Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, illustrations. Planting Dreams celebrates the artistry and imagination that have shaped Australian gardens. Internationally renowned garden historian Richard Aitken explores the environmental and social influences that have helped produce our unique gardening culture - from Indigenous land management and the earliest European..... More
Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 2007. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Australia's long-unresolved forest conflict has been the make-or-break factor in federal elections, with both parties often arguing that the four-decade-old forest conflict has no practical solution. This work proposes a forest policy for Australia, calling on individuals in..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. The book provides information on the habitat, distribution, foliage and fruits of 525 plant species. Central Queensland straddles the Tropic of Capricorn, although many of the plants in the book will also be found outside this area, as shown..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, line drawings, maps. Volume 26 of the Flora of Australia series describes three families of plants, Meliaceae, Rutaceae and Zygophyllaceae, consisting of 61 genera and 588 species. Meliaceae is a largely tropical family and includes the well-known Toona ciliata, Red Cedar, as well as..... More
Glen Forrest: Off Pen Publishing, 2012. Oblong format, laminated boards, colour photographs. A beautiful photographic book capturing the essence of spring in the south west of Western Australia. More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, (2016. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This book provides a comprehensive photographic guide to all plants known to occur in the bushlands of Kings Park and Bold Park. There are 778 species included, both native and introduced representing approximately one quarter of all the..... More
South Yarra: Pan Macmillan, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, illustrations, maps. This meticulously researched biography tells the extraordinary story of Georgiana Molloy, one of Australia's first internationally successful female botanists. From the refined beauty of 19th century England and Scotland, to the dramatic landscape of the..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations, maps. A botanical identification guide which combines art and science to describe the 54 endemic trees and large shrubs of the Hunter region. The Hunter Region, between the Hawkesbury and Manning rivers in eastern New South Wales, hosts a rich diversity..... More
Flemington: Hyland House, (2014. fourth edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. This long-awaited and greatly expanded fourth edition is a comprehensive guide to the indigenous plants of the Greater Melbourne area. It contains 1367 plant descriptions with colour photographs and line drawings. This guide gives instant, colour-coded..... More
Ulladulla: Harbour Publishing House, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A comprehensive outline of how temperate Australian native plants have been used for food, fibre, medicine and everyday convenience. This field guide includes illustrations and descriptions to help identify useful native plants. The plants described in this field guide are found..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, line drawings, maps. This beautifully illustrated field guide covers 504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests, as well as a few species that are rare in the wild but generally well-known. These spectacular plants can be seen..... More
Melbourne: Nokomis Editions, 2004. Large quarto, dustwrapper, 1230 colour illustrations, text illustrations. The most important book on tropical Australian botany ever published with 2436 species described and 1236 illustrated in full colour. This definitive work, 17 years in the making, covers the fruiting plants of Australia's tropical rainforest in Queensland..... More
Chatswood: New Holland, (2019. reprint). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations, maps. This is a classic of Australian botany. It is well organised and has good keys and photographs. This edition includes addendum of changes and new species. A comprehensive coverage of 900 species. More
Melbourne: CSIRO, (2017. reprint). Octavo, color photographs, softcover. A field guide based on the more substantial work of the same name. Published without the taxonomic section, retains the color plates. Illustrates the area's 212 flowering plants and ferns, of which 21 are endemic. It discusses the geological and human history..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. The sixth in the Cronin's key guide series. Includes more than 300 commonly observed species from rainforests around Australia. Each plant is beautifully illustrated and described in detail and distribution maps accompany every species. Also includes an introduction to..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. The Pilbara region in Australia’s arid northwest is rich in flora that is suited to extreme temperatures and boom and bust cycles of moisture availability. It is also a region famous for its natural resources. In places where mining activities..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, (2010. third edition, revised). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A completely revised and updated edition of this classic handbook of the native plants found from Newcastle to Nowra. With 1400 colour photographs and its authoritative text, this is a magnificent reference for anyone who loves the..... More
Hawthorn: Bloomings Books, 2001. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Ilustrates 268 species of wildflowers occuring within an hours drive of Sydney. More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. Biological control of weeds has been practised for over 100 years and Australia has been a leader in this weed management technique. This book reviews biological control of weeds in Australia to 2011, covering over 90 weed species..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Australia’s complex, beautiful and diverse flora is showcased in stunning botanic gardens across the continent. Through exquisite colour photographs taken at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) in Canberra, Fanny Karouta- Manasse celebrates the minute and intriguing details of these plants..... More
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 2019. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Rainforests of Australia’s East Coast is aimed primarily at the reader group of more than 500,000 active bushwalkers in Australia. A large percentage of bushwalkers visit all subforms of rainforests on a regular basis and identification of plant species is..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Describes 140 of the most significant Australian rainforest trees and their wood. The introductory sections draw the reader into an understanding of the botanical, evolutionary, environmental, historical and international significance of this beautiful but finite Australian resource. The main section..... More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland Publishers, (2018. second edition, reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. An essential guide and invaluable resource for anyone interested in herbal medicine, Australian flora and indigenous Australian culture. Features a history of the Aboriginal use of native plants and explains how the first European settlers..... More
Paterson: New South Wales Government, 2006. Quarto, spirally bound, colour photographs. Pick the difference between native plants and weeds. Full-colour side by side photographs of weed and native 'look alikes' with explanatory notes. An essential field guide for land carers, farmers and bush regenerators in coastal and high-rainfall areas. Published..... More
Paterson: New South Wales Government, 2008. Quarto, spirally bound, colour photographs. By popular demand. This book starts where volume 1 finishes. Full-colour side-by-side photographs of more weeds and native plants that look similar. If you have volume 1 you will want volume 2. If you have neither, you owe it..... More