BOOKS & DVDs FROM KYLEIGH AND MICHAEL SIMPSON

June 2011

"The Shambles , The story of a Montville Garden" 164 pages, hard cover, full colour , by Michael and Kyleigh Simpson in 2007 .A beautifully illustrated personal account of the garden, the garden's history and much more, even including family pet stories.  ISBN 978-0-9804304-0-0      (sorry sold out)

'Over the Fence and Overlooked, Traditional Plants in Queensland's Gardening Heritage ' released  in 2009 and is on sale now for $ 40.00 ($49.50 inc postage) 224 pages ,hard cover ,case bound. Full of colourful photographs, drawings, plans and an extensive plant inventory. A unique, limited edition book for Australian gardeners. ISBN978-1876344665 available shambles@bigpond.net.au

DVD "A GARDEN IN THE  RAIN "

This 1/2 hour DVD is on sale for $20.00($23.00 includes postage) This DVD is one that will appeal to all gardeners. It is set at 'The Shambles' on the Blackall Range in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast. Australian gardening DVDs are a very rare commodity.

'Australian Gardens Making History.The Vital Role of Making and KeepingPlant Inventories'$15 ($18.50 incl postage), soft cover in the style of an old fashioned Plant Catalogue. Researched comparison of 19th century plant inventories and our modern list, and the scientific and social historical role of recording gardens.  8 colour pages. The garden inventory of today is the material for social, gardening and historical research for tomorrow.        ISBN 978-0-0804304-5-5 see www.montvillegarden.com

"Come Again Next Year", A story about a garden visitor , the Bower Bird.  High gloss washable finish, Full colour with text suitable for early readers. ISBN 978-0-9804304-2-4  $15 + $3 postage through shambles@bigpond.net.au www.montvillegarden.com

"Kookie Stops by"  A story about a famous kookaburra. High Gloss washable finish, full colour with text for the early reader $15 + postage $3 ISBN 978-0-9804304-7-9 available through shambles@bigpond.net.au  www.montvillegarden.com

"Hello Little Lewins", A story about a bird nest and some precious eggs of the Lewin's Honeyeater in the garden. High Gloss washable finish, full colour with text for early readers. $15 + $3 postage, ISBN 978-0-9804304-6-2, from shambles@bigpond.net.au, www.montvillegarden.com  

"Get Away Turkey", A story about a cheeky bird who is not always welcome. High Gloss washable finish, full colour with text for early readers. $15 +$3 postage , ISBN 978-0-9804304-1-7, from shambles@bigpond.net.au, www.montvillegarden.com  

"The Echidna, the pumpkin and the Seagull" After a flood some remarkable things can happen on the beach. High gloss washable finish, full colour, for young readers. $15 + $3 postage. Writer and illustrator: Kyleigh Simpson ISBN 978-0-9804304-9-3 from shambles@bigpond.net.au www.montvillegarden.com

"Chook in a Thunderstorm" Sometimes wondering about a "chook in a thunderstorm" can make you go and look for yourself. High gloss washable finish, full colour for young readers. $15 + $3 postage.Writer and illustrator Kyleigh Simpson ISBN 978-0-9871375-1-7 from shambles@bigpond.net.au www.montvillegarden.com 

"Something Fishy" Not everyone wants to go fishing, not everyone wants to go shopping. High Gloss washable finish, full colour, for young readers. $15 + $3 postage. Writer and illustrator Kyleigh Simpson.  ISBN 978-0-9804304-8-6 from shambles@bigpond.net.au  www.montvillegarden.com  

"For Sale" Everyone is keen to own their own home, whether it's in a tree or a blanket over a couple of chairs in the lounge and, it's a sellers market. High gloss washable finish, full colour, for young readers. $15 + $3 postage. Writer and illustrator Kyleigh Simpson. ISBN 978-0-9871375-2-4 from shambles@bigpond.net.au  www.montvillegarden.com

"A new Friend" A friendly King Parrot finds himself quite welcome when refreshments are served . High gloss washable finish, full colour. $15 + $3 postage. Writer and illustrator Kyleigh Simpson. ISBN 978-0-9871375-0-0 from shambles@bigpond.net.au  www.montvillegarden.com  

All of our books and DVDs have been self funded and all but "Over the Fence and Overlooked" are self published using Queensland Printing, Price Street, Nambour, Queensland.

"I love combining my interest in story making with the use of collage illustrations. My books are designed for early readers. The use of many simple materials in collage, for example fabrics, feathers and paper I hope will inspire young readers to make colourful pictures to illustrate their own stories"

Kyleigh Simpson

"Our garden, 'The Shambles' is our gift to each other and we can't help letting our enthusiasm about gardens in general from spilling onto the pages of a few books. The mad idea of also having a website www.montvillegarden.com and a "blog" (or whatever), http://montvillegarden.blogspot.com, meant dabbling in gardening communication of a dodgy quality compared to the printed word, but we thought that we'd give it a go. What the heck!

