RNZIH
PUBLICATIONS
Prices include GST and
postage (within New Zealand).
Available from:
The
Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, PO Box 12, Lincoln
University, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Greening the City:
Bringing Biodiversity Back into the Urban Environment
Proceedings of a conference
held by the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture in Christchurch,
21-24 October 2003.
Conference
proceedings are also available
online as individual PDFs.
These proceedings, edited
by Murray Dawson and published December 2005, contain papers from
a highly successful conference on urban biodiversity covering a
broad range of topics including:
- The important role
of cities as a repository for biodiversity
- Social aspects of
biodiversity in the urban environment
- Restoration and revegetation
projects throughout New Zealand
- Trees in the urban
environment
- Using plants to create
healthy environments.
These proceedings will
be relevant to a wide audience, including conservation groups and
trusts, academics, ecologists, social scientists, students, conservation
educators, horticulturists, landscape architects, town and city
planners, greenspace managers, tangata whenua, and conservationists.
Thanks to a generous
grant from the Canterbury Community Trust, we are able to offer
this 310-page publication including colour plates at a heavily discounted
rate.
New Zealand: NZ$42.20
including p&p
Overseas: Australia NZ$47.80 including p&p - Europe and USA NZ$58.80
including p&p.
Garden
Visiting: Potential for Tourism
Proceedings of the Royal
New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Conference 24th November 2000.
This publication contains
7 papers presented to the seminar, giving the views of experienced
open garden owners, tour organisers and others, with particular
reference to the need for a national information register of open
gardens. Valuable suggestions were made on what visitors expect
from a garden visit and how visitors, both international and local,
can be attracted to open gardens.
$NZ12 per copy.
New
Zealand Plants and Their Story
Proceedings of the Royal
New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Conference 1-3rd October 1999.
These conference proceedings
are also available online.
This major publication,
edited by Mike Oates,
contains 19 papers from this landmark conference on native plants.
An invaluable reference for all those interested in native plants.
Papers cover a wide range of topics including:
- The
increasing use and mangement of native plants in gardens, parks
and public spaces
- Revegetation
and restoration of natural areas
- Latest
research on native plants
- Trends
and fashions in gardening and the role of natives
- Cultivating
natives in the home garden.
New Zealand: $NZ38 inc
p&p
Overseas: Australia $NZ45 inc p&p - Europe and USA $NZ52 inc
p&p.
People,
Plants and Conservation
(Out of stock)
Proceedings of the 1992
RNZIH Conference on Botanic Gardens.
More than 20 papers on
the work of public gardens with particular emphasis on plant conservation.
International
Register of Hebe Cultivars
This major work, prepared
by Lawrie Metcalf over fifteen years and published by the RNZIH in 2001 provides an invaluable
reference for all those interested in growing Hebe as garden
plants, as well as those involved in correct naming of cultivars.
It contains:
- Names
and descriptions of nearly 800 Hebe cultivars, including
synonyms, incorrect and invalid names
- Major
sections on the taxonomy of Hebe prepared by Professor
Philip Garnock-Jones and on the history of Hebe as
a garden plant by Dr
Peter Heenan.
This 232-page book contains
colour plates of a selection of Hebe cultivars and is attractively
bound.
Available from the
Royal New Zealand Institute of
Horticulture.
Special
offer for RNZIH members (20% discount) of $NZ48.00 plus p&p.
This book
is reviewed by the Hebe Society UK
(along with two others on Hebe), and Commercial Horticulture magazine.
Checklist
of Phormium Cultivars
A comprehensive guide
to, and description of flax cultivars, including those selected
by Maori for cultural use.
Published by the RNZIH in 1991.
Available online
Book
Review
An
Introduction to the Notable Trees of New Zealand
Details on more than
2,000 registered notable trees.
Published in 1994 by the New Zealand Arboricultural Association and the RNZIH.
History
of the Loder Cup
The Loder Cup is New
Zealand's premier award for plant conservation.
This booklet documents
its history and describes the conservationists who were awarded
it.
Flowers
for Shows 
($NZ10.00 each but currently out of stock)
A practical guide for
those wishing to exhibit flowers, fruit and vegetables at shows.
Last published by the RNZIH in 1984.
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