Peter Timms - good books
Just a quick post to recommend two books by Peter Timms, a wise and wonderful gardener who writes lovely witty prose. He now lives in Tasmania, but used to live in Victoria, where he wreote his first gardening book “Making Nature”. You can read an extract here (http://www.austlit.com/chapters/timms-origins.html)
The book that has prompted me to write this post is “Australia’s Quarter Acre” published by Melbourne University Press. See more here ( http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/catalogue/0-522-85185-1.html)
Here is an extract from the blurb:
“From plots to plants, Timms describes the decline of the manicured lawn and the productive home vegetable garden, and our passion for roses and gladioli. He uncovers how Australia became the world’s first great suburban nation, and how social and economic developments have altered the layouts of front and back gardens.”
Makes it sound rather serious, but in fact it is a lovely combination of the personal and the historical. A good read.
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