Remembered Gardens by Forsyth Holly Kerr - 2008

Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 2008. First Paperback Edition. Softcover Paperback. Fine Condition. 28cm x 21cm. xii, 273 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial french fold wrappers. Shipped Weight: 1.12 kilos. ISBN/EAN: 9780522854992. BZDB407 Gardening; Unbranded EAN: 9780522854992 Holly Kerr Forsyth Remembered Gardens: Eight Women & Their Visions of an Australian Landscape

Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Miegunyah Press, 2008. Paperback. As New. 8 1/8" X 11. This is a beautifully illustrated history of eight Australian women and the gardens they created over the past 200 years; through personal records and public archives, the author describes these women's experiences; includes color photographs throughout (green French covers with yellow & black lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment)

Miegunyah Press, 2008. Softcover. Fine. "There I saw the first olive tree ever planted in Australia; the Cork-tree in luxuriance; the Caper growing among rocks, the English Oak, the horse chestnut, broom, magnificent mulberry trees of thirty-five years growth, umbrageous and green, great variety of roses in hedges, also climbing roses."" (Surveyor-General Thomas Mitchell on Elizabeth Macarthur's garden, 1831)Elizabeth Macarthur sailed into the fledgling settlement of New South Wales in 1790, after a horrific voyage from England. As a comfort and a way to evoke home in this distant and foreign land, Elizabeth set about creating her remembered garden, filling it with roses and oak trees. Edna Walling came to gardening in the 1920s, 150 years after Elizabeth's first encounter with the Australian ""wilderness"". Immediately captivated by the natural landscape and indigenous plants, she became a leading proponent of the Australian native garden.Remembered Gardens is the story of Elizabeth, Edna and six… Read More