Title Planting dreams : shaping Australian gardens / Richard Aitken

Published Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2016 ©2016

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Description vii, 247 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 29 cm Summary Cottage to mansion, balcony to botanic garden, Planting Dreams will change the way you think about Australian gardens. Acclaimed garden historian Richard Aitken explores the fascinating environmental and social influences that have helped produce a unique gardening culture in Australia- from thwarted attempts to 'tame' the environment to the streamlined angles of modernist design Analysis Australian Notes Published in association with the State Library of NSW in conjunction with the exhibition 'Planting dreams: shaping Australian gardens' held at the State Library of NSW 3 September 2016 - 15 January 2017 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-240) and index Subject Dale, Robert, 1810-1856 Gammage, Bill, 1942- Guilfoyle, William Lycett, Joseph, 1774?- Newton, David (Crocket), 1957- Aboriginal Australians in art. Botanical gardens -- Australia. Gardening -- Australia -- History -- Pictorial works. Environmental management -- Australia -- History. Gardening -- Australia -- History. Gardens -- Australia -- Design. Gardens -- Australia -- History -- Pictorial works. Gardens -- Australia -- History. Gardens. Landscape architects -- Australia. Landscape gardening -- Australia. Plants, Ornamental -- Australia. Genre/Form Illustrated works. Author State Library of New South Wales. ISBN 174223464X 9781742234649

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