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More and more people are becoming aware of herbs and appreciating the pleasure these plants give in the garden, kitchen and for cosmetics, medicines and repellents around the house. I couldn't live without my herb garden.

— Jane Edmanson Jane Edmanson's Favourite Plants (1995)

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Annuals like celosia, petunias and marigolds will flower better if any dead spent flowers are snipped off.

Most of us enjoy or need a cup of tea or coffee at regular intervals, but with a herb garden within easy reach of the kitchen it is a very good reason to vary the flavours of the cuppa!

Jane Edmanson's Favourite Plants (1995)

Australian landscape design didn't come of age until Edna Walling's contribution. Her creative genius and her philosophy of integrating the house and garden into the landscape have had a huge influence on our garden history.

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God never made his work for man to mend.

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A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.

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