Tropical Food Gardens

A guide to growing fruit, herbs and vegetables organically in Australia.

Leonie Norrington blends horticultural science with personal experience to create a book full of sound advice, enthusiasm and a genuine love of the natural world.

Have you ever wondered how to grow such exotic vegetables as snake beans, water chestnuts and loofahs? Luscious fruits such as rambutans, mangoes carambolas and abiu? Herbs like vanilla, turmeric and galangal? Tropical Food Gardens will show you how to propagate, grow and use a wide range of herbs, vegetables and fruits in tropical and sub-tropical climates, A surprising range of these plants can be grown as far south as Melbourne.

This lively engaging book, laced with anecdotes, is full of practical gardening information from an author with years of experience and it’s also great fun.