Great Australian Gardens

Great Australian Gardens

Author: Australian House and Garden Staff

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781742457406

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This glorious book takes readers on a virtual stroll through some of Australia's loveliest gardens. From sprawling country properties through to cleverly planned and planted urban plots, this stunning book showcases an edited selection of the magnificent gardens from the pages of Australian House & Garden magazine. Moving from romantic, flower-filled wonderlands through to sculptural, water-saving native gardens, bountiful edible plots and rural oases, Great Australian Gardens pays homage to the life-affirming, stunning beauty of a lovingly-tended patch. Generous layouts, images from Australia's best garden photographers and insights from the owners of thesespecial properties will delight true gardeners and aesthetes alike.


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Download or read book Great Australian Gardens written by Australian House and Garden Staff and published by . This book was released on 2015-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This glorious book takes readers on a virtual stroll through some of Australia's loveliest gardens. From sprawling country properties through to cleverly planned and planted urban plots, this stunning book showcases an edited selection of the magnificent gardens from the pages of Australian House & Garden magazine. Moving from romantic, flower-filled wonderlands through to sculptural, water-saving native gardens, bountiful edible plots and rural oases, Great Australian Gardens pays homage to the life-affirming, stunning beauty of a lovingly-tended patch. Generous layouts, images from Australia's best garden photographers and insights from the owners of thesespecial properties will delight true gardeners and aesthetes alike.

Gardens on the Edge

Gardens on the Edge

Author: Christine Reid

Publisher: Murdoch Books

Published: 2018-11-06

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781760634452

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This lavishly photographed book, written and curated by internationally respected gardening author Christine Reid and shot by renowned photographer Simon Griffiths, focuses on 18 stunning gardens from around Australia situated on a natural 'frontier'-rainforest, desert, bushland, saltbush plains, a volcanic crater, the ocean's edge, a harbour. The featured gardens have been created or restored in locations where the surrounding natural landscape is as significant as the cultivated and designed elements. In its images and stories Gardens on the Edge is much about the diversity and character of the Australian continent as it about the gardens. The accompanying stories not only explore the establishment of the garden, but also reference Australian history and geography, and cover issues ranging from dealing with droughts and climate change to restoring a long-neglected kitchen garden.


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Download or read book Gardens on the Edge written by Christine Reid and published by Murdoch Books. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly photographed book, written and curated by internationally respected gardening author Christine Reid and shot by renowned photographer Simon Griffiths, focuses on 18 stunning gardens from around Australia situated on a natural 'frontier'-rainforest, desert, bushland, saltbush plains, a volcanic crater, the ocean's edge, a harbour. The featured gardens have been created or restored in locations where the surrounding natural landscape is as significant as the cultivated and designed elements. In its images and stories Gardens on the Edge is much about the diversity and character of the Australian continent as it about the gardens. The accompanying stories not only explore the establishment of the garden, but also reference Australian history and geography, and cover issues ranging from dealing with droughts and climate change to restoring a long-neglected kitchen garden.

Great Australian Gardens

Great Australian Gardens

Author: Australian House & Garden

Publisher: Real Living

Published: 2019-10

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9781925695885

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Download or read book Great Australian Gardens written by Australian House & Garden and published by Real Living. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New Australian Garden

The New Australian Garden

Author: Michael Bates

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2017-08-23

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1760639230

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The New Australian Garden is an insider's account of the journey to design, construct and plant 18 landmark gardens that represent a new movement in Australian landscape design - one where the relationship between architecture and garden is paramount. Landscaper Michael Bates, working alone and in collaboration with some of the greatest design talents in the field, creates spaces that connect indoor to outdoor through masterful use of levels, innovative materials and experimental planting. Traditional lawns are reimagined as contoured sculptural forms, and water and fire pits inject life and energy into open spaces. The resulting gardens are destination spaces, sanctuaries and breathtaking backdrops for everyday life.


