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By Shirley Stackhouse

ISBN 978-1741960853

“This book is intended to be read for enjoyment as well as for gardening information – perhaps it will provide just that bumper book of bedside reading you have been looking for. Come back to it each month for all the garden advice and help you need.”

Combining beauty with practicality, and written by Shirley Stackhouse, one of Australia’s leading horticultural authorities, My Gardening Year will appeal to novices  and old gardening hands alike.

Full of solid and reliable advice to help the gardener get the most from their plants and gardens, this information-packed book has been updated for modern conditions, taking into account concerns about water, climate change and sustainability.

Which is the best month to prune spring-flowering shrubs? What’s flowering in December? What can be done to treat pests such as aphids, and diseases such as mildew?

The answers to every conceivable practical gardening question are easily accessible in this month-by-month guide, illustrated with photographs and Shirley’s own beautiful line drawings.

"No matter how carefully a garden is planned for year round effect there is no doubt that it reaches a spring peak that cannot be surpassed for the rest of the year."

This fully updated edition of a bestselling Australian gardening classic first published in the 1970s provides sensible, timely and relevant gardening advice.

Shirley Stackhouse was born into a nursery-owning family in Brisbane and studied at Sydney’s Ryde School of Horticulture. Her gardening media career has included presenting a top-rating gardening show on Sydney radio, writing and illustrating several books and popular columns for various print publications.

Shirley has been honoured as Horticulturalist of the Year by the Horticultural Media Association and been awarded an Order of Australia.

“Gardening has changed dramatically as we’ve entered the twenty-first century, with increased concern about water, climate change and sustainability.

However, what hasn’t changed is the gardener’s need for solid and reliable advice to help them get the most from their plants and gardens.”

RRP $49.95

Available from all good bookstores.