Gardenesque: A Celebration of Australian Gardening

by Richard Aitken

Covering more than 200 years of Australian gardening, this beautiful volume offers a visual tour of stunning images from the State Library of Victoria’s extensive collections. Revealing the diversity of Australia’s gardening heritage in selections from a wide range of books, pamphlets, plans, paintings, and prints, this magnificent guide celebrates both the aesthetic and practical nature of gardens by showcasing a variety of plants and tracking shifts in environmental concerns.

Genres: Gardening

256 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2005