A history of gardening in New Zealand /
Dawson, Bee, 1954-
A history of gardening in New Zealand / Bee Dawson. - 304 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index.
Land of the kumara - pre-European gardens -- Potatoes and guns - explorers and their legacy -- A new wave - sealers, whalers and missionaries -- Bees -- 'Sobriety, intelligence and industry' - the first settlers's gardens -- The importation of plants and seeds -- Acclimatisation societies and their legacy -- Conservatories and croquet - Victorian gardens -- Gardening clothes -- Blights and pests -- Into the twentieth century -- Weeds -- Tea and promenade gardens -- Botanic gardens and public parks -- Entering a new age - the 1920s and 1930s -- Digging for victory -- The postwar years -- Epilogue - the 1990s and beyond.
1869621565 9781869621568
Random House
Gardening--Social aspects--New Zealand
Gardening--History--New Zealand
635.0993
A history of gardening in New Zealand / Bee Dawson. - 304 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index.
Land of the kumara - pre-European gardens -- Potatoes and guns - explorers and their legacy -- A new wave - sealers, whalers and missionaries -- Bees -- 'Sobriety, intelligence and industry' - the first settlers's gardens -- The importation of plants and seeds -- Acclimatisation societies and their legacy -- Conservatories and croquet - Victorian gardens -- Gardening clothes -- Blights and pests -- Into the twentieth century -- Weeds -- Tea and promenade gardens -- Botanic gardens and public parks -- Entering a new age - the 1920s and 1930s -- Digging for victory -- The postwar years -- Epilogue - the 1990s and beyond.
1869621565 9781869621568
Random House
Gardening--Social aspects--New Zealand
Gardening--History--New Zealand
635.0993