Author: Alan Fairley Publisher: Allen & Unwin ISBN: 1742691048 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 625
Book Description
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 Australian bush.
Author: Alan Fairley Publisher: ISBN: 9781876473389 Category : Botany Languages : en Pages : 278
Book Description
Sydney has one of the greatest wildflower regions of the world, with over 1500 species occurring within an hour's drive of the city. There are 268 species illustrated here in full colour with each page devoted to a single flower.
Author: Anthony Dixon Edmonds Publisher: ISBN: 9780949324771 Category : Botany Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
First published in 1986, this pocket guide provides information about floral structure and presents a key to families of native plants found in the Sydney region. Discusses characteristics, distribution and ecology and explains how plants have adapted to the rocky sandstone soils and erratic climate of the area. Includes an index.
Author: Les Robinson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia ISBN: 9780731812110 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 448
Book Description
Sydney's best-known and invaluable field guide to native plants is now in its third edition and completely updated. Refreshed by a new modern cover, this indispensable guide has been brought right up to date. It describes and illustrates over 1370 species. Information is given on the history, ecology, Aboriginal and European uses of each plant, together with references to literature and the journals of explorers. This field guide opens up Sydney's extraordinary rich flora to plant lovers, students, bushwalkers, gardeners and environmentalists, in fact to anyone who wants to identify a plant in the bush. 'I commend this book to all who would like to know our fascinating native plants better.' John Dengate
Author: Mel Baxter Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing ISBN: 1743588461 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 235
Book Description
100 Australian Wildflowers is a beautifully illustrated book that can be used as a handy field and planting guide, as well as being a visual feast for the eyes. Through fanciful botanical illustrations, matched with fun and detailed descriptions, author and illustrator Mel Baxter (aka Moonshine Madness) guides you through 100 native Australian flowering plants. These wildflowers will tell stories of cultural, historical and spiritual significance, and in some cases, planting these species in suitable conditions may help tackle some of the environmental issues we face. Each flower’s profile takes an intimate look at its habitat, and the exciting and dramatic lives of some of the flora and fauna that exist around it. Profiles also include traditional and edible uses by First Nations people, with many of the plant names listed in First languages. With a strong focus on conservation, this book features a basic planting guide, advice on growing your own wildflower meadow, and information on where to find these flowers in the wild. Take a trip through the Australian bush with 100 Australian Wildflowers and be inspired to cultivate your own relationship with wildflowers and connect with Australia's landscapes.
Author: Holly Ringland Publisher: House of Anansi ISBN: 1487005237 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 342
Book Description
An enchanting and captivating novel about how our untold stories haunt us — and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. After her family suffers a tragedy, nine-year-old Alice Hart is forced to leave her idyllic seaside home. She is taken in by her grandmother, June, a flower farmer who raises Alice on the language of Australian native flowers, a way to say the things that are too hard to speak. Under the watchful eye of June and the women who run the farm, Alice settles, but grows up increasingly frustrated by how little she knows of her family’s story. In her early twenties, Alice’s life is thrown into upheaval again when she suffers devastating betrayal and loss. Desperate to outrun grief, Alice flees to the dramatically beautiful central Australian desert. In this otherworldly landscape Alice thinks she has found solace, until she meets a charismatic and ultimately dangerous man. Spanning two decades, set between sugar cane fields by the sea, a native Australian flower farm, and a celestial crater in the central desert, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart follows Alice’s unforgettable journey, as she learns that the most powerful story she will ever possess is her own.
Author: Alan Fairley
Author: Alan Fairley
Author: Anthony Dixon Edmonds
Author: Les Robinson
Author: Mel Baxter
Author: Thistle Yolette Harris
Author: Carol Kopolow
Author: Alan Fairley
Author: Holly Ringland
Author: Roland Paine