Guides: Subject Guide: Horticulture, Conservation and Land Management: Books/DVDs

Horticulture, Conservation and Land Management According to Dewey

Our Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system to group items of similar subject matter together. Use the following DDC numbers to browse the Library shelves for information resources such as print books and Audio Visual materials on your subject.

333.7 Environmental issues
363.6 Conservation
630 Agriculture
631.4 Soils
631.45 Land care
631.53 Plant propagation
631.58 Permaculture
631.585 Hydroponics
631.7 Water and irrigation
632 Pest control
632.9 Pests and pest control
634 Fruit growing
634.4 Land management
635 Gardening

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The Australian Beekeeping Manual, 2nd edition by Robert Owen
Call Number: 638.1 OWE
ISBN: 9781925820928
Publication Date: 2020
The Australian Beekeeping Manual is the most comprehensive reference for both novice and experienced beekeepers in Australia. The accessible yet detailed text, supported by over 350 full-colour photographs and illustrations, covers all the key areas, including the beekeeping equipment needed, how to obtain bees, where to locate them in the garden, and the basics of colony management.
Australian Grasses : a Gardener's Guide to Native Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Grasstrees. by Nick Romanowski
Call Number: 635.9349 ROM
ISBN: 9781864471168
Publication Date: 2011
Most Australian grasses are as spectacularly beautiful and the finest the rest of the world has to offer, while naturally being better adapted to our varied Australian climate. It describes around 200 species of grasses, sedges, rushes, grasstrees and related plants, and is illustrated with photos.
Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook by The National The National Committee on Soil and Terrain
Call Number: 631.4794 AUS
ISBN: 9780643093959
Publication Date: 2010
The Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook specifies methods, standards and terminology used in soil and land surveys. It has been widely used throughout Australia, providing one reference set of definitions for the characterization of landform, vegetation, land surface, soil and substrate. The handbook advocates that a comprehensive suite of land and soil attributes be recorded in a uniform manner. This approach is held to be more useful than the allocation of land or soil to preconceived types or classes.
The Australian Soil Classification by R. F. Isbell; National Committee National Committee on Soils and Terrain
Call Number: 631.4 ISB
ISBN: 9781486314775
Publication Date: 2021
The Australian Soil Classification provides a framework for organizing knowledge about Australian soils by allocating soils to classes via a key. Since its publication in 1996, this book has been widely adopted and formally endorsed as the official national system. It has provided a means of communication among scientists and land managers and has proven to be of particular value in land resource survey and research programs, environmental studies and education.
The Bee Friendly Garden : Easy Ways to Help the Bees and Make Your Garden Grow by Doug Purdie
Call Number: 638.13 PUR
ISBN: 9781743367568
Publication Date: 2016
The Bee Friendly Garden is a guide for all gardeners great and small to encouraging bees and other good bugs to your green space.
Bush Flowers : Australian Flowers and Foliage for Decoration and Design by Cassandra Hamilton and Michael Pavlou
Call Number: 746.92 HAM
ISBN: 9781760762346
Publication Date: 2023
Native flora and foliage offer a beautiful alternative in the sustainability-challenged cut-flower industry. Here are over 50 plant profiles with notes on growing, cutting, conditioning, arranging and drying, with florists' insights on what makes them so special.
The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms by Michael Hickey; Clive King
Call Number: 580 HIC
ISBN: 9780521794015
Publication Date: 2000
This beautifully illustrated glossary comprises over 2400 terms commonly used to describe vascular plants. The majority are structural terms referring to parts of plants visible with the naked eye or with a x10 hand lens, but some elementary microscopical and physiological terms are also included, as appropriate. Each term is defined accurately and concisely, and whenever possible, cross referenced to clearly labelled line drawings made mainly from living material.
Coastal Plants by Kingsley W. Dixon
Call Number: 581.99412 DIX
ISBN: 9781486311378
Publication Date: 2020
The greater Perth coast is a biodiverse and ecologically vulnerable region, with its unique native plant species threatened by clearing, invasive species, fire and climate change. This second edition of Coastal Plants has been updated and expanded to provide a definitive guide to 128 of the most common plants of the Perth coastal region.
Eucalypts of Western Australia : The South-West Coast and Ranges by Malcom French and Dean Nicolle
Call Number: 583.76609412 FRE
ISBN: 9780646806136
Publication Date: 2019
