Planting dreams : shaping Australian gardens
Aitken, Richard2016
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Cottage to mansion, balcony to botanic garden, Planting Dreams will change the way you think about Australian gardens. Acclaimed garden historian Richard Aitken explores the fascinating environmental and social influences that have helped produce a unique gardening culture in Australia- from thwarted attempts to 'tame' the environment to the streamlined angles of modernist design.
Main title:
Planting dreams : shaping Australian gardens / by Richard Aitken.
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2016.
Collation:
vii, 247 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, facsimilies ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword by Indira NaidooIntroductionNew worlds (1400s-1700s)First Fleet to Macquarie (1788-1821)Taming the landscape (1822-1850)Gardens of green and gold (1851-1892)Reconciling town and country (1893-1913)Home fronts (1914-1918)Forging the modern garden (1919-1938)Wartime gardening (1939-1945)Transforming Australian gardens (1946-1970)Throwing away the rule book (1971-2016)NotesList of illustrationsBibliographyAcknowledgementsIndex
ISBN:
9781742234649 (hardback)
Dewey class:
712.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
318782
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 712.6 PLA | Available |