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Download or read book The New Australian Garden written by Michael Bates and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Australian Garden is an insider's account of the journey to design, construct and plant 18 landmark gardens that represent a new movement in Australian landscape design - one where the relationship between architecture and garden is paramount. Landscaper Michael Bates, working alone and in collaboration with some of the greatest design talents in the field, creates spaces that connect indoor to outdoor through masterful use of levels, innovative materials and experimental planting. Traditional lawns are reimagined as contoured sculptural forms, and water and fire pits inject life and energy into open spaces. The resulting gardens are destination spaces, sanctuaries and breathtaking backdrops for everyday life.

Australian Dreamscapes

Australian Dreamscapes

Author: Claire Takacs

Publisher:

Published: 2018-11

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781743794708

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In Australian Dreamscapes, Claire Takacs showcases the varied gardens found in the Australian landscape, from lush green oases to semi-arid settings. Claire profiles Australian gardens, gardeners and garden designers who are drawing on the international movement towards a more naturalistic approach to planting design. Similar to the New Perennial movement and Prairie-style, these gardens take into consideration how plants grow in the wild and have created highly textural, visually pleasing gardens that appeal not only to our love of beauty, but that sit gently in their surrounding landscapes, giving a strong sense of place. Across 15 chapters and 22 gardens, Claire's stunning photography is accompanied by essays written by the garden owners or designers. The chapters detail the journey to establishing the gardens, their motivation, and the struggles and rewards the gardens bring day in, day out. Beautifully presented, Australian Dreamscapes is a stunning journey through the diversity of gardens in Australia.


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Download or read book Australian Dreamscapes written by Claire Takacs and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Australian Dreamscapes, Claire Takacs showcases the varied gardens found in the Australian landscape, from lush green oases to semi-arid settings. Claire profiles Australian gardens, gardeners and garden designers who are drawing on the international movement towards a more naturalistic approach to planting design. Similar to the New Perennial movement and Prairie-style, these gardens take into consideration how plants grow in the wild and have created highly textural, visually pleasing gardens that appeal not only to our love of beauty, but that sit gently in their surrounding landscapes, giving a strong sense of place. Across 15 chapters and 22 gardens, Claire's stunning photography is accompanied by essays written by the garden owners or designers. The chapters detail the journey to establishing the gardens, their motivation, and the struggles and rewards the gardens bring day in, day out. Beautifully presented, Australian Dreamscapes is a stunning journey through the diversity of gardens in Australia.

Great Gardens of London

Great Gardens of London

Author: Victoria Summerley

Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1781012008

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London's gardeners are twice blessed: not only do they live in one of the world's most vibrant capitals, it is also one of the most verdant. Gardens of every imaginable style, shape and size abound on rooftops, within palaces, surrounding churches, behind walls - on every piece of dry land - even if it is floating on or lapped by the river Thames. In Great Gardens of London, Victoria Summerley and Hugo Rittson Thomas collaborate to unearth the most fascinating stories of plants and people inside London's most exciting gardens. Some of the gardens are strictly private, while others are regularly open to visitors, but all can now be savoured and enjoyed along with those who know them best. Great Gardens of London is a captivating photographic portrait of the greatest gardens of the capital which are primarily closed to the public or rarely open their gates. It will feature gardens designed by some of the leading contemporary garden designers from across the world. Accompanying the photographs will be essays on the design and planting that explain the designers' inspiration and passion.


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Download or read book Great Gardens of London written by Victoria Summerley and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London's gardeners are twice blessed: not only do they live in one of the world's most vibrant capitals, it is also one of the most verdant. Gardens of every imaginable style, shape and size abound on rooftops, within palaces, surrounding churches, behind walls - on every piece of dry land - even if it is floating on or lapped by the river Thames. In Great Gardens of London, Victoria Summerley and Hugo Rittson Thomas collaborate to unearth the most fascinating stories of plants and people inside London's most exciting gardens. Some of the gardens are strictly private, while others are regularly open to visitors, but all can now be savoured and enjoyed along with those who know them best. Great Gardens of London is a captivating photographic portrait of the greatest gardens of the capital which are primarily closed to the public or rarely open their gates. It will feature gardens designed by some of the leading contemporary garden designers from across the world. Accompanying the photographs will be essays on the design and planting that explain the designers' inspiration and passion.

