Australia's Quarter Acre

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: The Miegunyah Press
Publisher Place: Carlton
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 231 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A spirited defense of the home garden, this fascinating study explains how Australia became the worlds first great suburban nation, why Aussies are so passionate about roses and gladioli, how social and economic developments have altered the layouts of front and back gardens, and reasons for the slow decline of the manicured lawn and the productive home vegetable-garden. The designs, plantings, and hidden meanings of the ordinary garden are thoroughly explored, and the book offers unique new perspectives on everything from fruit trees and woodsheds to rotary clotheslines and illuminated Santas at Christmas.

ISBN: 9780522851854