75 years of Market Gardeners Limited by Colin C. East

$47.50 NZD

Category: Gardening

A Family Guide to Terrariums for Kids - Imagination-Inspiring Projects to Grow a World in Glass by Patricia Buzo

$32.99 NZD

Category: Gardening

Design, plant, and grow a world of your very own--inside a terrarium Including 15 unique, imagination-inspiring project plans, each accompanied by adorable, full-color photographs, kids and their grown-ups will discover how easy terrariums are to plant and grow. Kids love to create, imagine, and have f un. Nothing fulfills all three of those desires quite like designing and planting a terrarium. With the step-by-step project instructions found in A Family Guide toTerrariums for Kids, the results are beautiful, inspiring, and confidence-building. Making these little landscapes develops motor skills, spacial awareness, and provides a wealth of sensory input. The science behind the art is included with quick and simple lessons on ecosystem functions, the water cycle, and plant nutrition. But for kids, it's all about being active and building something cool Plus, when the project is complete, there's a piece of living art to share with family and friends or display on a bedroom shelf. With the terrarium plans found in A Family Guide to Terrariums for Kids, everyone in the family can tap their inner "science geek" to: Use multi-colored sand and succulents to craft a desert terrarium Plant, trim, and tend a terrarium bonsai tree Build a peat bog filled with carnivorous plants Make an aquatic terrarium, complete with a marimo moss ball "pet" Design a prehistoric garden of air plants Create a plant-filled habitat for a praying mantis Grow a Japanese garden with living rocks With information on selecting the best terrarium container, growing materials, decorative elements, tools, and plants, readers are primed for success that lasts long after the terrarium has been built. Terrariums combine imagination and creativity with a dash of hands-on science. And you get to play in the dirt What could be better than that? ...Show more

A New Zealand Gardener's Notebook by Barbara Matthews

$15.00 NZD

Category: Gardening

A Shortcut to Perfect Planting by Rob Cassy

$27.50 NZD

Category: Gardening

Organized by season, these 100 plants selected by Rob Cassy, aim to give year-round pleasure, and transform your garden at a stroke. Hardback

A Woman's Garden - Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things by Tanya Anderson

$39.99 NZD

Category: Gardening

Find inspiration for reconnecting to the earth by creating the garden-based handicrafts, edible and medicinal recipes, and beauty care products found in A Woman's Garden.

An Anthology of Garden Writing - The Lives and Works of Five Great Gardeners by Ursula Buchan

$32.50 NZD

Category: Gardening

BORDERS by DE BRAY LYS

$21.50 NZD

Category: Gardening

BORDERS by Lys de Bray, hardback. 1987 ISBN: 9780706365221 Title: BORDERS Author: DE BRAY LYS Year: 1987 Format: HARD BACK Price: $15.00

Botanica by Geoff Bryant

$45.00 NZD

Category: Gardening

COLOUR YOUR GARDEN by KEEN MARY

$27.50 NZD

Category: Gardening

Offers advice on the planting of vibrant schemes with year-round appeal that exploit colour in many different settings. The book includes 18 plans for a variety of beds and borders, and incorporates a directory of plant colours.

Classic NZ Town & Country Gardens by HANLY, Gil

$19.50 NZD

Category: Gardening

Softcover with owners name on inside front and rear cover. Good condition, small stain on rep. This work follows on from the successful "Town & Country Gardens", and covers 58 of New Zealand's finest gardens. A huge variety of styles are illustrated and the book is full of garden ideas for al l climates and tastes. The text is complimented by photographs from Gil Hanly. ...Show more

Colour in the Garden by Val Bourne

$29.99 NZD

Category: Gardening

A sumptuously colourful garden has the extraordinary power to lift the spirits no matter the time of year. Yet many people struggle to create their own colour combinations that are suitable to site and soil, and which take their gardens through the seasons. This new book provides inspiration and practic al advice for gardeners wishing to improve their plantings, both in appearance and in use. Val Bourne shows how varied and vibrant plantings can enhance the look of beds and borders, and how - with a little planning - they can be beautiful features for much longer than one season. Colour in the Garden is particularly useful for those with small gardens, where every inch of space must work hard for as long as possible. Written by a true plantswoman and experienced gardener, with an in-depth knowledge of plants and how they behave, as well as a strong and creative sense of colour, this guide will revolutionize the way we think about colour in our gardens and ensure that no gardener will ever feel at a loss again. ...Show more

Comfort Me with Apples by John Train

$49.99 NZD

Category: Gardening

There is a certain magic in apples. Perhaps it arises in part from the inviting, shiny shape. Inevitably, it is Eve's apple, Newton's apple, the golden apple, the apple of discord, the apple of the eye, and so on. Fruit trees create a glorious effect, but an apple tree is by far the most beautiful, and has a suggestive quality and fragrance all its own. This book illuminates the beauty and utility of this wonderful fruit. ...Show more