The limited pre-release PAPERBACK print run for Christmas Flinders the reluctant hero introduces the guinea pig who learns to read the newspaper in his cage and sails the world. Ages 5-10 …but everyone will love it To read more about it or order a copy, click here.
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Webinar and book launch: Ecological restoration book and free webinar
Australian researchers have recently completed and released a new book titled Ecological Restoration: Moving forward using lessons learned. The book covers a diverse array of ecological restoration topics including grasslands, woodlands, wetlands, temperate and tropical forests. Spanning 600 pages, it is divided into 16 informative chapters. It features contributions from […]
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Book Review: Visions of Nature by Jarrod Hore: Australian Garden History Society
Book Review: The Compost Coach by Kate Flood
Book review The Compost Coach Who would write a book about compost my husband asked as I plucked a new garden book from its padded envelope? Surely there’s not enough to fill an entire book he mused. Well, The Compost Coach by Kate Flood, aka Compostable Kate, has more than […]
New Book: Australian Succulents – The Unfriendly Ones, by Attila Kapitany & Jen Silcock
Full colour, A4, soft bound, 104 pages $42.00 (+Postage $15.00) Ordering details at link: https://www.australiansucculents.com/books/australian-native-plant-series/the-unfriendly-ones-spiny-succulents A book for travellers, scholars, botanists, farmers and all lovers of Australia’s vast drylands. Colourful and beautiful images, distribution maps and detailed information about each species to help with their identification. A photographic journey through […]
Super Bloom is a super book
Reviewed by Jennifer Stackhouse Jac Semmler from the horticultural business Super Bloom has written a book of the same name. It is a huge book, packed with information about growing plants that will fill your garden with flowers and bring all the benefits blooms have to offer. It is rich […]
Book Review: Caroline Ball, A Splendour of Succulents & Cacti: Illustrations from an Eighteenth-Century Botanical Treasury
Caroline Ball, A Splendour of Succulents & Cacti: Illustrations from an Eighteenth-Century Botanical Treasury (Oxford, 2023) reviewed by Clive Probyn, OAM
Book Review – Seasoned: Recipes for Rain, Hail & Shine by Casey Lister
Casey Lister is a Perth cook, gardener and writer and HMAA member whose passion for cooking and eating seasonal food bursts from the pages of her cookbook in exuberant text and vivid photos. This is her third book, and she has divided it into four seasons with flavoursome vegetarian recipes […]
Book Review: John Glover, Patterdale Farm and the Revelation of the Australia Landscape
Trevor Nottle reviews John Glover, Patterdale Farm and the Revelation of the Australia Landscape by Ron Radford, Ovata Press, Launceston, 2023