Updated March 2022
Books are available to borrow at club meetings.
CLASIFICATION SYSTEM A Australian including natives J B Bees, birds, butterflies L Landscaping including garden design, water C Camellias M Manuals – first aid, poisons, judging manuals Co Cottage O Organic D Diseases, pests P Practical E Everything else – ferns, palms, creepers, bonsai, flower arranging, bamboo, cacti Q Queensland including local and tropical Fl Flowers including bulbs R Roses Fr Fruit S Shrubs - including azaleas, hibiscus G General T Trees H Herbs V Vegetables I Indoor – including green house, patios W Wildlife
Category | TITLE | AUTHOR | Copies |
A | Australian Backyard | Cheryl Maddocks | 1 |
A | Australian Banksias | Barbara Mullins, Douglass Baglin | 1 |
A | Australian Gardening A-Z | W. G. Sheat | 1 |
A | Australian Native Plants: Propagation, cultivation, landscaping | John W Wrigley, Murray Fagg | 1 |
A | Australian Wattles | Barbara Mullins, Douglass Baglin | 1 |
A | Banksia Book | Alex S George | 1 |
A | Colour Your Garden with Australian Natives | Geoff & Bev Rigby | 1 |
A | Colours for an Australian Native Garden | Margaret Hanlon Dunn | 1 |
A | Creating a Rockery with Australian Native Plants | Denise Greig | 1 |
A | Ecology in Australia: a Natural Legacy, 2nd Edition | Edited by H F Recher, D Lunney & Irina Dunn | 1 |
A | Encyclopedia of Australian Gardening, Vols. 1,2&3 | 1 | |
A | Field guide to Australian native flowering plants | Ivan Holliday | 1 |
A | Flowers and Plants of Victoria | Australlian Flora in Colour | 1 |
A | Gardening with Australian Native Plants | Bay Books Australian Gardening Library | 1 |
A | Growing Native Plants and Wildflowers | Better Homes and Gardens | 1 |
A | Horticultural Guide to Aust Plants | Soc for Growing Aust Plants | 1 |
A | Practical Guide to Australian Orchid Growing | Wayne Turville | 1 |
A | Starting Out With Natives | John Wrigley, Murray Fagg | 1 |
A | Wild Flowers of Australia | Ted Smart & David Gibbon | 1 |
A | Wilderness in Bloom: Wildflowers of Tropical Queensland | Bill & Betty Hinton | 1 |
B | Australian Tropical Butterflies | Peter Valentine | 1 |
B | Birdscaping your Garden | George Adams | 1 |
B | Butterfly Host Plants of South-east Queensland and Northern NSW | John T. Moss | 1 |
B | Discovering Australian Butterflies | Vanessa Bugg | 1 |
B | Field Guide to Birds of Australia | Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight | 1 |
B | Growing a Butterfly Garden in South-East Queensland | Graham J McDonald | 1 |
B | How to recognise the Different Types of Australian Stingless Bees | Anne Dollin | 1 |
B | Nest box Book | Gould League | 1 |
B | Nest Boxes for Wildlife | Alan and Stacey Franks | 1 |
B | Nests of Australian stingless bees | Anne Dollin | 1 |
B | Your Garden Birds | Ellen M McCulloch | 1 |
C | Camellias: a Photo Dictionary | Don Ellison | 1 |
C | Gardening with Camellias | Jim Rolfe | 1 |
C | Illustrated Encyclopedia of Camellias | Stirling Macoboy | 1 |
C | Simple Guide to Growing Camellias | James Young | 1 |
Co | Australian Cottage Gardens | 1 | |
Co | Brisbane Cottage Garden | Denise Horchner | 1 |
Co | Cottage Garden | Christopher Lloyd and Richard Bird | 1 |
Co | Cottage Garden & Fragrant Plants | Universal (magazine) | 1 |
Co | Cottage Gardens | Green Leaf Garden Series | 1 |
Co | Cottage Gardens in Australia | Peter Cuffley | 1 |
Co | Mary Moodys Guide to Cottage Gardens | Mary Moody | 1 |
Co | Much More In a Brisbane Cottage Garden | Denise Horchner | 1 |