This book describes in detail every eucalypt species occurring along the south-west coast and ranges of Western Australia being comprehensively described (147 species and subspecies in total). Designed and written for those with no botanical training, but also catering for the professional, this book will be valuable for all those interested in appreciating, identifying and growing the unique eucalypts of Western Australia's south-west coast and ranges.
Garden Pests, Diseases & Good Bugs by Denis Crawford
Call Number: 632.9 CRA
ISBN: 9780733331886
Publication Date: 2015
The most comprehensive illustrated book on pests and diseases - and beneficial insects - for Australian gardeners. Have you ever asked yourself "What on earth is that on my plants"? Your garden is host to hundreds of insects and other invertebrates. Fortunately very few of them are pests.
Guide to the Wildlife of Perth and Australia's South West by Paul Orange, Glen Gaikhorts, David Knowles, Gilbert Whyte, Gerhard Saueracker and Simon Nevill.
Call Number: 599.099412 NEV
ISBN: 9781921874246
Publication Date: 2018
The area bounded by the Margaret River region in the far south west of Western Australia, Lancelin to the north of Perth, Esperance on the mid-south coast and the inland township of Southern Cross is home to a surprisingly diverse range of wildlife, both plants and animals. The expert authors of this book have included a broad selection of the wildlife most likely to be encountered by those living in and travelling though the region.
Name Those Grasses : Identifying Grasses, Sedges and Rushes by Ian Clarke
Call Number: 584.9 CLA
ISBN: 9780980407648
Publication Date: 2015
With clear text, and detailed illustrations and photographs, this book describes the structure of Grasses and similar groups, explains the language used in their description, and describes the process of identification. It will greatly facilitate the successful use of the standard identification manuals available for most parts of the world.
Plant Names by Roger Spencer; Rob Cross
Call Number: 581.014 SPE
ISBN: 9781486311446
Publication Date: 2020
Plant Namesis an invaluable guide to the use of scientific, commercial, and common names for plants and the conventions for writing them. This fourth edition is based on the recently updated International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants and makes this technical information readily understandable to a range of readers, including botanists, publishers, professional horticulturists, nursery workers, hobby gardeners and anyone interested in plant names.
Southern weeds and their control by J. H. Moore; J. R Wheeler
Call Number: 632.5 MOO
ISBN: 9780980463026
Publication Date: 2008
This booklet provides easy identification of common weeds and methods of control using readily available cultural, biological and herbicidal control techniques. The weeds are divided into four colour-coded groups based on their life form - grasses, herbs, vines and shrubs or trees. Within each group, the weeds are listed alphabetically by their botanical name. A brief description of the herbicides used, a glossary and an index are included.
Wildflowers of Southwest Australia : Augusta-Margaret River Region by Jane Scott, illustrations by Patricia Negus
Call Number: 582.13099412 SCO
ISBN: 9780980333770
Publication Date: 2013
A few of the plants in this book are specific to the Margaret River-Augusta area, but most have a wide range throughout the Southwest of Western Australia, making this book a valuable addition to the reference library of anyone wanting to learn more about Western Australia’s fascinating flora.

Life in cold blood the complete series [DVD] by David Attenborough
Call Number: 597.9 LIF
Publication Date: 2008
David Attenborough tells the epic story of the most enduringly successful animals to ever walk on land - reptiles and amphibians. The latest technology enables extraordinary and previously unseen behavior to be captured in intimate detail.
Life in the undergrowth the complete series [DVD] by David Attenborough
Call Number: 592 LIF
Publication Date: 2006
David Attenborough explores the bizarre, ferocious and surprisingly beautiful world of the invertebrates.
The life of birds [DVD] by David Attenborough
Call Number: 598 LIF
Publication Date: 2002
David Attenborough journeys across seven continents filming thousands of species of birds, revealing their patterns of behavior.
The Life of mammals [DVD] by David Attenborough
Call Number: 599 LIF
Publication Date: 2003
Features many of the planet's most fascinating species, including ourselves, and illustrates how mammals have become so incredibly diverse and successful.
The private life of plants the complete series [DVD] by David Attenborough
Call Number: 580 PRI
Publication Date: 2003
The six-part series takes the viewer through a crucial aspect of a plant's life, to see things no unaided eye could witness: travelling, growing, flowering, struggles with other plants and animals and the ingenious way in which they adapt to the harshest conditions.