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Books on Forests, Plants and Your Garden
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Dry Gardening Australia: Sustainable drought-proof gardening from the soil up by Jonathan Garner Dry Gardening Australia, by leading landscape designer and horticulturist Jonathan Garner, is a practical, achievable and easy-to-follow guide to establishing or retrofitting a drought-tolerant, sustainable garden from the soil up. Step-by-step photographs illustrate an invaluable collection of techniques for soil improvement, planting and cultivation, and installing water delivery systems. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Deep Jungle: Travel to the heart of the rainforest by Fred Pearce Today environmentalists say we are on the verge of destroying the last rainforests, and with them the planet's evolutionary crucible, and maybe even its ability to maintain life on Earth. But nature has a way of getting its own back. The Mayans and the people of Angkor went too far in manipulating nature and paid the ultimate price. Their civilisations died and the jungle returned. Nature reclaimed it's own and it may do so again. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Tasmania's Wilderness Battles - A History by Greg Buckman A fascinating account of the recurring fights over Tasmania's natural resources that have torn its people apart for three decades. Tasmania is world famous for its old-growth forests, its untamed rivers and its remote, rugged mountain peaks, but the struggle to preserve these wild places has been long and hard. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Earth User's Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow Permaculture is a way to repair and restore the Earth by analysis and design and can be practised by everyone. In this fully revised and expanded edition, Rosemary Morrow brings us up to date with our need to measure, monitor and reduce our ecological footprint. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Plants for People by Anna Lewington In a world dominated by technological change, it is easy to forget the importance of plants: they feed us, clothe us, clean us, protect us, cure us, transport and entertain us. This book explains how plants support our lives in practical ways, but also gives examples of the heavy cost of much plant use to people and the environment. Click here to purchase this book online |
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The Water-Wise Garden - How to Grow Healthy Plants Using Less Water by Jeffrey Hodges In this book, organic gardening guru Jeffrey Hodges explains how to make the most of our precious water resources to create and maintain a healthy, flourishing garden. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Organic Growing with Worms - A Handbook for a Better Environment by David Murphy An expert in worms and organic waste stabilisation, David Murphy writes from experience in his own entertaining style. His book will help you to cultivate worms to your advantage – in your backyard or on your farm, or as a commercial worm grower, a waste manager or a conservationist. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Australian Gardens for a Changing Climate by Jenna Reed Burns Gardens enhance our lives, add value to our properties and provide food and habitat for native fauna. In recent times our gardens have been under threat — climate change has affected much of our continent, bringing drier conditions and the need for severe water restrictions. But the scarcity of water doesn't mean we have to forgo gardening altogether — simply that the style of our gardens has to change. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Australian Native Plants - Concise Edition by John Wrigley This concise edition of the phenomenally successful Australian Native Plants (now in its fifth edition) makes it even easier to choose Australian native plants for your garden. It includes 1500 species with illustrations and colour photographs. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Choosing Eden: The Real Dirt on the Coming Energy Crisis by Adrienne Langman CHOOSING EDEN is Adrienne's inspiring first-hand account of their efforts to learn how to get back to basics and live off the land. It's a fascinating story told with warmth and humour, but it has an urgent message: we need to make changes in our lives, and the sooner we act the better. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Composting by Clare Foster Every gardener knows that the key to perfect soil is good compost, but not everybody knows how to make it or just how easy it is to make. In this book Clare Foster demystifies the art of composting. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Compost - The Natural Way to Make Food for your Garden by Ken Thompson There's no need for fancy gadgets. Discover how to build a simple bin, find the best tools for the job, and learn what type of mix is perfect for the size of your garden. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Creating Your Eco-Friendly Garden by Mary Horsfall Creating Your Eco-friendly Garden shows you how to develop an environmentally friendly garden for little cost. Practically written, it is based on the author’s first-hand experience as well as the wealth of knowledge she has amassed working at Grass Roots, Australia’s most popular self-sufficiency magazine. Click here to purchase this book online |
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Earth User's Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow Permaculture is a way to repair and restore the Earth by analysis and design and can be practised by everyone. In this fully revised and expanded edition, Rosemary Morrow brings us up to date with our need to measure, monitor and reduce our ecological footprint. Click here to purchase this book online |
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The Forest Wars by Judith Ajani Australia's long-unresolved forest conflict has been the make-or-break factor in federal elections for the last few decades, with both parties often arguing that the four-decade-old forest conflict has no practical solution. They are wrong. Australia's existing plantations can meet virtually all the nation's wood needs and replace all native forest woodchipping. Australia can have a large, highly competitive and prosperous forest industry without logging native forests. Click here to purchase this book online |
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