My growing collection of books:
A Field Guide to the Mushrooms of South Africa – H. Levin, M. Branch, S.Rappoport and D. Mitchell
The Herbal of the Count Palatine – Elizabeth Blackwell and George Dionysius Ehret
Coming Back to Earth – James Clarke
To Buy or Not to Buy Organic – Cindy Burke
Birds – Per Christiansen
Eco House Book – Terence Conran
The New Wildcrafted Cuisine – Baudar
The Ultimate Guide To Urban Farming – SP
Eat Dirt – Dr. Josh Axe
Seeds Of Hope – Jane Goodall
Jane’s Delicious A-Z of Vegetables – Jane Griffiths
Earth Matters – David de Rothschild
Landscape Design for the Home Owner – with Lynton Johnson
The Worm Book – Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor
The Garden Planner – Robin Williams
Growing Vegetables in South Africa – Capel Hemy
Exploring The Secrets of Nature – Readers’s Digest
Energy and Power – Miles Kelly
Water Features – Penny Swift and Janek Szymanowski
The Ultimate Garden Designer – Tim Newbury
A Celebration of Herbs for the South African Garden & Home – Barbara Hey
The Hamlyn Gardening Book
Cultivating Cannabis in the 21st Century – C.K Watson
Growing Marijuana – Tommy McCarthy
Gardening With Nature – Roy Trendler & Peter Chadwick
The Tale of Fergus Frog (A Story of Pond Life)
The Gardener’s Year – Peter McHoy
Your Gardening Questions Answered – Readers’s Digest
Worms Wiggle, Bugs Jiggle (Nature Rhymes and Verses)
Making A Garden – Matthew Wilson
Attracting Birds To Your Garden – Roy Trendler & Lex Hes
Greening The Kwazulu-Natal Midlands – Heather Borchers
Grow Into Gardening – Jeremey-Anne Hopkins and Rosemary Kilian
Gardeners Delight – John Seymour
Herbs and Spices – Hamlyn
A Garden For Children – Felicity Bryan
Companion Plants – Helen Philbrick and Richard B. Gregg
The Future Keepers – Unlocking The Secret of Seeds
Bookbinding at Home – K.Riberholt and A. Drastrup
Home Poultry Keeping – Dr Geoffrey Eley
Planning The Organic Herb Garden – Sue Stickland
Starting With The Soil – Patricia Townsend
Planning The Organic Flower Garden – Sue Stickland
Patterns In The Garden – Howard Timmins
A Final Warning, The Vanishing Face of Gaia – James Lovelock
Gardening For Health And Nutrition – John & Helen Philbrick
Gardening With Birds in South Africa – Tom Spence
The Herbal Drugstore – Linda B. White, Steven Foster and Dr Ian Banks
Book Of Roses – Margaret Roberts
The Natural Garden Book (Gardening In Harmony With Nature) – Peter Harper, Jeremy Light and Chris Madsen
Where to from here? The herb grower’s guidebook – Karen Makin
A Child’s Garden – Reviva Schermbtucker
Medicinal Plants of South Africa – Ben-Erik van Wyk, Bosch van Oudtshoorn and Nigel Gericke
Organic Gardening Bible (Successful growing the natural way) – Bob Flowerdew
Integrated Forest Gardening (The complete guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems) – Wayne Weiseman, Daniel Halsey and Bryce Ruddock
Food and Medicine Gardens (Permaculture for Primary Health Care)
Practical Permaculture – Jessi Bloom & Dave Boehnlein
The Ultimate Guide To Soil – Anna Hess
The Secret Life of Plants – Peter Tomkins and Christopher Bird
Garden Design Workbook – John Brookes
The Complete Handbook of Bee-Keeping – Herbert Mace
A Potted History of Fruit – Darton
Garden Party – Roy Strong
Wild Iris Herbal Handbook – Sandy Mitchell
Outdoor Living – Thames & Hudson
The Water Garden – Anthony Paul & Yvonne Rees
Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants (A South African Guide) – Pitta Joffe
Blue Planet Run: The Race To Provide Safe Drinking Water To The World – Rick Smolan & Jennifer Erwitt
The Art of the Kitchen Garden – Ethne Clarke