After all, if you look at range of titles in the gardening section at any bookshop you would think that Australian gardens don't exist north of the Tweed River. Noticing this we proudly made the commercially suicidal decision to include the name of Queensland in the title of our book, "Over the Fence and Overlooked, Traditional Plants in Queensland's Gardening Heritage".

Our gardening DVD "A Garden in the Rain" we can safely claim to be unique as we can't find any DVD films available which do anything more than touch on any garden in Queensland.

There are more books on the way and in the words of the wonderful Victor Borge, we've "suffered for my art. Now it's your turn!".

 Michael Simpson

Please consider supporting local authors and buying some of our titles.

Gardening Books in our Library.

Books that come to hand. Apart from those we have written ourselves these books are not for sale

1.     The Shambles, the Story of a Montville Garden,

        Kyleigh and Michael Simpson, self published 2007

2.     Over the Fence and Overlooked, Traditional Plants

        In Queensland’s Gardening Heritage. Kyleigh and

        Michael Simpson, Copyright publishing 2009

3.     Australian Gardens Making History, the Vital role

        Of making and keeping Garden Inventorys.

        Kyleigh and Michael Simpson, self published 2010

Rose Books

1.      Botanica’s Pocket Roses, Random House Australia,2000

2.      500 Popular Roses for Australian Gardens, Random House Aust1997.

3.      Traditional Old Roses, Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix, Pan Original ,UK,1998.

4.      Old Fashioned Roses, James Young, 4c Publishers, Aust, 2005

5.      Australian Roses, Peter Cox, Blooming Books Aust ,1999.

6.      Old Fashioned Roses in a Subtropical Climate, Leonie Kearney and Barbara Wicks, Aust 2006

7.      David Austin, A Handbook of Roses, Austin,UK,1994

8.      Rose Gardens, Pacific Magazines, Aust,2005

9.      Redoute’s Roses, Taschen Press, Germany 2001

10.    Through the Rose Arbour, Rosemary Housemann, Viking Aust     2002.

11.    Visions of Roses, Peter Beales, Bullfinch Press, USA 1996.

12.    Tea Roses, Old Roses for Warm Gardens, Lynne chapman,

         Noelene Drage, Di Durston, Jenny Jones, Hillary Merrifield,

         Billy West. Rosenberg, NSW, 2008

Planting Guides

1.       The Palm Identifier, Martin Gibbons, Simon & Schuster, Aust 1997.

2.      Landscaping with Perennials, Francis Hutchinson, Angus and Robertson UK.1988.

3.      The New Book of Salvias, Betty Clebsch, Florilegium, Aust,2003.

4.      The Simple Guide to Growing Camellias, James Young, 4c Publishers ,Aust 2005

5.      The Australian Flower Garden ,Clive Blazey ,Penguin Publishers,2001.

6.      The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs, Allen Coombes, Salamander Books,UK 2001.

7.      Complete Guide to Indoor Plants, Readers Digest ,Aust 1984

8.      Garden Companion to Bulbs and Perennials, Allan Seales, Reed Books Aust 1985.

9.      Successful Gardening in Warm Climates, Anne McFarlane, Kangaroo Press, Aust 1997.

10.    Classic Planting, George Plumptre, Wand Lock ,UK 1998

11.     Garden Companion to Native Plants, Allen Seales.Reed 1988

12.    What Flower is That? Stirling Macoboy, Landsdowne Press, Aust 1981.

13.    Herbs and Medicinal Plants  ,Roger Phillips, Elm Tree Books, UK 1987

14.   Manual of Practical Gardening, Daniel Bunce, (reprint) Willams Gore Elliston, Hobart Town 1838

General Interest /Design.

1        The Garden of Forest Hall, Susan Irvine, Viking ,Aust 2002

2.      Remembered Gardens, Holly Kerr Forsyth, The Miegunyah Press, Aust 2006

3.      Gardenesque,A Celebration of Australian Gardening, Richard Aitken, Miegunyah Press, Aust 2004

4.      Clearings, Six Colonial Gardeners and their Landscapes, Paul Fox, Miegunyah Press, Aust 2004

5.      The Garden at Bronte House ,Leo Schofield, Viking Aust 2002.

6.      The Australian Country Woman’s Garden. Holly Kerrr Forsyth, Random House, Aust 1998.

7.      Country Gardening, Margery Fish, Timothy Clark, Garden Aust Press, UK 1989

8.      The Edna Walling Book of Australian Garden Design. Edna Walling, Anne O”Donovan Publisher,Aust 1980.

9.      Antiques from the Garden, Alister Morris, Garden Art Press,UK 1986.

10.    An Australian Gardeners Anthology, McPhee Grubble Publishers Aust 1982.

11.     The Vision of Edna Walling, Tricia Dixon & Jennie Churchill

Blooming Books, Aust,1998.