D | Disease, Insect & Weed Control in Turf, 3rd Edition | Australian Turfgrass Research Institute | 1 |
D | Friends & Foes of Australian Gardens | F D Hockings | 1 |
D | Native Garden Doctor | Phil Hadlington & Ted Taylor | 1 |
D | Natural Control of Garden Pests. 2nd ed. | Jackie French | 1 |
D | Pests, Diseases, Ailments and Allies of Australian Plants | David L. Jones and others | 1 |
D | Simple Pest and Disease Control | Colin Campbell | 1 |
D | What Garden Pest or Disease is That? | Judy McMaugh | 1 |
D | What Indoor plant is That? | Stirling Macoboy | 1 |
D | What Pest is That? | Bay Books | 1 |
E | Arranging Australian Wild Flowers | Denise Greig | 1 |
E | Australian Ferns & Fern Allies | D L Jones & S C Clemesha | 1 |
E | Australian Subtropical Fungi | S. McMullan-Fisher, P. Leonard, F Guard | 2 |
E | Bamboo World | Victor Cusack | 1 |
E | Bonsai: An Easy-to-Follow Guide | Lindsay Bebb | 1 |
E | Bonsai: Art and Technique | Jennifer Wilkinson | 1 |
E | Bush Food: aboriginal food and herbal medicine | Jennifer Isaacs | 1 |
E | Climbers for Walls and Arbours | Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix | 1 |
E | Dried Flower Arrangements | Nancy Millard | 1 |
E | Flower Arranging | Better Homes & Gardens | 1 |
E | Gardening with Ferns & Palms | Green Leaf Garden series | 1 |
E | Growing Bromeliads. 3rd ed. | Diane & Richaard Cornale, ed. | 1 |
E | How to Care for your Cacti | John Pilbeam | 1 |
E | Illustrated Encyclopedia of Succulents | Gordon Rowley | 1 |
E | Key Guide to Palms & Ferns & Allies | Leonard Cronin | 1 |
E | Landscaping with Daylilies | Oliver Billingslea | 1 |
E | Love of Cordylines | Margaret Lyons | 1 |
E | Table Flowers | Shane Connolly | 1 |
E | Orchids for Everyone | Brian Williams | 1 |
E | Palms & Cycads | Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia | 1 |
E | Practical Craft Ideas from your Garden | Lothian Australian Garden series | 1 |
E | Starting Out with Succulents | David L. Jones | 1 |
E | Success with Climbing Plants | Angelika Weber & Karin Greiner | 1 |
E | Table flowers | Shane Connolly | 1 |
E | What Orchid is that? | Alec Pridgeon | 1 |
Fl | 100 Flowers & How They Got their Names | Diana Wells | 1 |
Fl | Annuals for all Seasons | Stirling Macoboy | 1 |
Fl | Australia’s Best Flowering Perennials | Sarah Guest | 1 |
Fl | Australian Flower Garden | Clive Blazey | 1 |
Fl | Begonias | Peter G Sharp | 1 |
Fl | Bulbs for all Climates | Australian Women’s Weekly Guide | 1 |
Fl | Bulbs for your Garden | Bay Books Gardening Library | 1 |
Fl | Bulbs: Gardening with the Experts | Mary Moody | 1 |
Fl | Flower Growers Handbook : Perennials and Annuals | Geoff Bryant | 1 |
Fl | Flowering Perennials | Sarah Guest | 1 |
Fl | Growing Daylilies | Graeme Grosvenor | 1 |
Fl | Growing Flowers for Picking | Lothian Australian Garden series | 1 |
Fl | Growing Geraniums & Pelargoniums in South-East Queensland | Geranium & Pelargonium Society | 1 |
Fl | Growing Irises. 2nd ed | Graeme Grosvenor | 1 |
Fl | Growing Tuberous Begonias in Australia | Ralph Willsmore | 1 |
Fl | Joy of Flowers | Stirling Macoboy | 1 |
Fl | Ornamental Plants for Australia | Raymond J Rowell | 1 |
Fl | Perennials | Time/Life Encyclopaedia | 1 |
Fl | Performance Plants | Andrew Lawson | 1 |
Fl | Scented Plants | Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix | 1 |
Fl | What Flowers When? | Harry Oakman | 1 |
Fr | Complete Book of Fruit Growing in Australia | Louis Gowinski | 1 |
Fr | Organic Fruit Growing | Annette McFarlane | 1 |
