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GARDENS ON THE EDGE

CHRISTINE REID, MURDOCH BOOKS, RRP $59.99

We’re used to seeing magazines and books filled with urban and suburban gardens, but what about those that border a place of stark or dramatic natural beauty? This is where steps in. The book showcases 18 spectacular Australian gardens, each on the edge of a natural “frontier” or extraordinary horizon, including a rainforest, river, desert, bushland, saltbush plain, volcanic lake, mountain range, harbour and ocean. The gardens have been drawn from every state and territory and are of very different styles

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