The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses
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Quote by: Hanna Rion
Yates garden guide
77th edition
NZ 635 YAT
This fully updated and revised 77th ed. provides reliable, practical advice on all aspects of gardening: designing and planning your garden; preparing and maintaining your garden; organic gardening; water-saving gardens; gardening for kids; low-allergen gardens; pests, diseases and weeds; handy hints from NZ's top gardeners; container gardening for courtyards. You will find everything you need to know about growing trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit in Yates Garden Guide - the essential companion for all gardeners
Palmer's manual of trees, shrubs & climbers
by Stanley J. Palmer
635.976 PAL
This fantastic books contains over 500 spectacular colour photographs with all plants arranged alphabetically by botanical name.
Managing pests and diseases : a handbook for New Zealand gardeners
by Rob Lucas
NZ 635.049 LUC
A completely revised edition of What's That Pest?
The ultimate fruit & nuts : a comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 300 food-producing plants
by Susanna Lyle
634 LYL
A comprehensive guide to fruit and nut plants that explores old favourites as well as many little-known yet exciting food-producing plants. It contains an A-to-Z guide to more than 220 species and lists of the most popular cultivars in different countries, as well as a general introduction to various aspects of horticulture and plant nutrition. At the back of the book is a table of plants for different garden situations for useful ready-reference.
Discovering vegetables, herbs and spices : a comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 200 food-producing plants
by Susanna Lyle
NZ 635 LYL
An authoritative, comprehensive guide to vegetable, herb and spice plants that explores old favourites and many little-known yet exciting food-producing plants. As well as the A to Z guide to over 200 species, and lists of the most popular cultivars, a general introduction gives a basic background to various aspects of horticulture and plant nutrition. A table of plants for different garden situations at the back of the book is a useful ready-reference. This thorough and extensively researched book is a vital reference, with everything a gardener needs to know, and much that a commercial producer would find valuable, in terms of choice of varieties and marketing of the harvest. This is the companion volume to Discovering Fruit & Nuts, making these two books the complete reference work on gardening with edible plants.
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