Reading The Garden
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Reading the Garden
Author: Katie Holmes
language: en
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Release Date: 2007-05-28
"Whether a small plot in the backyard of an inner-urban home or a capital city's sprawling botanic garden, Australians have long desired a patch of dirt to plough or enjoy. 'Reading the garden' explores our deep affection for gardens and gardening and illuminates their numerous meanings and uses from European settlement to the late twentieth century."--Cover.
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