The Garden State by Richard Allen - ISBN: 9781760760861
Hardcover
Victoria’s finest private gardens revealed: passion, innovation, beauty, and history.
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The Garden State

Inside Victoria's Private Gardens

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  • Hardcover

    276 pages

  • Release Date

    4 December 2020

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Summary

Victoria’s rich soil, mostly cool climate (apart from mid-summer heatwaves) and – in many places – nourishing volcanic soil mean that with passion, patience, imagination and commitment, amazing gardens can be built and maintained.

The Garden State includes stately old wonders like the magnificent Macarthur Street Garden at the foot of the Grampians in Dunkeld and the rambling gardens of Mount Macedon, with 120-year-old trees, grand houses and moss-covered paths. But there are…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760760861
ISBN-10:1760760862
Author:Richard Allen
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd
Imprint:Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:276
Release Date:4 December 2020
Weight:2.04kg
About The Author

Richard Allen

Richard Allen has been a writer for more than 30 years and has written on a wide variety of subjects for The Australian Financial Review, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, Sunday Telegraph (UK) and BRW. Together, Richard and Kim have collaborated on several books, including Australia’s Remarkable Trees and Great Properties of Country Victoria: The Western District’s Golden Age.

Kimbal Baker has photographed everything from society weddings to hundred-year-old vineyards but gardens remain his passion. His images have been featured in many Australian and overseas publications, and he has worked for various Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) publications. Kim also photographed Grand Melbourne Gardens, written with David Wilkinson.

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