Fr | Some Tree Fruits for Tropical Queensland | D. Alexander et al | 1 |
G | Australia and New Zealand Complete Book of Gardening | Summit Books | 1 |
G | Care-free Plants | Readers Digest | 1 |
G | Colour Me a Garden | Margaret Hanlon Dunn, Barbara O’Leary | 1 |
G | Dig: modern Australian gardening | Meredith Kirton | 1 |
G G | Flora: the Gardener's Bible | Gardening Australia | 1 |
G | The Foliage Garden: leaf, texture and tone | Denise Grieg | 1 |
G | Garden Delights | Ruby Begonia | 1 |
G | Garden Doctor | Your Garden Magazine | 1 |
G | Garden Doctor | Pacific Publications | 1 |
G | Garden Terms Simplified | A.J. Huxley | 1 |
G | Gardening Australia Book | ABC’s Gardening Australia | 1 |
G | Gardening Down-Under. 2nd ed. | Kevin Handreck | 1 |
G | Good Ideas for your Garden | Readers Digest | 1 |
G | Learn to Garden | Royal Horticultural Society | 1 |
G | Low Maintenance Garden | Graham Rose | 1 |
G | New Life for Old Gardens | Allan Seale | 1 |
G | Ornamental Foliage Plants for your Garden | Denise Grieg | 1 |
G | Plant Perfect (NZ) | Neil Ross | 1 |
G | Plants for Warm Gardens, Vol. 1 | Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix | 1 |
G | Plants for Warm Gardens, Vol. 2 | Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix | 1 |
G | Shady Gardens | Mary Moody | 1 |
G | Simply Gardening: a basic guide to starting & maintaining a garden | Dennis Hundescheidt | 1 |
G | Subtropical Garden | Jacqueline Walker, Gil Hanly | 1 |
G | Virgin Gardener | Paul Thompson | 1 |
H | Book of Herbs and Herb Gardening | Ann Bonar | 1 |
H | Complete Book of Herbs | Lesley Bremness | 1 |
H | Herb Gardens | The Royal Horticultural Society | 1 |
H | Herbal – Illustrated Growing Herbs etc. | Phillipa Black | 1 |
I | Balcony, Patio & Window Box Gardening | Leslie Johns | 1 |
I | Complete Indoor Gardener | Michael Wright | 1 |
I | House plants | Cyril Harris | 1 |
I | House plants & hanging baskets | Australian Good Gardening | 1 |
I | Indoor Plants (Complete Guide) | Readers Digest | 1 |
I | Know your Indoor & House Plants | Jack Krempin | 1 |
I | Pocket Book of House Plants | David Longman | 1 |
I | Top 50 Indoor Plants | Angie Thomas | 1 |
J | 1001 Gardens you must see before you die | Rae Spencer-Jones | 1 |
J | A Window to the Southern Highlands | Linda Emery | 1 |
J | Blooms of the Australian Wilderness | Hearne Denucs, text | 1 |
J | Brisbane Houses with Gardens: the story of the people who built them | Beth Wilson | 1 |
J | Chelsea Gold: award winning gardens from the Chelsea Flower Show | John Moreland | 1 |
J | Collection of Australian Wildflower Illustrations | Patricia Weare | 1 |
J | The Disobedient Garden: landscapes of contrast and contradiction | Michael Cooke & Brigid Arnott | 1 |
J | Ellis Rowan: a Flower Hunter in Queensland | Judith McKay | 1 |
J | Garden at Bronte | Leo Schofield | 1 |
J | Garden Forever: dreams, stories, heritage & history | Kyleigh & Michael Simpson | 1 |
J | Gardener's Log | Edna Walling | 1 |
J | Gardens of Andrew Pfeiffer: A Sense of Place | Andrew Pfeiffer | 1 |
J | Glory of the English Garden | Mary Keen | 1 |
J | Great Gardens: Australia the Beautiful | 1 | |
J | The House and Garden at Glenmore: landscape, memory, seasons, home | Mickey Robertson | 1 |
J | Lessons from Great Gardeners: Forty Gardening Icons and What They Teach Us | Matthew Biggs | 1 |
J | Old Fashioned Gardens | 1 | |
J | The Open Garden: Australian gardens and their gardeners | Louise Earwaker & Neil Robertson | 1 |