12.    For the Peoples Pleasure, Australia’s Botanical Gardens. Carol Henty, Greenhouse Publications.Aust 1988.

13.    Attracting Birds to your Garden. John Dingate, New Holland Publishers .Aust 1997.

14.    Gardens off the Beaten Track in Western Queensland, Lindy Hardie & Rachel Noble , CopyRight Publishing Aust 2006

15.    Country Estates of Australia, Janelle McCulloch, New Holland Publishers Aust 2006

16.    Rural Australian Gardens, Myles Baldwin, Murdoch Books, Aust. 2010

17.    A Passion for Place, Gardens of the Blue Mountains, Alison Halliday & Joanne Hambrett, Bloomings Books , Aust. 2010

18.    Sissinghurst, the story so far, Adam Nicholson, Harper-Collins UK 2008

19.    Onward and Upward in the garden, Katherine White, from The New Yorker, 1958 and subsequent.

20.    Down the Garden Path, Beverley Nichols, Cope, UK 1932

21.    A Well Tempered Garden, Christopher Lloyd, Viking press UK 1985

Magazines and Journals

22.    Under the Spell of the Ages: Australian Country Gardens ,Trisha Dixon 2007

1.       Journal of Heritage Roses in Australia. Quarterly Journal .HRIA Aust.

2.      10^th International Heritage Rose Conference Proceedings , Dunedin NZ.dec  2005.

3,      Australian  Garden History. Journal of the Australian Garden History Society and Newsletter of Queensland Branch AGHS.

4.      The English Garden,Various Editions.Archant Specialist.Ltd UK.

5.      The Diggers Club Quarterly Publication and Catalogue. Also catalogues from Tesslars, Bulb Express, Yamina Rare Plants and other mail order suppliers.

6.      Gardens Illustrated, Various editions BBC, UK.

7.      Subtropical Gardening, Australian Institute of Horticulture, Editor Paul Plant. Quarterly

8.      Salvia Study group Newsletter , from 2010 . Melbourne victoria

   Historic references, plant catalogues and reports.

1.  “Catalogue of the Plants in the Queensland Botanic      Gardens”,Walter Hill, Government Printer, Brisbane 1875.                           

2.   “Catalogue of Plants in the two Metropolitan Gardens, The Brisbane Botanic Garden and Bowen Park (The Garden of the Queensland Acclimatization Society), Frederick Manson Bailey, Colonial Botonist, Government Printer, Brisbane 1885                                   

3.   “Designed Landscapes in Queensland, 1859-1939”, Jean Sim, QUT, 1999, APPENDIX G, referred to the following plant lists:

“The Flower garden in Queensland, containing concise and practical instructions for the Cultivation of the flower garden. And the management of Pot Plants in Australia”, Albert Hockings, Slater & Co, Brisbane, 1875                                                                    

“Cultural Industries in Queensland: Papers on the Cultivation of Useful Plants suited to the climate of Queensland:their value as food, in the arts, and in medicine; and methods of Obtaining their products” Lewis Bernays, Government printer, Brisbane , 1883, (pp 201-207, The Shade of trees)                                                                      

“Tree Planting for Shade and Ornament: Suggestions for teachers and others interested in the Planting of Trees” Edward Shelton, Dept of Agriculture, Government Printer, Brisbane, Bulletin 17, 1892

List: Philip McMahon, Brisbane Botanic gardens Curator 

        Ebenezer Cowley, Overseer, State Nursery, Kamerunga

        J S Edgar , Botanic gardens , Rockhampton           

        William Soutter, Manager , Acclimatization society 

4.  “General Catalogue of Seeds, Plants, bulbs, Tubers, trees, Climbers, etc.” Samuel Eaves, Howard, printer, Brisbane, 1897  

5.   “Queenslander” under ‘Horticulture’ section ‘Shrubs’, William Soutter, 18/12/1897 pp 1181                  

6.  “General descriptive Catalogue for 1874, of Fruit trees, Shrubs, Ornamental and forest trees, Etc. etc” Charles Wyatt, Frogmore Nursery, Geelong 1874    

7.  “1896 Catalogue of Flower roots”. Law, Somner & Co., Melbourne, 1896                                                                                     

8.  “Catalogue of Plants for Sale by Michael Guilfoyle” Exotic Nursery, Double bay, Sydney 1851                                                     

9.  “Catalogue of Plants for Sale at the Victoria Nursery, Richmond” George Brunning, Melbourne, 1855                                            

10.  “Report on the Progress and Condition of the Botanic Garden and Government Plantations, 1873”, R.Schomburgk, W.C.Cox: Government Printer, Adelaide, 1874                                                       

11.  “Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Catalogue of Plants 1962”, Brisbane city Council, Brisbane, 1962                                                     

12.   “Federation Gardens: Plant lists, Compiled from Searl & Sons General Catalogue 1901, Seeds, Plants & Bulbs for Sydney; Pearce Bros.Descriptive Catalogue and Guide 1900; Robert Little & Co’s Catalogue of Flower seeds Sydney 1900: Rumsey’s 1882 Catalogue (Roses) Sydney 1882 www.heritage.nsw.gov.au                  

13.   “Talgai Homestead, Plant Ledger, commenced 1868-1907 Ellen and George Clark. Additions after 1907-1942 George Carr Clark, 1945-1965 Bardwell”

14.   “ Yates Gardening Guide”, 1952, 1957,