The Australian Garden is an exquisite gift book for people who love gardens, but probably don't have as much time to spend in them as they would like. The text by author Margaret Geddes is a perfectly blended mix of well-chosen extracts, quotes and poems combined with practical hints - the sort of information that you know is in the heavy gardening tomes on your bookshelf, but can never find when you need it. It features superb illustrations by Veronica Burns and is very smartly designed.