J | Over the Fence & Overlooked : Traditional Plants in Queensland's Gardening Hetitage | Kyleigh & Michael Simpson | 2 |
J | Plants, People & Places: The Plant Lover’s Companion | Julia Brittain | 1 |
J | Quirky Gardens | Jennifer Isaacs | 1 |
J | Rose Gardens of Australia: a Wealth of Knowledge, Pleasure and Inspiration | Susan Irvine | 1 |
J | Rural Australian Gardens | Myles Baldwin | 1 |
J | Sex, Botany & Empire: the story of Carl Linnaeus and Jospeh Banks | Patricia Fara | 1 |
J | Wild Garlic, Gooseberries & me | Denis Cotter | 1 |
J | Wildflowers of the Wallum | Elizabeth McDonald | 1 |
J | A window to the Southern Highlands | Linda Emery | 1 |
J | World of Kew | Ronald King | 1 |
L | Australian Garden: Designs & plants for today | John Patrick | 1 |
L | Beautiful Small Gardens & Courtyards | Better Homes & Gardens | 1 |
L | Border Book | Anna Pavord | 1 |
L | Complete backyard book | Better Homes & Gardens | 1 |
L | From Concept to Form in Landscape Design | Grant W. Reid | 1 |
L | Garden Masterclass | John Brookes | 1 |
L | Landscaping Your Garden | Better Homes and Gardens | 1 |
L | Patios & Courtyards | Royal Horticultural Society | 1 |
L | Planning & Planting Home Gardens | Bay Books Gardening Library | 1 |
L | Planning your garden for retirement | Lothian Australian Garden series | 1 |
L | Small Garden Design | Paul Bangay | 1 |
L | Success with Creating a Garden Pond | Peter Stadelmann | 1 |
L | Truly Tiny Gardens | Caroline Gunter | 1 |
L | Water Garden Plants & Animals | Nick Romanowski | 1 |
L | Water in your Garden | Lothian Australian Garden series | 1 |
M | Australian Horticultural Show & Judges Manual | 1 | |
M | First Aid – Responding to Emergencies | Australian Red Cross | 1 |
M | Is it Poisonous | Helen McCaughey | 1 |
O | Backyard Organic Gardening in Australia | Brenda Little | 1 |
O | Garlic | Penny Woodward | 1 |
O | Green Gardener | Shirley Stackhouse | 1 |
O | My Gardening Year | Shirley Stackhouse | 1 |
O | Organic Gardening | Peter Bennet | 1 |
O | Paradise in your Garden | Jenny Allen | 1 |
P | 1001 Hints & Tips for the Garden | Readers Digest Magazine | 1 |
P | 1001 Hints & Tips for the Garden | Readers Digest Magazine | 1 |
P | Cheap and Easy Propagation | Jane Edmanson | 1 |
P | Garden Talk | Colin Campbell | 1 |
P | Good Gardens with Less Water | Kevin Handreck | 1 |
P | Greenhouses: Handbook for Nurseryment, Horticulturists & Gardeners | Keith Garzoli | 1 |
P | Growing your own plants | Judy Moore | 1 |
P | How to Propagate | John Cushnie | 1 |
P | Hydroponics – Illustrated Guide | Dudley Harris | 1 |
P | It’s so Natural | Alan Hayes | 1 |
P | Making your Garden Grow | Jolyon Burnett and Simon Leake | 1 |
P | No Garbage | No Garbage | 1 |
P | PH Soil Testing Kit – A must know for all members | 1 | |
P | Rodale Book of Composting | Rodale Press | 1 |
P | Seed Production for the Australian Home Vegetable Gardener | Allen & Christina Barry | 1 |
P | Suburban Weeds | H E Kleinschmidt | 1 |
P | Teaming with Microbes: a gardener's guide to the soil food web | Jeff Lowenfels , Wayne Lewis | 1 |
P | Weed Control for the Home Gardener | David Aldous | 1 |
Q | Blackall Range Landholders Guide | Barung Landcare | 1 |
Q | Creating an Australian Rainforest Garden | Ralph Bailey and Julie Lake | 1 |
Q | Flora of SE Qld, Vol. 1 | T D Stanley & E M Ross | 1 |
Q | Flora of SE Qld, Vol. 2 | T D Stanley & E M Ross | 1 |
Q | Mangroves to Mountains | Logan River Branch SGAP | 2 |
Q | Mangroves to Mountains Vol. 2 | Logan River Branch SGAP | 1 |
