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

"This book is essential for Wellington gardeners who want to successfully work with the prevailing climate and soils. It gives useful information on soil improvement, weed control and plant selection for the different areas in Wellington. By looking at how gardens in your area have been successfully created it will provide inspiration for your own garden."

To give you a feel for the book we have included here a number of extracts which we hope you will find useful:

• the introduction, table of contents and the section how to use this book
• the full analysis of a successful Maungaraki garden as well as some photos and commentry from some of the other gardens analysed in the book (from Owhiro Bay to Masterton)
• general garden information for the Wellington region - Wind - Temperature - Sunlight · Rainfall · Topography · Compost · Weeds · Lawns · Using professionals
• the Wellington City Council Ecological Zone map along with an extract from the table of Plants Suited to Zones - plants appropriate to very exposed, coastal areas
• and, of course, some of the praise given to Wellington Gardens.

Wellington Gardens - Successful gardening for Wellington, Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa by Jon Muller, with photos by John Cheese was first published in 2000 by David Bateman Ltd, ISBN 1-86953-450-6. It is a large softcover book (19cm wide by 25cm tall) with 120 pages. It is available available at good book stores and garden centres in Wellington, and at the Wellington Botanic Garden, or you can buy it on line here.

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