Herbs for the Australian Garden

Gardeners passionate in their enthusiasm for herbs may ask: 

- How do I design a formal herb garden? 

- Are there any Australian herbs?

These, and other questions about growing and using medicinal, culinary or household herbs, are answered by well-known gardening writer Jennifer Wilkinson. She gives practical advice for novice gardeners, as well as experienced herb enthusiasts, on how to design and build a herb garden to suit a particular site, what herbs to plant where, how to keep herbs healthy, and how to use them.

You may want to establish a herb garden, herb pavement, wilderness or herb lawn, fill pots and baskets with trailing herbs, develop a colourful, scented garden to attract bees and butterflies, grow salad or medicinal herbs or dye plants. Herbs for the Australian Garden gives the essential information you need, whether your garden is in a temperate or tropical region, on a sloping or level site, in sandy or clay soil, in a dry or soggy area, in full sun or a shady place. Enjoy the pleasure of preserving herbs, and using them in cooking, for gifts and decorations, for dyeing, as insect repellents, or in healing preparations.