Illustrated Garden Glossary
by Enid Mayfield
Description
The Illustrated Garden Glossary is a comprehensive glossary of over 1000 terms related to gardening and horticulture, each supported by superb colour illustrations to aid understanding.
The topics covered include plant classification, morphology and growth; plants from seeds; propagation; soil; compost; planting systems; pruning; pests and diseases; water and more. The glossary also explores terms relating to the history of gardens, from ancient Greece and Egypt, to gardens across Asia and the Middle East, and through to our modern-day urban farms.
The Illustrated Garden Glossary is a must-have reference for gardeners, plant scientists, horticulturalists, students, libraries, ecologists and urban farmers.
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Author Biography
Enid Mayfield is an Honorary Associate of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Victoria, Australia. She studied Botanical Illustration at Burnley Horticultural College before illustrating for the Flora of Victoria at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Department of Plant Sciences. She has contributed to the Flora of Australia project and many other publications, including her own two-volume Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges, for which she spent 12 years in the field collecting specimens. Enid is notable for her skill in researching complex scientific topics and then writing and illustrating them so that they are accessible to a wider audience.
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- Publisher/Imprint CSIRO / CAB International
- Publication Date March 2025
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781800629691 / 1800629699
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 33.50 GBP
- Pages128
- ReadershipGeneral/trade; College/higher education; Professional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions297 X 210 mm
- Reference Code6486
