Non-Fiction General - Gardening

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

A practical and colourful guide for anyone who wants to enjoy the simple pleasures of growing their own produce.

Get Growing gives people of all ages the gardening basics, as well as fun projects and activies to spark the imagination and cultivate green thumbs. Children don't need to know everything there is about edible gardening to get started. The book re-introduces the idea that food comes from nature - not the supermarket - and the acts of growing, preparing and sharing it can be immensely satisfying. This book is packed with information and ideas for making edible gardening a fun activity that all members of the family can enjoy. ... read more

Partly through a revival of interest in classic gardens, and partly out of a reaction to the severe, minimal look that dominates the style magazines, gardeners are increasingly turning to colour. In Colourful Gardens Dennis Greville takes us through the essential steps in creating a gloriously eye-catching garden. The introduction explains how to structure a garden along the basic principles of colour combinations. The following chapters are then given to the different colours or tones: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue/Purple, Whit... read more

Lumps on your lemons? Daffodils refusing to flower? Hebes turning yellow? If you have a gardening problem, look no further. In The New Zealand Plant Doctor Andrew Maloy has compiled answers to the most common problems gardeners face, which he has assembled from years of experience answering readers' questions in his popular 'Plant Doctor' column for Weekend Gardener magazine. He offers sound and practical advice on eradicating disease, pest and weed control, spraying, feeding and more. From organic remedies to approved chemicals, A... read more

An Englishman's home is his castle, but for the first European settlers who came to New Zealand, their first priority was to create a productive and, later, ornamental garden. Bee Dawson traces the development of gardening in New Zealand, from the Maori gardens of pre - and early contact times through the optimistic efforts of missionaries and the other early settlers, the magnificence and productivity of the Victorians and Edwardians and the Dig for Victory campaigns of the 1940s. Illustrated throughout with historic photographs, ... read more

A down-to-earth practical guide to growing the vegetables that will sustain and nourish your family. Andrew Steens shares his enthusiasm for the rewards and gives the reader friendly informative advice on how to avoid the disappointments of gardening.

'Hi, it's Jim Mora from Mucking In and we'd love to give you a new garden ...'For nearly 10 years, New Zealanders have been thanking those amazing individuals with the biggest hearts, the most generous natures, and (often) the most neglected gardens, by nominating them for Television One's premier garden makeover show, Mucking In. Jim and the team, which now includes garden designer Tony Murrell, have been working with communities throughout New Zealand to surprise, amaze and delight viewers and garden recipients alike, as friends... read more

The perfect book for gardeners who cook. Our vegetable gardens kept us alive when our countries were new, fed us in the Great Depression, and were used to 'Dig for Victory' during the World Wars. For more than 125 years, Yates has provided gardeners with seeds, reliable gardening products and practical, knowledgeable advice. Yates Garden Guide, the bestselling gardening book in both Australia and New Zealand, has taught generations how to garden. Now, this new companion book - with its combination of fresh new ideas and tried and t... read more

This fully updated and revised 77th edition provides reliable, practical advice on all aspects of gardening: designing and planning your garden; preparing and maintaining your garden; organic gardening; water-saving gardens; gardening for kids; low-allergen gardens; pests, diseases and weeds; handy hints from NZ's top gardeners; container gardening for courtyards. You will find everything you need to know about growing trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit in Yates Garden Guide - the essential companion for al... read more

Highly successful author and innovative designer Stafford Cliff has visited hundreds of gardens in the course of his travels over the last forty years all over the world, taking photographs and making notes. With his designer's eye and experience, he has created a revelatory work - a unique sourcebook of the very best ideas providing choices and inspiration for every single garden dilemma and possibility, from colour and planting to hard surfaces and features. Now in a new compact format and fantastic price, the book is even more a... read more

This is the beginner's guide to starting your own vegetable patch however big or small. The basic section at the beginning of the book guides you through the things you need to think about including how you want to plan your vegetable garden, crop rotation, planting and sowing seeds, feeding and nurturing your plants, tools and equipment, avoiding pests and diseases and harvesting and storing. There is a vegetable directory that is helpfully divided into sections of vegetable groups such as roots and tubers, peas and beans and shoo... read more

Smart Guide®: Vegetables is a concise guide to vegetable gardening for busy people. Readers will learn how to plan their garden; how to install beds and a watering system; how to grow, learning all about mulches and weed covers, garden sites, and planting schedules; how to maintain their garden day by day; and how to harvest and store vegetables. 275 color photographs Explanations of how to grow and maintain each vegetable or fruit Do-it-yourself soil tests Hints and tips, many even experienced gardeners will find interestin... read more

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In today's world, recycling becomes more important every year. This book tells you how to recycle everything organic in your home and garden, and how to use the compost to produce luscious vegetables and stunning flowers.

A classic manual of practical permaculture brings us up to date with our need to measure, monitor and reduce our ecological footprint. Contains extra chapters on seedsaving, pest management and rural water usage.

Worms have been on Earth for 650 million years and survived more change than any other animal. Whether you're a home gardener, farmer, worm grower, fisherperson, waste manager or conservationist, you can discover how to cultivate worms to your advantage.

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 develop a full home orchard. The Tui NZ Fruit Garden explains the five steps to successful fruit gardening: planning; preparation; planting; care and maintenance; and harvesting your produce. It includes 58 common and more exotic fruit and nuts suitable for growing in New Zealand gardens, and each entry concludes with recipe ideas for turning produce into a ... read more

A practical, comprehensive and highly illustrated guide to planting and maintaining a vegetable garden for the novice to the experienced gardener. The Tui New Zealand Vegetable Garden contains all the essential information you need, from how to condition the soil, how and where to plant, sprouting schedules to what kind of yield to expect from each plant variety, and harvesting tips. There is also a section on how to combat pests and diseases in order to build a healthy and thriving garden - whether yours is of the raised bed varie... read more