Macclesfield Landcare Book Library

Johns Hill Landcare Group

Produced by our local seed collecting team of : Noel Gross (Friends of Wright Forest), Julie Thompson (Johns Hill Landcare Group) and Sheila Hampson (Friends of Emerald Lake Park)

This field guide will help you understand and identify ferns known to occur in Emerald and surrounding areas. It has been a labour of love, and aims to share the knowledge about local fern species with the rest of the community

Chris Alenson

This book is an urgent call to scale up innovative sustainable and resilient systems capable of providing food to the world population while preserving nature by restoring the health of soils, the pillar of all life in farms across the earth

Peter Andrews

How Australia’s landscape can be saved.

On the driest inhabited continent on earth, the delicate balance between the land, its climate and inhabitants has been disrupted. Where once our country was able to survive long droughts and to prevent salinity, it is now on the brink of irreparable damage.

Costa Georgiadis

Costa's World is a generous, joyous, fully illustrated gardening book that celebrates the life-changing joy of chooks; kids in the garden; big ideas for small spaces; Costa's favourite plants; growing the right plants for your conditions; biodiversity in the soil and garden; the power of community; the brilliance of bees and pollinators; easy-peasy permaculture; and much, much more

Tim Marshall

BUG is the only book you will need to help you to control pesky garden pests without blitzing them with nasty chemicals. You will learn the difference between good bugs and bad bugs, and find out how to make simple homemade remedies that are safe, non-toxic and don't cost the earth

Rosemary Morrow

Permaculture is both a philosophy and a practical approach to land use. It takes natural systems as a model and designs landscapes which are productive, efficient and ecologically sustainable

Marilyn Bull

A resource that assists in the recognition and botanical identification of species while encouraging an awareness of the interrelationships between indigenous plants and animals. It identifies the usefulness of these species to the local Aborigines in the past and to all who wish to understand our diminishing natural environment in the present.

Leon Costermans

Discover the beauty and diversity of native trees and shrubs in South-Eastern Australia This comprehensive guide covers over 900 species in NSW, VIC, and SA, making it an essential reference for anyone interested in the environment and nature.

Margaret Corrick & Bruce Fuhrer

Comprehensive coverage of Victoria’s superb native wildflowers with 840 colour photographs

Jean Edwards, John Reid, Lesley White, Merele Webb

Convenient handbook describes species found in foothill forests of the Dandenongs

Friends of Sherbrooke Forest

A concise history of the forest and an excellent plant identification guide for locals and visitors. It includes a segment on environmental weeds, explaining why weeds are a concern and how to effectively remove them without harming the delicate native plants nearby.

Helen Coulson

This book is dedicated to our early pioneers of amazing courage and fortitude who possessed the ability to rise above great odds, the readiness to serve a good cause and the will to endure. May we who are privileged to follow them, reap the harvest which they have sown, draw deep inspiration from their valiant lives

Peter Menkhorst & Frank Knight

A comprehensive guide to identifying all 378 species of mammals known in Australia with concise and accurate details of the appearance, diagnostic features, distribution, habitat, and key behavioural characteristics

Michael Morcombe

One of the most comprehensive field guides to Australian birds available. It features 3400 colour illustrations of 850 species of birds from the mainland, Tasmania and Australia's island territories. Facing page text covers essential key identification information. Also includes a special section with colour illustrations of nests, eggs, and juveniles, and colour distribution maps.

Simpson & Day

Comprehensive One-Volume Book of Identification.

Features:

-key points of identification using the latest classification system with distribution maps

- 132 superb full-colour plates show all Australian bird species, including 16 new or revised plates

- Over 900 black and white line illustrations

Bruce Fuhrer

Bruce has compiled a fascinating collection of photographs with informative text to enable the layperson to develop a knowledge of these fascinating plant forms. The range of fungi is surprisingly vast, their colours and forms often beautiful. They truly represent an exciting part of nature to study

Barbara Triggs

Mammals inhabit every corner of our vast continent, yet the great majority of species are seldom seen. The only clue to their presence might be a footprint left on a muddy track, a scat deposited on a rocky ledge, or bones scattered on a forest floor. This book provides all the information needed to identify mammals using the tracks they leave behind

Johns Hill Landcare Group

Produced by our local seed collecting team of : Noel Gross (Friends of Wright Forest), Julie Thompson (Johns Hill Landcare Group) and Sheila Hampson (Friends of Emerald Lake Park)

This field guide will help you understand and identify ferns known to occur in Emerald and surrounding areas. It has been a labour of love, and aims to share the knowledge about local fern species with the rest of the community

Tim Marshall

WEED contains everything you need to know about gardening naturally without poisons and artificial chemicals.

Packed with indispensable information, WEED arms you with the knowledge to do battle in the garden without resorting to harmful sprays.

FJ Richardson & RG Richardson & RCH Shepherd

A comprehensive guide to over 2000 plant species and is illustrated with over 1600 photographs. The South-East region includes all of Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, the southern half of New South Wales and the south-eastern section of South Australia.

Nick Romanowski

This comprehensive guide to wetland weeds covers both native and introduced species, ranging from minor or localised environmental problems to those that should not be tolerated in any situation

Adam Muyt

A guide to the identification and control of environmental weeds found in South-East Australia

Bush Invaders of south-east Australia is a field guide for anyone who loves and cares about the Australian bush

Kate Blood

A comprehensive field guide details over 175 environmental weeds in south eastern Australia including emerging and potential weed species

David McLaren & Frank Mickan

This practical guide to integrated control of ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) in southern Australia covers both agricultural and natural situations. It provides a range of options that will allow you to develop a ragwort control program

Department of Natural Resources and Environment

What landscape do we gift to our children?

This booklet aims to assist local communities to understand some of the principles that can be applied to help maintain biodiversity and thus our lifestyles and wellbeing

David B. Lindenmayer

This book brings together extensive scientific learning on what makes a good farm for biodiversity

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

Dam owners are legally responsible for the safety of their dams and accountable for the damage these dams may cause if they fail. This booklet provides guidance in design, construction and maintenance of small dams