Penguin Books Australia

The beauty and the diversity of orchids that thrive in the tropics are unparalleled. And with the right guidance, these wonders of nature are not at all difficult to grow. In this first book specifically written for orchid-lovers in tropical regions right around the world, you will find a wealth of practical advice on how to achieve healthy, free-flowering orchids with long-lasting blooms.

Gardening in the Tropics offers invaluable advice on how to establish a luxuriant tropical garden. This authoritative guide lists more than 500 varieties of tropical plants. In addition, it provides up-to-date information on pests, diseases and other technical subjects. This definitive book will certainly meet the needs of all gardeners in the Malayan region and in other parts of the wet tropics...

Native orchids have grown freely on roadside trees in Singapore for centuries and the Singapore Botanic Gardens has cultivated many beautiful hybrids. Dr. Teoh Eng Soon, a former President of the Orchid Society of Southeast Asia and editor of the Malayan Orchid Review, turns his expert eye on the many attractive orchids found in the garden city. In this book, Dr. Teoh provides a brief history of orchid...

An essential resource for all Australian and New Zealand gardeners who care about their family's health and the environment.

Organic gardening leaves your patch of earth in a better condition than you found it by working with nature rather than against it. A practicable and better alternative to chemical-dependent and environmentally unsustainable cultivation practices, organic gardening prevents soil...

FOR OVER TWO DECADES, THE LANDSCAPE DESIGNS OF NEIL AND JENNY DELMAGE HAVE BEEN SETTING THE STANDARD FOR GARDENS THAT ARE WATERWISE, LOW-MAINTENANCE - AND BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL.

In this book the husband-and-wife team take us from coast to country, revealing some of their most spectacular landscape designs.

The philosophy and know-how behind the Delmages' designs come to life in this visual...

'Woodend was less than an hour from my Melbourne office, and the size of the school land was manageable. That was as far as my rational response to St Ambrose went – for I'd fallen in love with the schoolhouse. It had been tucked away for so long behind its walls of blackberries, like some sleeping beauty, that I wanted to wake it up, bring it to life.'

'In the early, early mornings I go off in my van to shop.  It's just me, the van and the sunrise, and the sky turning the colour of the flowers: rose-pink and sun-yellow, orange and red.'

Achieving a perfect garden the Paul Bangay way

Paul Bangay is renowned for his sure use of space: the gardens he creates are superbly proportioned, easy to live in, executed to the highest standards - and places of beauty. Now, in Paul Bangay's Garden Design Handbook , he shares his many secrets for successful garden designing and construction.

David Kirkpatrick designs for the individual, not for fashion.   Each of his designs is unique, offering a practical solution for every vision of   the ideal garden and a mood for every season.

The heart of the Garden is a collection of 20 very different garden designs, from a sleek, modern Mediterranean-inspired courtyard, to a rambling family yard.   Complete with landscaper's plans...

Renownedlandscape designer Paul Bangay revels in the possibilities of small gardens. In The Boxed Garden he offers illuminating ways to transcend their limitations: a change of level to add excitement, a decorative feature properly placed to create a vista, a paving pattern to lengthen the perspective, a layered planting to lend depth...

Gardens are full of memories – of places, of plants, of people, of beauty created and shared, beauty which can be relived and enjoyed again years later. In a mostly incomprehensible world, a world increasingly dominated by cruelty and fear, it is in gardens that many people seek and find, even if temporarily, peace and tranquillity.

In 1996 Susan Irvine and her husband bought Forest Hall, a derelict...

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...

They know how difficult it is to manipulate something as three-dimensional and changing as a garden, so Outside is about how to analyse a site's potential and visualise a garden that meets your needs. It is about...

Everywhere she goes, rose-growers tell her how they planned and planted; what allowances they made for the conditions of their region; how they feed and prune their roses; which roses they find most successful – and which...

Andrew Pfeiffer believes that the natural surroundings...