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, 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 West Australian coast, Georgiana Molloy..... 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
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. Australia's riverine landscapes are among the most threatened ecosystems on the continent and have been dramatically altered as a result of human activities and climate change. Vegetation communities in Australia's riverine landscapes are ecologically, economically and culturally significant..... 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
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2020. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This long-awaited guide to rainforest seed propagation unlocks the secrets to growing 300 rainforest species. Providing specific information on how to sustainably collect, process and germinate seeds, this user-friendly book aims to support a growing movement of rainforest restoration. With invaluable information..... More
South Melbourne: Lothian, 2000. Quarto, loose-leaf, illustrations. This supplement includes discussion on aromatic plants rich in essential oils, hundreds of new and revised plant entries including Kangaroo Paws, Baeckea, Dryandra, Gardenia and full encyclopaedic entries for previously unclassifed plants. More
South Melbourne: Lothian, 1999. Quarto, loose-leaf, BRAND NEW. This book has an outstanding reputation for its description and classification of Australian plants. Supplement number 4 provides further valuable information on direct seeding methods, edible plants acacias and grevilleas, name changes and encyclopedic entries for previously unclassified plants. 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
Melbourne: Bloomings Books, (2020. second edition), Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations. Banksias are Australia's most iconic plants after Eucalypts - known for thousands of years to Australians and - through writing and art - to many more who have never visited this land. This extensively revised edition includes the..... More
Nambucca Heads: Gwen Harden Publishing, (2018. second edition), Quarto, paperback, text illustrations. A field guide to the rainforest trees and shrubs of Victoria, New South Wales and subtropical Queensland using vegetative characters. Most traditional floras or identification guides to plants use flowers and fruits as the main means of identification..... More
Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, (2019. revised edition). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. Marine plants of Australia is fully referenced and has numerous descriptions and line drawings, detailing many of the intricacies of this surprisingly complex group of plants. It will be an invaluable identification guide. More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, 2002. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. An exploration of traditional skills and a compendium of the kinds of foods eaten by Aborigines. 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