Gordon Ford

Gordon Ford

Author: Gordon Ford

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 9781876473099

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For too long Australians have been dominated by European gardening trends. Gordon Ford, like no other landscape designer before him, mastered the natural Australian style. Gordon Ford was early influenced by the English natural style landscape school of the eighteenth century. But his great skill has been to work with Australia's natural elements and to develop gardens that not only honoured the rugged beauty of the Australian landscape, but did so in a way that captured its apparent timelessness -- his gardens look as if they have always been there. In shaping our visual world, Gordon Ford focused on the essential balance between mass and void in his designs. His balance of the natural elements of rocks, water, trees and other plants achieves a timeless harmony -- we feel totally satisfied but uncertain as to where Mother nature stars and Gordon Ford finishes.


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Download or read book Gordon Ford written by Gordon Ford and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For too long Australians have been dominated by European gardening trends. Gordon Ford, like no other landscape designer before him, mastered the natural Australian style. Gordon Ford was early influenced by the English natural style landscape school of the eighteenth century. But his great skill has been to work with Australia's natural elements and to develop gardens that not only honoured the rugged beauty of the Australian landscape, but did so in a way that captured its apparent timelessness -- his gardens look as if they have always been there. In shaping our visual world, Gordon Ford focused on the essential balance between mass and void in his designs. His balance of the natural elements of rocks, water, trees and other plants achieves a timeless harmony -- we feel totally satisfied but uncertain as to where Mother nature stars and Gordon Ford finishes.

The Australian Garden

The Australian Garden

Author: Diana Snape

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781876473990

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Download or read book The Australian Garden written by Diana Snape and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Good Gardens with Less Water

Good Gardens with Less Water

Author: Kevin Handreck

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2008-04-14

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0643098984

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It is possible to have a great garden anywhere in Australia, even under the toughest water restrictions. Good Gardens with Less Water will show you how. A companion to Kevin Handreck’s best-selling Gardening Down-Under, this new book is a practical guide to gardening with limited water. This beautifully illustrated, full-colour book contains a wealth of information on such key topics as: how to improve soil structure to maximise the retention of water for use by plants; selecting drought-tolerant native and exotic plants; working out how much water to apply to different types of plants; choosing the best lawn grass for your climate; rainwater harvesting and use; and how to avoid problems when greywater is used in the garden. With specific chapters devoted to watering systems and equipment, mulches, planting techniques and potted plants, this book offers practical solutions for anyone who wishes to garden sustainably.


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Download or read book Good Gardens with Less Water written by Kevin Handreck and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2008-04-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is possible to have a great garden anywhere in Australia, even under the toughest water restrictions. Good Gardens with Less Water will show you how. A companion to Kevin Handreck’s best-selling Gardening Down-Under, this new book is a practical guide to gardening with limited water. This beautifully illustrated, full-colour book contains a wealth of information on such key topics as: how to improve soil structure to maximise the retention of water for use by plants; selecting drought-tolerant native and exotic plants; working out how much water to apply to different types of plants; choosing the best lawn grass for your climate; rainwater harvesting and use; and how to avoid problems when greywater is used in the garden. With specific chapters devoted to watering systems and equipment, mulches, planting techniques and potted plants, this book offers practical solutions for anyone who wishes to garden sustainably.

Reading the Garden

Reading the Garden

Author: Katie Holmes

Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 2007-05-28

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0522851150

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"Whether a small plot in the backyard of an inner-urban home or a capital city's sprawling botanic garden, Australians have long desired a patch of dirt to plough or enjoy. 'Reading the garden' explores our deep affection for gardens and gardening and illuminates their numerous meanings and uses from European settlement to the late twentieth century."--Cover.


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Download or read book Reading the Garden written by Katie Holmes and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2007-05-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Whether a small plot in the backyard of an inner-urban home or a capital city's sprawling botanic garden, Australians have long desired a patch of dirt to plough or enjoy. 'Reading the garden' explores our deep affection for gardens and gardening and illuminates their numerous meanings and uses from European settlement to the late twentieth century."--Cover.