This compelling book brings a new perspective to how we might look at our gardens. It focuses on the life of just one garden dreamt up and designed by author, Jenny Allen. In her quest to make a garden of pure pleasure, she followed the practices of permaculture, an organic method of gardening based on using nature's solutions to achieve abundance. This practice releases the gardener from the drudgery of repetitive tasks.
Using observation, planning and design as cornerstones for her paradise-building, she takes the reader into her garden and, with her light and quirky style and wit, she gently leads us into the principles of permaculture. Her hand-drawn plans and the sumptuous photographs bear witness to the unfolding drama.
The author's garden is set in the lush sub-tropical hinterland of southern Queensland but the permaculture principles that she has drawn upon are universal. They work as well for a balcony garden or the backyard of a terraced house as for an extensive farm property.
'Paradise In Your Garden' shows how a garden can be much more than just a collection of plants. It can feed, entertain, delight, amuse, soothe and fascinate you. This practical and immensely thoughtful reference is also an inspirational read; it will uplift you and carry you away.
