A Tree A Day by Amy-Jane Beer
$35.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
The beauty and power of the world's trees is timeless. Our appreciation of one of the oldest forms of life is particularly relevant in our age of climate concern. Immerse yourself in the world of trees with a tree a day - illuminating tree folklore, botany, tree uses, beauty and history.From the strengt ...Show more
A Shakespearean Botanical by Margaret Willes
$27.99 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
When Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes in The Merry Wives of Windsor, he highlights the belief that the exotic vegetable, recently introduced to England from the Americas, was an aphrodisiac. In Romeo and Juliet, Lady Capulet calls for quinces to make pies for the marriage feast, knowing that ...Show more
The Thousand Year Old Garden Inside the Secret Garden at Lambeth Palace by Nick Stewart Smith
$42.99 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
The Language of Trees: How Trees Make Our World, Change Our Minds and Rewild Our Lives by Katie Holten
$35.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
The Language of Trees is a gorgeously illustrated homage to the hidden wonders of the forest and our indelible connection to trees, filled with prose, poetry and art from over fifty collaborators, including Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Macfarlane, Zadie Smith, Radiohead, Elizabeth Kolbert, Amitav Ghosh, Ri ...Show more
Lessons from Plants by Beronda L. Montgomery
$38.95 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
An exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for human thriving. We know that plants are important. They maintain the atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. They nourish other living organisms and supply psychological benefits to humans as well, i ...Show more
The RHS Book of Garden Verse by Royal Horticultural Society
$24.99 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
From the RHS comes this celebration of the garden through poetry, illustrated with botanical prints, engravings and watercolour drawings from the world-famous Lindley Library. From the Garden of Eden to small backyards, from scented memories to bonfires and neighbour's rights, from suggestive slugs to ...Show more
The Well-Tempered Garden: A New Edition Of The Gardening Classic by Christopher Lloyd
$36.99 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
This is a practical manual for gardeners. It provides information on subjects ranging from planning a garden, planting, weeding and propagation to container gardens, colour, annuals, water lilies and vegetables.
Vita Sackville West's Sissinghurst: The creation of a Garden by Vita Sackville-West & Sarah Raven
$35.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
From 1946 to 1957, Vita Sackville-West, the poet, bestselling author of All Passion Spent and maker of Sissinghurst, wrote a weekly column in the Observer depicting her life at Sissinghurst, showing her to be one of the most visionary horticulturalists of the twentieth-century. With wonderful additions ...Show more
Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story by Marc Hamer
$35.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
For the gardener in your life, or for anyone who loved Late Migrations and H is for Hawk A stunning meditation on gardening and the wisdom of plants, "that rare book that will appeal to nonfiction readers everywhere ... Candid, tender, thoughtful and absorbing." --Shelf Awareness (STARRED Review) Wit ...Show more
The Hidden Histories of Flowers - Fascinating Stories of Flora by Maddie Bailey; Alice Bailey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
The Hidden Histories of Flowers uncovers the captivating history of flowers. From the role of flowers in fairytales, to how they are used for every major and minor event, flowers play an important part in all of our lives. The Hidden Histories of Flowers uncovers the most fascinating parts of a flower' ...Show more
Four Hedges A Gardener's Chronicle by Clare Leighton
$36.50 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
"Clare Leighton was one of the finest engravers of the twentieth century. In the 1930s, when she settled in the countryside with her long-term partner, the political journalist Henry Noel Brailsford, she turned her creativity to the land. Gardening became her passion. Her obsession ... By observing the ...Show more
Flowers and Their Meanings: The Secret Language and History of Over 600 Blooms (A Flower Dictionary) by Karen Azoulay
$34.99 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
Uncover the secret meanings behind your bouquets and floral arrangements with this stunningly illustrated exploration of the Victorian language of flowers, including the multicultural history, rituals, and mythology behind over 600 flowers, herbs, and trees. In the Victorian language of flowers, hundr ...Show more