Q | Noosa’s Native Plants | Stephanie Haslam | 1 |
Q | Pine Rivers Shire | 1 | |
Q | Plant a Tree (History of revegation projects in SE Qld) | Wally Davies | 1 |
Q | Planting a Native Garden Vol 1 | Pine Rivers Society for Australian Plants | 1 |
Q | Planting a Native Garden Vol 2 | Pine Rivers Society for Australian Plants | 1 |
Q | Rainforest Plants 1 | Nan & Hugh Nicholson | 1 |
Q | Rainforest Plants 2 | Nan & Hugh Nicholson | 1 |
Q | Successful Gardening in Warm Climates | Annette McFarlane | 1 |
Q | Tropical & Subtropical Gardening | Harry Oakman | 1 |
Q | Wild Guide to Moreton Bay | Qld Museum Publication | 1 |
Q | Wild Places of Greater Brisbane | Qld Museum Publication | 1 |
Q | Wild Plants of Greater Brisbane | Qld Museum Publication | 1 |
R | Botanica’s Roses (Encyclopedia of Roses) | Various | 1 |
R | David Austin English Roses | Clay Perry | 1 |
R | Essential Rose Garden: a practical guide to growing, care and maintenance of roses | Peter McHoy | 1 |
R | Growing Roses | Paul Hains | 1 |
R | Macoboys Roses | Stirling Macaboy | 1 |
R | Mary Moodys Roses | Mary Moody | 1 |
R | Rose Lovers Companion: A-Z of Rose Varieties | Gardening Australia | 1 |
R | Roses: a practical guide to over 300 roses for Australia and New Zealand | Roger Mann | 1 |
R | Roses: old roses and species roses | Eleonore Cruse | 1 |
R | Success with Caring for Roses | Gerhard Worm | 1 |
R | Tea Roses | Lynne Chapman, Noelene Drage, Di Durston, | 1 |
R | Top 100 Fragrant Roses | Your Garden magazine | 1 |
S | Azaleas | Christopher Fairweather | 1 |
S | Flowering Shrubs | Keith Rushforth | 1 |
S | Flowering Shrubs | Helen Simon | 1 |
S | Growing Rhododendrons | Richard Francis | 1 |
S | Hibiscus in Colour | Australian Hibiscus Soc. Inc. | 1 |
S | Soil: the incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy | Matthew Evans | 1 |
S | Soil Care | K R W Hammett | 1 |
T | Arboriculture: Integrated management of landscape trees, shrubs & vines | Richard W Harris | 1 |
T | The Hidden Life of Trees: what they feel, how they communicate | Peter Wohlleben | 1 |
T | Love of Trees | Kenneth A Beckett | 1 |
T | Magnolias | Rosemary Barrett | 1 |
T | Ornamental Conifers | Julie Grace | 1 |
T | Pruning Ornamental Shrubs & Trees | L.F. Eager | 1 |
T | Regreening Australia: Caring for Young Trees 2 | Nan Oates | 1 |
T | Tree Care for the Home Gardener | Lothian Australian Garden series | 1 |
T | Trees & Shrubs (for Aust & N Z) | Readers Digest | 1 |
T | Trees & Shrubs in Rainforests of NSW & S.Qld | J B Williams, G J Harden, WJF McDonald | 1 |
T | Trees and Shrubs (Australia's Best Garden Guides) | Graeme Purdy | 1 |
T | Trees for Flower & Fragrance | Stirling Macoboy | 1 |
T | Trees for Fruit & Foliage | Stirling Macoboy | 1 |
T | Trees: Colourful Trees for Australian Gardens | Harry Oakman | 1 |
T | Trees: Form & Foliage Guide | Susie Leong & Tracy Laughlin | 1 |
T | Trees and Shrubs for Your Garden | Bay Books Gardening Library | 1 |
T | What Tree is That? | Stirling Macoboy | 1 |
T | Wollemi Pine | James Woodford | 1 |
V | Australian Vegetable Garden | Clive Blazey | 1 |
V | Cook’s Garden | Australian Women’s Weekly guide | 1 |
V | Creating a Useful Garden | Creating a Useful Garden | 1 |
W | Australia's Dangerous Creatures | David Underhill | 1 |
W | Habitat Garden: Attracting Wildlife to your Garden | Habitat Garden: Attracting Wildlife to your Garden | 1 |
W | Wild Life & Farm Dams | Wild Life & Farm Dams | 1 |
W | Living with the Environment in the Pinr Rivers Shire | John Bowden | 1 |