Planting Dreams

Shaping Australian Gardens

By: Richard Aitken

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Hardcover | 1 September 2016

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272 Pages

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Waratah or wattle? Chrysanthemum or rose? Planting Dreams celebrates the artistry and imagination that have shaped Australian gardens. Respected garden historian Richard Aitken explores the environmental and social influences that have helped produce our unique gardening culture - from Indigenous land management and the earliest European garden at Farm Cove, to the potted plants and besser block screens of mid-twentieth century modernist design and beyond.

Drawing on the unparalleled collections of the State Library of New South Wales, Planting Dreams showcases Australian garden making in all its richness and diversity through a stunning and intriguing mix of paintings, sketches, photographs, and prints, from popular culture to high art.

About the Author

Richard Aitken's books include The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens, Gardenesque, Botanical Riches, and Seeds of Change. He has also contributed chapters to The Art of the Collection and Reframing Darwin.

Industry Reviews

‘A garden should … be just a little too big to keep the whole cultivated. Then it gives it a chance to go a little wild in spots’ – Edna Walling, landscape designer

‘An elegant look at the miraculous gardening evolution’ – Indira Naidoo, author of The Edible Balcony

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