Table of Contents

Foreword: Angus Stewart
Foreword: AB Bishop

PART 1: INTO THE WILD
The Daintree, Qld
Sturt National Park, NSW
Beecroft Peninsula, NSW
The Australian Alps, NSW and Vic
The Bend of Islands, Vic
Eucalyptus Expert: Elspeth Jacobs
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tas
Kangaroo Island, SA
Fitzgerald River National Park, WA
Horticulture Expert: Digby Growns
Central Australia, NT

PART 2: ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
Redesigning Garden Design
Wildflower Expert: Nola Parry
Horticulture Experts: Gwen and Rodger Elliot
Fire Considerations
Growing Bush Foods
Nursery Experts: Evan Clucas and Leanne Weston
Attracting Fauna
Bird Expert: Holly Parsons


PART 3: MAKING A GARDEN
Soil Requirements
Native Plant Expert: Peter Olde
Deep Planting
Propagating Native Plants
Garden Maintenance

PART 4: GARDEN EXAMPLES
Brooke's Garden
The McLellans' Garden
The Walcotts' Garden
Big Hill
Eremaea
King Billy
AB's Garden
Eleanor's Garden
The Jerkovics' Garden
Stokes Bay Bush Garden
Alice Springs Desert Park

PART 5: AUSTRALIAN PLANTS ON THE WORLD STAGE

PART 6: NATIVE PLANT CULTIVARS
Native Plant Cultivar List

Native Plant Nurseries
Index
Acknowledgements
Credits

About the Author

Australia's leading native plant expert, Angus Stewart is a professional horticulturalist who has spent a lifetime working with and breeding Australian plants to make them more gardener-friendly. Angus is well known as a former presenter on ABC's Gardening Australia. The author of five previous gardening books, including the bestselling Creating an Australian Garden (working with AB Bishop), Angus contributes to Gardening Australia magazine and has written for a host of other publications. He is the recipient of numerous awards, most recently the Plant Propagators' Society International Award of Honour as well as being admitted into the Horticultural Media Association's Hall of Fame.

AB Bishop is a horticulturalist and conservationist, who lives in an environmental living zone where native fauna and flora are actively protected by residents. She writes for Gardening Australia magazine and The Age newspaper, and appears regularly on Melbourne's 3CR gardening program. She was researcher for ABC's Gardening Australia program for five years and currently works at a native nursery. Her book Habitat, published in 2018, is the definitive work on creating a wildlife-friendly Australian garden.

Reviews

"This is a book to treasure, and one that will be a companion for a lifetime." - Adelaide Advertiser

"If you're looking to improve or create a native garden, this is the book for you" - Australian Geographic

"A definitive guide" - Australian House And Garden

"Lovers of Aussie plants are in for a treat" - Better Homes & Gardens

"An authoritative reference for home gardeners everywhere." - Country Home Ideas

"authoritative and practical advice on growing native plants for the home garden" - Sunday Age