Wellington Gardens. Successful gardening for Wellington, Kapiti coast and Wairarapa, by Jon Muller .

Acknowledgements:

I would like to thank Mike Oates of Wellington Botanic Garden for his excellent technical editing and plant knowledge. Ben Clayden checked my information on soils very thoroughly. Thanks to NIWA for the information on climate and the help Stewart Burgess gave with this task. Martyn Holmberg of Wellington Regional Council kindly helped with the weed section. In addition, many people gave me useful advice and ideas, including Julia Williams, Tony Tomlin and Imogene Keenan.

Many thanks to all the great garden owners that I met as part of this book - I came to know them well as I repeatedly rang them to confirm facts!
Thanks to Projex for their help with a cherry picker to take shots of steep banks!

Any book's success is dependent on good photographs and illustrations. John Cheese did an excellent job of showing each garden - his enthusiasm and good sense of humour was much appreciated. Andrew Hawley of Breath Advertising kindly helped me with some excellent illustrations.
Lastly, thanks to Tracey and Paul from Bateman for all their help.

Excerpts

A successful Maungaraki Garden analysed

21 gardens
Photos and comments

Wellington's
Ecological zones
Map & Suitable plants

Praise for Wellington Gardens

Introduction
Contents
How to use this book

Buy books

General garden information
· Wind - Temperature - Sunlight · Rainfall · Topography · Compost · Weeds · Lawns
· Using professionals

Acknowledgements