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The courtyard jungle, Kerry Carman

Posted on December 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Life (and death) in a Small City Garden Philippa Swan Godwit, $24.95, ISBN 1869620798 In the vast and varied field of literature, gardens and writing are a classic pairing. Well-told stories of personal experience are few and far between, grist…

Tagged with: December 2001, Godwit, Issue 51, Kerry Carman, Philippa Swan
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review

Weeding greased piglets in the rain, Angela Sears

Posted on September 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Unfolding Seasons: Leaves from the Listener Garden Diary Kerry Carman, Random Century, 1992, $24.95 Kerry Carman shares her vast knowledge of plants and gardening with ease and charm. She is a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, a founder-member of…

Tagged with: Angela Sears, Issue 6, Kerry Carman, Listener, Random Century, Spring 1992
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review

Two outstanding plant books, Kerry Carman

Posted on October 1, 1991 by NZ Books

Flowering Plants of New Zealand Colin Webb, Peter Johnson and Bill Sykes DSIR Botany, Caxton Press, Christchurch, 1990, $39.95 Wildflowers of New Zealand Owen Bishop Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1990, $39.95 ‘Wildflower air is the sweetest air’, wrote Richard Jeffries…

Tagged with: Caxton Press, Colin Webb, DSIR Botany, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 3, Kerry Carman, Owen Bishop, Peter Johnson and Bill Sykes, Spring 1991
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review