The Story of Gardening by Penelope Hobhouse
$50.00 NZD
Category: Gardening general
Discover the beauty of one of civilization's most ancient arts with this absorbing history of the garden. Describing the rich cultural and historical influences that have shaped today's designs this lavishly illustrated book is a showcase to the world's most exceptional gardens. From the cooling fountai ...Show more
The Sun King's Garden : Louis XIV, Andre Le Notre and the Creation of the Gardens of Versailles by Ian Thompson
$50.00 NZD
Category: Gardening general
Warmonger, womanizer and autocrat, Louis XIV, France's self-styled 'Sun King', was also history's most fanatical gardener. At Versailles, he created not only Europe's most lavish palace but the most extensive gardens the Western world has ever seen. Assisting Louis was a lowly born yet phenomenally tale ...Show more
The Thoughtful Gardener: An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design by Jinny Blom
$80.00 NZD
Category: Gardening general
'Jinny's genius is to marry a beautiful vision to an extraordinary empathy with the landscape into which that vision will fit, resulting in a pastoral harmony second to none' - Victoria, Lady Getty A prolific designer, Jinny Blom embraces a wide variety of styles, from formal walled gardens to contempor ...Show more
The Urban Farmer: How to Create a Productive Garden in Any Space by Justin Calverley
$45.00 NZD
Category: Gardening general
The guide for anyone who dreams of living the country life in the city by growing their own healthy, sustainable fruit and veg - and more! Producing our own fruit, vegetables, herbs, eggs and honey is perfectly possible in a suburban space, and this practical guide will help urban dwellers develop a mor ...Show more
Ulf Nordfjell by Ulf Nordfjell
$97.00 NZD
Category: Gardening general
Awarded Best in Show at the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show for his dynamic blend of Swedish modernism and English romanticism, Ulf Nordfjell is one of the world's leading contemporary garden designers, and this is the first book in English about his work. A master when it comes to composing with perennials, g ...Show more
Uprooted: A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again by PAGE DICKEY
$64.99 NZD
Category: Gardening general
The engaging story of leaving a beloved garden and creating a new, very different garden, by one of America's best-known and most accomplished garden writers. Page Dickey and her husband Bosco recently walked away from their celebrated garden at Duck Hill. After 34 years of cultivating, nurturing, and l ...Show more
Urban Jungle : Living and Styling with Plants by Igor Josifovic
$75.00 NZD
Category: Gardening general
Urban Jungle: Living and Styling with Plants is a source of inspiration, ideas and a manual for all of those who want to bring more plants into their home. The book guides the reader through different "green" homes in five European countries and shows how beautiful, unique, creative and even artistic li ...Show more
Vertical Gardens by Leigh Clapp; Hattie Klotz
$45.00 NZD
Category: Gardening general
Do you have limited space but love the idea of a lush green garden on your balcony, your rooftop or your courtyard? Vertical Gardens is the ideal low maintenance, space-saving, water-smart solution! Vertical gardening is a fun, creative way to grow plants. All you need is a blank wall, a bare fence or a ...Show more
Visionary: Gardens and Landscapes for our Future by Claire Takacs
$75.00 NZD
Category: Gardening general
In Visionary: Gardens and Landscapes for our Future photographer Claire Takacs and landscape architect Giacomo Guzzon introduce stunning private and public gardens from around the world that have addressed both sustainability and climate change with outstanding results. Be inspired by the new ways g ...Show more
Vita Sackville West's Sissinghurst: The creation of a Garden by Vita Sackville-West & Sarah Raven
$70.00 NZD
Category: Gardening general | Reading Level: near fine
From 1946 to 1957, Vita Sackville-West, the poet, bestselling author of All Passion Spent and maker of Sissinghurst, wrote a weekly column in the Observer depicting her life at Sissinghurst, showing her to be one of the most visionary horticulturalists of the twentieth-century. With wonderful additions ...Show more
Walks in the Wild by Peter Wohlleben
$35.00 NZD
Category: Gardening general
The bestselling author of the Hidden Life of Trees brings the world of forests to lifeCan you tell the difference between wolf and dog prints?Which trees are best to shelter under a storm?How do you tell a deciduous and coniferous tree apart?Bestselling author of The Hidden Life of trees, Peter Wohllebe ...Show more