Publications

The six volumes of Australian Rainforest Plants, in the forest and in the garden celebrate the extraordinary beauty of Australian rainforest plants. They provide a botanically accurate and easily understood reference for gardeners, students, farmers, botanists and other plant lovers. Each book contains 72 pages of colour photographs of rainforest plants, trees, shrubs, orchids, vines, ferns, epiphytes and  ground covers.

ISBN 9780 9589436 8 0	ISBN 9780 9589436 11	ISBN 0 9589436 3 X
ISBN 0 9589436 4 8	ISBN 0 9589436 5 6	ISBN 0 9589436 6 4

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A comprehensive index of common and scientific names is available on line. It covers all plants mentioned in all six volumes. Available also as an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file.

Over 100 native plants are described in each book, with a colour photo for each species enabling identification by emphasising its distinctive features. Each plant's appearance, distribution and behavior in the wild is described and honest information is provided on whether and how to grow it in a home garden. Additional information is included on practical uses, especially Aboriginal uses, on edibility by humans and other organisms, and on suitability for regeneration or timber plantings.Tips on propagation are also supplied.

No species are repeated and both common and rare species are included. The rainforest plants shown occur predominantly in the eastern states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, but some are found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and on Lord Howe Island.  Rainforest types covered range from the cold wet temperate forests of the south to the wet and dry tropical forests of the north.

Family names, common names and recent scientific name changes are included for each plant.

Each book includes a short final section dealing with various aspects of Australian rainforests:

• Book I – gardening with rainforest plants,

• Book II – growing a rainforest patch, and rainforest weeds,

• Book III – rainforest types,

• Book IV – disturbing rainforests,

• Book V – rainforest seed propagation,

• Book VI - the right rainforest.

Here are some of the comments we have received about the books:

“I have an extensive library of books on rainforest trees but yours is the most accessible.”

“Your books are like Bibles to me. Although I have relatively dry rainforest country your books are the first I turn to for identification and information.”

“Just wonderful, so informative and beautifully illustrated, a joy to own”

“If only Australia had more people like you.  Keep up the good work.”