Peter Valder (–2023)
Autor de The Garden Plants of China
Sobre El Autor
Peter Valder, educated at the Universities of Sydney and Cambridge, is a retired botanist with a lifelong interest in gardens and gardening. He has also been involved in the popularising of plants, gardens and horticulture in general, making appearances on radio and television, lecturing, and mostrar más writing for magazines. As well as this, his enthusiasm for his family's garden in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales led him to travel extensively in South-east Asia to collect plants suited to Australian conditions. He first visited China in 1980, and between 1994 and 2000 has made nine further visits, principally to see and photograph gardens and garden plants mostrar menos
Obras de Peter Valder
The Garden Plants Of China 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2023-03-02
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Australia
- Lugares de residencia
- Nooroo, Mt Wilson, New South Wales, Australia
- Educación
- University of Sydney
University of Cambridge - Ocupaciones
- lecturer
plant pathologist
mycologist - Organizaciones
- University of Sydney
- Premios y honores
- Order of Australia (Medal, 1996)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 8
- Miembros
- 134
- Popularidad
- #151,727
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 9
- Idiomas
- 1
Peter has managed to combine his profound knowledge of Wisterias here with what is a beautiful garden book. He has his own collection of wisterias in the Blue Mountains. Must say, his own garden looks fabulous in the photos. I really enjoyed the combination of botanical knowledge plus the creative aspects of gardening so much that I have been seeking out other books that Valder has written. Just love the book. Five stars from me.… (más)