Gardens on the Edge - Christine Reid
A journey through Australian landscapes
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18 stunning Australian gardens, each bordering a natural 'frontier', including rainforest, river, desert, bushland, saltbush plains, volcanic lake, mountain ranges and the ocean's edge
In breathtaking images and insightful essays, Gardens on the Edge explores 18 Australian gardens that are defined by extraordinary horizons. Each of the featured landscapes - from every state and territory, from outback to city - is situated on the edge of a natural frontier: rainforest, desert, bushland, river, mountain range, volcanic crater lake, coast, harbour, saltbush plains. In another sense, Australian gardens and their owners are always 'on the edge' in dealing with the endless vagaries of nature, from drought to dust, fires to flood. In telling the stories of the gardens and their owners, Christine Reid reveals the diversity and character of the Australian continent - and celebrates the imagination and resilience of those who have met the challenges of creating, reconstructing or restoring their 'vision splendid' in an...
In breathtaking images and insightful essays, Gardens on the Edge explores 18 Australian gardens that are defined by extraordinary horizons. Each of the featured landscapes - from every state and territory, from outback to city - is situated on the edge of a natural frontier: rainforest, desert, bushland, river, mountain range, volcanic crater lake, coast, harbour, saltbush plains. In another sense, Australian gardens and their owners are always 'on the edge' in dealing with the endless vagaries of nature, from drought to dust, fires to flood. In telling the stories of the gardens and their owners, Christine Reid reveals the diversity and character of the Australian continent - and celebrates the imagination and resilience of those who have met the challenges of creating, reconstructing or restoring their 'vision splendid' in an...
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2018Uitgever: Allen and Unwin Book Publishers288 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 298x226ISBN-10: 176063445XISBN-13: 9781760634452Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original pictorial boards, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, 4to. [Auteur: Reid, Christine] [Pagina's: 287] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Crowns Nest, NSW/London, UK : Murdoch Books] [Jaar: 2018] [Titel: Gardens on the Edge: Australian Landscapes, from Desert to Rainforest, Ocean to Plains]
