Author: Matt Morris. Publisher: Otago University Press.

Bob Crowder: A New Zealand organics pioneer, by leading garden historian Matt Morris, tells the story of Bob Crowder's life and his role in the birth of the organics movement in Aotearoa New Zealand. Growing up in wartime Britain, the peaceful pursuit of gardening was young Bob's refuge. He later became an innovative horticulturalist and early champion of regenerative agriculture.

14 March 2024

Authors: Jane Mahoney & Sophie Bannan. Publisher: Allen & Unwin New Zealand.

Explore 12 intriguing and unique New Zealand gardens and learn from the talented gardeners who created them.

24 October 2023

Author: Jo McCarroll. Publisher: Upstart Press Ltd.

Vege Patch from Scratch will teach you the fundamentals of growing pretty much everything, plus show you how to grow fresh food at home – whether in a courtyard, on a deck, in pots on the windowsill, or in a large vegetable patch.

12 October 2023

Author: Xanthe White. Publisher: Penguin Books (NZ)

Informative and full of inspiration, this bestselling garden design guide, by award-winning landscape designer Xanthe White, has been revised and refreshed with new material for a contemporary take on the natural garden.

03 October 2023

Author: Julia Atkinson-Dunn. Publisher: Koa Press.

A Guided Discovery of Gardening is a comprehensive partner in creating a garden, arranged to sweep beginner and progressing gardeners through informative basics to fascinating insights laid bare through her casual, friendly writing.

01 October 2023

Author: Leah Evans. Publisher: Allen & Unwin NZ.

A practical, down to earth how-to-garden book: all the basics of vege growing including 40 simple, tasty family recipes.

1 August 2023

Authors: Annemarie Hope-Cross & Jenny Bornholdt. Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press (in association with Rim Books).

With Jenny Bornholdt’s poetry and prose treading deftly around the edges of Annemarie Hope-Cross’s life and photographic work, A garden is a long time is a meditation on time, light and the spaces we all inhabit.

13 July 2023

Authors: Rosemary Barraclough & Juliet Nicholas. Publisher: RHNZ Godwit

An inspiring guide to outstanding New Zealand gardens that are open to visit (and sometimes to stay).

1 November 2022

Authors/ Photographer: Juliet Nicholas; Sue Allison. Publisher: Random House New Zealand Ltd.

Magnificent gardens - all stunningly photographed - from around New Zealand, with informative and entertaining text that creates a thoughtful commentary on New Zealand gardening in the twenty-first century.

12 November 2021 release

Author: Lynda Hallinan. Publisher: Allen & Unwin.

A celebration of the healing nature and delights of gardens, written by well-known garden writer Lynda Hallinan, beautifully photographed by Sally Tagg, and packaged in a stunning hardback.

2 November 2021 release

Author: Kath Irvine. Publisher: Random House New Zealand Ltd.

Gardening expert Kath Irvine's guide to everything you need to know to grow organic vegetables, fruit and herbs in your own garden, all through the year.

14 September 2021 release

Author: Elien Lewis. Publisher: David Bateman Ltd.

Sustainable, low-maintenance, low-cost living at its best - providing easy-to-follow guidelines for creating a robust and healthy garden ecosystem, whatever your living situation or lifestyle. An advocate of the low-maintenance no-dig gardening method, Elien Lewis leads you through a year in your vegetable garden.

9 August 2021 release

Author: Johanna Knox. Publisher: Allen & Unwin.

A fully revised and updated edition of a classic bestseller is an exhaustive treasure trove of information about our wild plants.

4 May 2021 release

Authors: Niva Kay; Yotam Kay. Publisher: Allen & Unwin.

Niva and Yotam Kay of Pakaraka Permaculture, on the Coromandel Peninsula of Aotearoa New Zealand, share their long experience of organic gardening in this comprehensive book on how to create and maintain a productive and regenerative vegetable garden.

13 April 2021 release

Author: Matt Morris.
Publisher: Otago University Press.

This book takes a loving look at gardens and garden practices in Aotearoa New Zealand over time.

November 2020 release