The Open Garden
Australian Gardens and Their Gardeners
Published on 1. October 2000
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-86508-142-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Australian continent holds an extraordinary range of climates and conditions which have resulted in richly varied gardens. This book tells the story of 46 gardeners, from a fifth-generation pastoralist to a passionate cycad-collecting policeman, who work with climate peculiarities for their gardens. Opening their gardens and meditations to the public, the gardeners explain how they balance the demands of continuity against changing times; make innovative marriages brought in by the wider perspective provided by travel and reading; and yet create gardens with a distinctly Australian sensibility.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 295 mm
Width: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86508-142-7 (9781865081427)
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Persons
Neil Robertson has been involved in Australia's Open Garden Scheme in one capacity or another since 1988, and was one of the chief architects of its national expansion. He has been the Scheme's National Executive Officer since 1990. In an earlier life, Neil was a bookseller in Australia and England and for a time was the owner of Webbers Booksellers, one of Australia's most respected bookshops. As well as a stint writing a weekly gardening article for the Melbourne Herald, Neil has contributed to many other gardening journals.
He is a dedicated gardener - his own garden Westport at New Gisborne opens regularly for the Scheme - and when not armed with trowel and secateurs is to be found ensconced with a good book in his library.
Louise Earwaker trained as a journalist, then became an editor with Time-Life Books in London. In the 1980s she moved to Tasmania and since 1993 has been Tasmanian co-ordinator of Australia's Open Garden Scheme. As a garden writer and photo
He is a dedicated gardener - his own garden Westport at New Gisborne opens regularly for the Scheme - and when not armed with trowel and secateurs is to be found ensconced with a good book in his library.
Louise Earwaker trained as a journalist, then became an editor with Time-Life Books in London. In the 1980s she moved to Tasmania and since 1993 has been Tasmanian co-ordinator of Australia's Open Garden Scheme. As a garden writer and photo