkovics' Garden -- Stokes Bay Bush Garden -- Alice Springs Desert Park -- pt. 5 AUSTRALIAN PLANTS ON THE WORLD STAGE -- pt. 6 NATIVE PLANT CULTIVARS -- Native Plant Cultivar List -- Native Plant Nurseries.
A new edition of the bestselling Australian Native Garden with an emphasis on its waterwise benefits for a sadly drought-stricken climate. There's never been a more crucial time to drought-proof your garden and to consider Australian native plants as a key component in your outdoor space. This award-winning, practical volume, from two of the country's foremost horticultural experts, offers everything you need to know about designing and growing a garden that features careful water use as well as Australian native plants in the home garden. It includes information on the fundamentals of Australian soils, cultivation techniques, drainage, pruning, fertilising and maintenance, as well as creating a fire-resistant garden, creating habitats attractive to native fauna and growing your own bush foods. The Waterwise Australian Native Garden is a highly illustrated, comprehensive showcase of the best plants to choose and the best gardens from which to draw inspiration. It's a must-have for garden lovers all over this wide, brown land.
Winner of the 2018 HMAA Laurel Award for best book.