The Gardener’s Planning Box: How to plan and plant the Perfect Garden – Peter McHoy (The Complete Garden Planning Book & Gardening In Small Spaces)
Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for Green Building – Johan van Lengen
The Gardener’s Folklore – Margaret Baker
Designing Your Ideal Garden – David Stevens
100 New Herbs – Margaret Roberts
The Ultimate Companion for Birding in South Africa (Volume 1 & 2) – Peter Ginn & Geoff McIlleron
The Big Book for Growing Gardeners – A. Vogel
Healing Foods – Margaret Roberts
Problem Plants and Alien Weeds of South Africa – Clive Bromilow
Gardens to Inspire – Keith Kirsten
Mycelium Running – How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Create A Garden with Keith Kirsten
Garden Plants and Flowers – Keith Kirsten
Gardening with Keith Kirsten
Garden Workbook II Co-Creative Energy Processes for Gardening, Agriculture and Life – Machaelle Small Wright
Herbs – Ivo Pauwels & Gerty Christoffels
Jane’s Delicious Garden – Jane Griffiths
Earthwise, Environmental Crafts and Activities with Young Children – Carol Petrash
Biodynamic Planting Calendar
Handmade Home – DK
Grow It Cook It – DK
Handy Dad in the Great Outdoors
A South African Garden for All Seasons – Reader’s Digest
Water Gardening Ponds, PLants and How to Look After Them – Graham Clarke
The Organic Book of Compost – Pauline Pears
Indigenous Forests and Woodlands in South Africa Policy, People and Practice – M.J Lawes, H.A.C Eeley, C.M Shackleton and B.G.S Geach
Sappi Tree Spotting KwaZula-Natal and Eastern Cape
The South African Garden Designer – Hester Fourie
Health From God’s Garden – Maria Treben
My 100 Favourite Herbs – Margaret Roberts
100 Edible & Healing Flowers – Margaret Roberts
Companion Planting – Margaret Roberts
Introduction to Permaculture – Bill Mollison
Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual – Bill Mollison
The New complete book of Self-sufficiency – John Seymour
Water Features for The Garden – Alan & Gill Bridgewater
Creating A Wildlife Garden – Bob & Liz Gibbons
Growing Bulbs in Southern Africa – Floris Barnhoorn
The Illustrated Herbal – Philippa Back
Made At Home – Dick & James Strawbridge
Grow Your Own for Kids – Mitchell Beazley
Worms Eat My Garbage – Mary Appelhof
Bicarbonate of Soda
Creating A Garden of The Senses – Jenny Hendy
Ponds & Fountains – Creative Homeowner
Book of Herbs – Margaret Roberts
A Grower’s Guide of Herbs
Gardening Manual – The Royal Horticulture Society
The Organic Classroom – SEED
Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants – Andrew Chevallier
The Organic Gardener – Christine & Michael Lavelle
A Complete Guide to Snakes of Southern Africa – Johan Marais
A field Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa – Nature Lover’s Library
Filmer’s Spiders An Identification Guide for Southern Africa – Martin R. Filmer/ Norman Larsen
Sappi Birds of South Africa – Saartjie Kidson & Herman Van Niekerk
Garden Planning – Robin Williams
The a-Z of Vegetable Gardening in South Africa – Jack Hadfield
Rock Gardening – Duncan Lowe
Bring Nature Back To Your Garden – Charles & Julia Botha
Soapmaking – Alicia Grosso
Bring Butterflies Back To Your Garden – Charles & Julia Botha
EarthArtist – Jenny Louw
Slow Food Nation – Carlo Petrini
Feild Guide To Fynbos – John Manning
Herbs For Healing – Margaret Roberts
The Household Herbal – Christopher Robbins
Success with Hanging baskets and trailing plants –
A World Without Bees – Alison Benjamin & Brian MacCallum
Bees & Honey From Flower To Jar – Michael Weiler
Success With Wild Flowers & Plants – Julain Slatcher
Bees and Mankind – John B. Free
The Bee Book
Biodynamic Gardening
A Slice of Organic Life – Sheherazade Goldsmith
Ultimate Tree Houses
Frog – Thomas Marent