A new book from Galah Press. By a gardener, for gardeners.
A Garden Is Not a Painting is a book about gardening. About plants. About the weather. But above all, it's about the joy of making something living – and growing with it.
For more than a year, writer Lucy Munro and photographer Brigid Arnott followed renowned Australian gardener Carolyn Robinson through the seasons, as she tended her magnificent five-acre garden near Tenterfield, NSW.
Together they have made a book recording Carolyn's philosophies and the practical lessons she has learned over a lifetime in the garden.
“Along the way I came to see that a garden is not a painting to hang on a wall. It is alive and ever-changing," said Carolyn.
“My hope is that by sharing these hard-earned lessons – especially with newer gardeners – others can avoid the pitfalls I made along the way, and instead find joy in cultivating a manageable, thriving garden.”
A Garden is Not a Painting will be published independently as a hardcover book by Galah Press.
We had hoped to host a garden party and tour in Carolyn's never-open-to-the-public garden this April, but the lack of rain means we will postpone. Proceeds from the garden party will go towards funding production and printing costs of the book. We'll reschedule when it starts to rain again.
Meanwhile, if you are interested in finding out more about the book, or if you'd like your name to be added to the waitlist for the garden party, please send me an email annabelle@galahpress.com
