Maranoa florilegium : botanic gardens / Margaret Castle ; editor : Lorna Hendry.
Material type: TextPublisher: Camberwell, Victoria : City of Boroondara, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 223 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:- 9780646820743
- Maranoa botanic gardens florilegium
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | State Botanical Collection | RBG | 743.7 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | RBG00022299 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index (220-223)
The Maranoa Botanic Gardens is one of Australia's earliest gardens. It exclusively features approximately 5,000 Australian native plants and is one of the City of Boroondara's living treasures. This florilegium documents many of the fascinating plants that grow in the Maranoa Botanic Gardens through intricate and exquisite botanical paintings created by the Balwyn Botanical Art Group. The florilegium features a foreword by Professor Tim Entwisle, Director and Chief Executive, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and an introduction by Dr Malcolm Calder, Former Head of the School of Botany, The University of Melbourne.
RBG copy donated by Boroondara Council, December 2020.