It's spring, a perfect time to think about gardening!
We've selected our favourite gardening-themed books and magazines to inspire you, whether you're an aspiring gardener, or just want to read about plants. All are available to borrow from the library!
Over 80 per cent of New Zealand's indigenous plants are found knowhere else on Earth, offering gardeners a rich palette of textures, colours and forms perfectly suited to local conditions. In Let's Go Native, Guy Hessell draws on years of hands-on experience in New Zealand gardens to provide practical, inspiring advice for incorporating native plants into gardens of every size and style.
Whether you have a small urban section or a rambling, shady backyard, Homegrown Happiness will help you create the perfect garden to suit your needs. An advocate of the low-maintenance no-dig gardening method, Elien Lewis leads you through a year in your vegetable garden.
In this age of increasing hostility towards chemical control of the food we eat, this book is the ideal guide to working with nature. Every tip in this book has worked for somebody - why it worked may be a mystery, but the result of a healthy crop is the greatest reward for a gardener.
You don't need a lot of land or a lot of time to create a beautiful, bountiful garden. This simple and easy-to-follow guide walks you through each step of planning, planting, and maintaining your own organic vegetable garden, regardless of the space available or your experience level ... With step-by-step instructions, you'll be able to create a functional garden that not only provides you with fresh and healthy produce, but also adds beauty to your surroundings and helps you gain a deeper connection with nature.
Flowers are something we are irresistibly drawn to and turn to at the milestone moments of our lives, at births, marriages and deaths, to connect with an estranged friend, to send love or say we're sorry. They colour our most formative experiences and are our gateway to finding our own personal relationship with the planet we inhabit. No matter the size of your garden, this practical, but approachable guide will instill the confidence in you to grow flowers to bring into your home and enjoy all year round.
The principle for permaculture is simple: provide back to the earth what we take from it to create a sustainable environment. The three principle aims are: Care for people; care for the earth; and redistribute everything surplus to one's needs.This completely revised and updated edition of Rosemary Morrow's highly successful Earth User's Guide to Permaculture is a straight-forward manual of practical permaculture.
Organic Gardener magazine is published eight times per year, delivering expert advice to gardeners of all skill levels for more than 25 years.
