Gardening and Animals - Gardening

"Prof" Walker" gives advice on how to improve and maintain good soil fertility and ensure the right balance of essential nutrients, water and light. The book covers a wide range of vegetables and advice is given on the choice of cultivar, the recognition of pests, diseases and nutritient deficiencies and what to do about them. First published 1992.

One of gardening's greatest pleasures is growing herbs & using them fresh from your garden. Ginny Clayton shows you how in this handbook for the modern herb grower. From culinary herbs such as Thai basil and French tarragon to herbs for healing, including comfrey and chamomile, Ginny describes how to propagate, raise and maintain over 60 herbs using organic growing methods. There are tips on how to plan your kitchen herb garden, companion planting, which herbs to plant to attract bees, and which ones repel insect pests. Also includ... read more

Everyone can grow plants for free and this informative book shows how to propagate over 1000 common plants, with specific detailed instructions on over 500 of the world's most popular ornamental plants. The book is illustrated with both practical step-by-step photographs of propagation techniques and the plants themselves. There are also extensive tables covering 1000 plants with information on which propagation technique to use - seed, cuttings, grafting, division - and then details of temperature requirements, time to germination... read more

: A brand new addition to the growing range of Palmers gardening handbooks for beginner gardeners, aimed at de-mystifying and simplifying many aspects of growing fruit trees in the home garden. An introductory section provides information on best locations and soils, routine maintenance, pests, diseases, pruning and propagation. The comprehensive A-Z guide gives straightforward advice on the best varieties of each type of fruit to choose for your particular conditions, including problems to look out for, when to prune and when to ... read more

This handbook de-mystifies and simplifies many aspects of rose growing - from sites and soils, routine maintenance, pests, diseases, pruning and propagation to choosing the rose which is right for you from the extensive range of varieties available today, including cultivars suggested by top New Zealand and Australian rose growers and breeders. Reissued, with new cover and includes updated cultivars to reflex new varieties currently available.

As well as an A-Z section on NZ flowers covering plant care and maintenance, the book will include sections on: choosing the right flowers for the right place; annuals, bulbs, perennials, roses, climbers, natives and wild flowers; edible flowers, flowers for fragrance, flowers for children; flowers to attract birds, flowers for drying, flowers for weddings and flowers for remembrance; tips for flower arranging; a flower colour guide. There is also a seasonal Garden Diary that outlines what needs to be done in the garden at which ti... read more

Kay has been a gardener as long as she can remember. She is well known as the founder of the Koanga Institute, a charitable trust dedecated to saving our heirloom food plants and supporting gardeners to use them in their lives again. Kay is a dedicated practitioner of Permaculture and bio Intensive gardening and writes in a way that has inspired thousands of people to become active gardeners.

This book will show how easy it is to grow enough vegetables to suppllement the household budget, add flavour and freshness to your meals and experience the sheer joy and satisfaction of growing your own. Contents: Growing vegetables at your place Starting from scratch Growing in containers What to grow and when Seasonal timing Seeds and seedlings Compost Manures Pests and diseases Time saving tips

Whatever the size of your garden, this book provides simple, practical advice on the most efficient way to use a limited space to grow healthy organic produce. Includes tips on planting, growing and caring for a wide variety of vegetables, herbs and fruit, including the best available varieties for each.

A companion volume to "The Small Edible Garden". Knowing what to do when is crucial for gardeners wanting healthy home produce. Whether it is sowing, planting, feeding, or pruning, harvesting or storing, the keys to successful vegetable and fruit growing are to carry out tasks correctly and at the wrong time. Creating an edible garden doesn't take a lot of money and effort. Once you have space for growing, you can get started with some basic tools and seedlings or seeds. You can grow edibles in an extensive raised garden, or simply... read more

What's small, able to be grown on your windowsill and is bursting with flavour and goodness? Microgreens! The new superfood that everyone can grow.

Dennis Greville is respected internationally for his plant and garden photography and is New Zealand's most published gardening author and photographer. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned gardener, growing year round will encourage and inspire you, with practical advice that will help you achieve optimum results in your garden, whatever its size, climatic conditions and soil type. Dennis provides readily accessible information and tips on how to do things better. These easy to follow ideas will enable you to take charge of yo... read more

The Tui NZ Fruit Garden provides practical, highly illustrated information on how to grow your own fruit and nuts, whether you plan to plant a few containers on your balcony or want to develop a full home orchard. Author Sally Cameron, in conjunction with a panel of industry experts, explains the five steps to successful fruit gardening: planning, preparation, planting, care and maintenance, and harvesting your produce. The Tui NZ Fruit Garden includes 58 common and more exotic fruit and nuts suitable for growing in New Zealand ga... read more

Herbs have been used throughout the centuries in cooking, medicine and ancient rituals for healing and beauty. But how many people know the true value of these amazing herbal helpers today? Karina Hilterman is a New Zealand born medical herbalist who combines ancient knowledge with modern science. The book gives amazing facts about herbs and the amusing truth about lesser known weeds and presents ways to prevent illness and increase wellness by using herbs.

New Zealand's benign climate creates superb growing conditions for flowers, fruit and vegetables, so it's no wonder that Kiwis love to turn their garden into a slice of paradise. Now gardening enthusiasts will be able to pick up Dennis Greville's highly practical gardening book and find some instant improvement they can make to their garden. The text was previously published by Harper Collins in 1995 but has been fully updated, and now comes with the author's exquisite colour photography throughout. The book is structured around... read more

Bill shows you how to grow your own fruit, vegetables and even edible flowers.

Managing Pests and Diseases: A Handbook for New Zealand Gardeners is a completely revised edition of Rob Lucas's successful publication What's That Pest? It provides New Zealand's horticulturalists and gardeners with a simple, comprehensive, easily-used reference guide to pest identification and control. The photographic content has been significantly increased to aid identification, and much of the text has been updated, with several new sections added. The book covers the many garden and nursery production pests of bedding plant... read more

For busy families who don't have time for a large garden, containers are also ideal. This book is full of useful information and covers almost every aspect of container gardening. First published November 2006.

The second edition of The Tui New Zealand Vegetable Garden contains all the essential gardening information you need, no matter what size garden you have. For beginners, it explains how to condition the soil, how and where to plant and harvesting tips. There is also a section on how to combat pests and diseases in order to build a healthy and thriving garden. The second edition builds on the information from the first by including new vegetable varieties and ways to cook the produce you grow, additional, up-to-date informati... read more

'A flower is not a flower alone; A thousand thoughts invest it' All over the world, flowers are an integral part of human culture whether it is the perfect table centre for a wedding, a beautiful bouquet for a birthday, a message of thanks, or to pay one's respect at a funeral. But, while everyone knows that red roses signify love, few may realise that an entire language of flowers exists with every bloom, folliage and plant having a particular emotion attached, be it hazel for reconcilliation, wisteria for welcome or ivy for fidel... read more