The planthunter : truth, beauty, chaos, and plants /
Reid, Georgina (journalist),
The planthunter : truth, beauty, chaos, and plants / Georgina Reid with photography by Daniel Shipp. - North American edition. - 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
First published in Australia in 2018 by Thames & Hudson Australia. Material previously published at the website The Planthunter, https://theplanthunter.com.au/.
Includes bibliographical references (page 254).
Ideas of beauty. The gangsta gardener : Ron Finley -- A post-industrial walled garden: Bill Henson -- Healing gardens: Topher Delaney -- Rental decadence: David Whitworth -- A grand garden legacy: Beverley McConnell -- Heirloom seed hero: Clive Blazey -- Order and chaos. Dahlias, dirty nails and glorious disorder: Lucy Culliton -- Punk landscape architecture in LA: David Godshall -- A landscape of the soul: Trisha Dixon -- Welcome to Cevanlandia: Cevan Forristt -- When more is more indooors: Gaylene Krajewski -- The plant maestro: Simon Rickard -- Home truths. Changing the world, one farm at a time: Thomas Woltz -- From lawyer to gardner: Leslie Bennett -- The insect lodge: Michael Shepherd -- Witches and weeds: Marysia Miernowska -- Art advocating for nature: Janet Laurence -- The permaculture revolution: David Holmgren -- Life with plants. Bromeliads vs. camellias: Sue and Peter Miles -- Lessons from the world's oldest living culture: Fran Bodkin -- The anatomy of gardens: Michael McCoy -- Confessions of a plant junkie: Bruce Dunstan -- A Californian cutting garden: Max Gill -- The garden as family: Clare James.
From street gardens in LA to grand country estates in Auckland; tiny rental gardens in Sydney to plant packed suburban Brisbane backyards, this book is a visceral and immersive exploration of the exceptional and ordinary ways people around the world find truth, beauty, purpose and connection through the act of gardening. The book is a culmination of the five years the author and photographer have been pondering questions of plants, people and connection on The Planthunter online magazine. It's a reflection of our complimentary creative vision, shared aesthetic sensibility, and commitment to truthful storytelling.
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Gardeners--Interviews.
Gardeners--Portraits.
Gardening.
Gardening--Pictorial works.
Gardens--Psychological aspects.
Gardens--Pictorial works.
Human-plant relationships.
SB450.98 / .R45 2019
The planthunter : truth, beauty, chaos, and plants / Georgina Reid with photography by Daniel Shipp. - North American edition. - 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
First published in Australia in 2018 by Thames & Hudson Australia. Material previously published at the website The Planthunter, https://theplanthunter.com.au/.
Includes bibliographical references (page 254).
Ideas of beauty. The gangsta gardener : Ron Finley -- A post-industrial walled garden: Bill Henson -- Healing gardens: Topher Delaney -- Rental decadence: David Whitworth -- A grand garden legacy: Beverley McConnell -- Heirloom seed hero: Clive Blazey -- Order and chaos. Dahlias, dirty nails and glorious disorder: Lucy Culliton -- Punk landscape architecture in LA: David Godshall -- A landscape of the soul: Trisha Dixon -- Welcome to Cevanlandia: Cevan Forristt -- When more is more indooors: Gaylene Krajewski -- The plant maestro: Simon Rickard -- Home truths. Changing the world, one farm at a time: Thomas Woltz -- From lawyer to gardner: Leslie Bennett -- The insect lodge: Michael Shepherd -- Witches and weeds: Marysia Miernowska -- Art advocating for nature: Janet Laurence -- The permaculture revolution: David Holmgren -- Life with plants. Bromeliads vs. camellias: Sue and Peter Miles -- Lessons from the world's oldest living culture: Fran Bodkin -- The anatomy of gardens: Michael McCoy -- Confessions of a plant junkie: Bruce Dunstan -- A Californian cutting garden: Max Gill -- The garden as family: Clare James.
From street gardens in LA to grand country estates in Auckland; tiny rental gardens in Sydney to plant packed suburban Brisbane backyards, this book is a visceral and immersive exploration of the exceptional and ordinary ways people around the world find truth, beauty, purpose and connection through the act of gardening. The book is a culmination of the five years the author and photographer have been pondering questions of plants, people and connection on The Planthunter online magazine. It's a reflection of our complimentary creative vision, shared aesthetic sensibility, and commitment to truthful storytelling.
9781604699647 1604699647
Gardeners--Interviews.
Gardeners--Portraits.
Gardening.
Gardening--Pictorial works.
Gardens--Psychological aspects.
Gardens--Pictorial works.
Human-plant relationships.
SB450.98 / .R45 2019