o d Further Information on Eco Gardening Basics ( as at June 2010 )
MAGAZINES ABC Organic Gardening (Library) Earth Garden (Library) Grass Roots (Library) Warm Earth Burkes Backyard (Library) Wellbeing Food
BOOKS The Permaculture Home Garden by Linda Woodrow - $39.95 or Library Easy Organic Gardening & Moon Planting by Lyn Bagnall - $49.95 or Library One Magic Square by Lolo Houbein - $45 or Library Smart Permaculture Design - $51.20 or Library Backyard Self Sufficiency by Jackie French - $15.95 or Library The Practical Australian Gardener by Peter Cundall - $35 or Library The Garden Guardians by Jane Davenport - $29.95
LOCAL GROUPS Hornsby Shire Council Fagan Park Eco Garden http://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/recreation/index.cfm?NavigationID=2528 Hornsby Shire Council Bushcare http://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/environment/index.cfm?NavigationID=574 Hornsby Shire Council Sustainable Action Committee http://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/environment/index.cfm?NavigationID=955 Permaculture Sydney North - http://permaculturenorth.org.au/ Seed Savers North West Sydney - http://www.seedsavers.net/lsn/north-western-sydney-community-seed-savers Seed Savers Sydney North http://www.seedsavers.net/lsn/permaculture-sydney-north-seed-network Australian Plants Society http://www.austplants-nsw.org.au/
o d SPECIFIC WEBSITES & BOOKS No Dig Gardens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CriHmRpeP0 http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s867068.htm http://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com/ http://www.no-dig-gardening.org/ Esther Deans Gardening Book – Growing without Digging - $29.95 or Library Lasagna Gardening by Patricia Lanza - $26.95 Herb & Herb Spirals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxGqUnHz-1A http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s978487.htm http://www.theherbspiral.com/ http://welcometovoluntarysimplicity.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/how-to-build-a-herb-spiral/ Herbaceous by Ian & Elizabeth Hemphill - $39.95 Cook’s Herb Garden by Jeff Cox & Marie-Pierre Moine - $39.95 or Library Crop Rotation http://www.growyourownfood.com.au/otherpages/kitchengarden.htm http://www.allotment.org.uk/vegetable/crop-rotation/index.php http://www.mygarden.net.au/flex/crop-rotation/1224/1 Mandala Garden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_4XDEzN4hI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLOpM5S684M&feature=related http://www.permaculturesouthernhighlands.info/journal/mandala.htm http://www.purplepear.net.au/mandala_gardens.html
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o d SPECIFIC WEBSITES & BOOKS Composting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzQWaO0pOjY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAMy_ZJ0Xa8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKlauRA7ugI http://recyclingnearyou.com.au/documents/2005126_compost_eng.pdf http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/downtoearth/composting.htm The Compost Book by David & Yvonne Taylor - $16.95 or Library The Little Book of Compost by Allan Shepherd - $14.99 Idiots Guide to Composting by Chris Mclaughlin - $22.95 Propagation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tRCzbdfg10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d26AhcKeEbE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGK2IQbXF4A http://www.greenharvest.com.au/seeds/info_sheet/seed_raising_info.html http://musingsfromoz.typepad.com/permaculture/raising_seedlings/ http://www.permup.com/seedraising.html Seed http://www.edenseeds.com.au/content/default.asp http://www.seedsavers.net/ http://www.greenharvest.com.au/ http://www.diggers.com.au/ http://www.greenpatchseeds.com.au/ http://howtosaveseeds.com/ The Seed Savers Handbook by Michel & Jude Fanton - $32.50 or Library Worm Farms http://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/environment/index.cfm?NAVIGATIONID=1223 http://permaculturenorth.org.au/docs/info_sheets/ME-WF.pdf http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1620935.htm
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o d SPECIFIC WEBSITES & BOOKS Companion Plants http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/uploadedFiles/Website/Environment/Waste_Services/Companion%20 Planting%20&%20Organic%20Bug%20Sprays.pdf http://www.figtree.org.au/companion_planting.html Jackie French’s Guide to companion Planting - $13.95 Companion Planting in Australia by Brenda Little - $16.95 or Library Guild Planting http://permaculturenorth.org.au/docs/info_sheets/PD-DG.pdf http://www.small-farm-permaculture-and-sustainable-living.com/fruit_tree_companion_planting.html http://vodpod.com/watch/1884217-guild-planting Garden Ponds http://www.environment.gov.au/education/publications/frogpond.html http://www.ozwatergardens.com.au/?gclid=CM7Ug4SbmKICFQcZewodnnRLWA http://www.australian-backyard-wildlife.com/ponds.html http://www.nativefish.asn.au/faq.html#pond Planting Wetlands and Dams by Nick Romanoski - $59.95 Native Plants http://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/environment/index.cfm?NavigationID=1521 http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/plant_info/Plants_for_gardens/growing_native_plants_in_sydney http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/native.htm http://www.australian-natives.com.au/index.php http://www.cboc.org.au/sydneyplants.pdf The New Native Garden by Paul Urquhart - $39.95 or Library Australian Native Plants by Wrigley & Fagg - $99.95 or Library Small Native Plants for Australian Gardeners - $29.95 or Library Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney by Les Robinson - $39.95 or Library
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o d SPECIFIC WEBSITES & BOOKS Native Plant Foods http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/plant_info/aboriginal_bush_foods http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/education/Resources/bush_foods http://www.anbg.gov.au/bibliography/bushfood.html http://www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au/cadigalwangal/vegetation/bushtucker.htm Bush Foods of New South Wales by K Stewart & B Percival – free to download or Library Wild Food Plants of Australia by Tim Low $29.95 or Library
Native Bee Websites http://www.aussiebee.com.au/ http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/factsheets/Conservation-and-the-Environment/Native-Bees/1158 http://www.zabel.com.au/
For more information contact Hornsby Shire Council Waste Hotline 9847 4856 or visit www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/environment
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