{"product_id":"the-uncommon-garden-by-joan-law-smith","title":"'The Uncommon Garden' by Joan Law-Smith","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"454\"\u003eA beautiful Australian gardening book that also acts as a botanical field guide, artist’s folio, and practical philosophy of cultivation.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"454\"\u003eWithin, words and pictures that help you how to notice shade, texture, failure, seasonality, patience, and the personalities of plants that try and hide themselves. Law-Smith focuses on unusual plants, old roses, lilies, woodland varieties, ground covers, and what she calls “the pranks of nature.” There’s a strong Australian sensibility running underneath it too: gardening not as English pastoral fantasy, but as adaptation to local conditions, harshness, climate, and experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1211\"\u003eThe illustrations are extraordinary. Full-page botanical paintings throughout, delicate without feeling ornamental or decorative-for-decoration’s-sake. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1213\" data-end=\"1394\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1983 first edition published by the Women’s Committee of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). Hardcover in very good condition with light shelf wear and clean internal pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44577582153811,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-08T160935.551.png?v=1778220593","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-uncommon-garden-by-joan-law-smith","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}