1 New Zealand Gardens of Significance
Edited by
Gordon Collier
Booklet, 64 pages, 160 x 190mm, NZ, 2007. $12 posted
or 15% discount for 5 or more copies
A
guide to New Zealand gardens of national and regional significance. In all, 64
gardens are listed 44 in the North Island and 20 in the South Island.
The
gardens featured have been visited by a team of NZ Gardens Trust assessors, working
to a rigorous set of standards. Factors considered include hard landscaping and
design, plant material and its use and association, maintenance, safety and ornamentation.
The assessors also look for creativity and attention to detail, and whether the
garden has that extra star quality. Judging gardens, like judging any art form,
is a difficult task.
There is a description and a single colour photo of
each garden that has been selected, along with opening times, whether there is
an admission fee and contact details. A very useful little book to keep in the
car, as there are some gardens included that you will not have heard of.
2
The Greatest Barbeque Tips in the World
Raymond van Rijk
Paperback, 160
pages, 125 x 170mm, NZ, 2006. $25
From the cover
Raymonds
great barbeque tips and advice will help you:
choose the perfect barbeque
- whether gas or charcoal
cook exciting and mouth-watering food to amaze your
guests
select the right tools and accessories to make barbequing fun
barbeque
confidently and safely every time
enjoy barbequing whilst others flounder and
reach for the oven!
Theres not a sooty sausage or a burnt burger in
sight as renowned barbeque chef, Raymond van Rijk, gives his amazing tips from
choosing a new barbeque to perfecting the cooking of a wide variety of foods.
With alfresco dining becoming all the rage around the globe, this book will help
make summer barbeques the best ever!
3
A Stockman's Gift - Daniel Vickery Bryant and the Bryant Charitable Trusts - A
Legacy For Waikato
Rosalind McClean
Hardback, 351 pages, 175 x 250mm, NZ,
2007. $50
From the cover
He would have got
a Knighthood if hed had better table manners.
This is the story
of Daniel Bryant, the third child of agricultural immigrants, and a Waikato farmer
and live-stock dealer. At age thirty-nine he decided to forego his former life
purpose to make good, and instead embarked on a course that would
touch the lives and renew the hopes of thousands of individuals in the Waikato
region and beyond. The DV Bryant Trust of Hamilton New Zealand today continues
the humanitarian and community work of its founder Dan, and his wife Mary Bryant.
This
book contains important insights for the history of welfare in New Zealand. It
provides a fresh retelling of the history and culture of a region and its people.