From Rocks to Roses

Published by Craig Printing Co. Ltd, Invercargill, 1978, 154 pages.

'Creagmhor', Queenstown, New Zealand: A Garden of Beauty - The Story of Its Making

The story of the evolution of a garden from primitive wilderness to a not unlovely maturity. But there is more to the book than that; the enthusiastic amateur will glean from its pages a wealth of practical advice on such matters as what to grow in various soils and conditions, how to build a rock wall or a compost heap, or the uses to which herbs may be put in the kitchen; and even the reader with no particular interest in gardening as either science or art will surely be charmed by the illustrations or entertained by the lighthearted verses that round off each chapter.

Creagmhor, so named in the Gaelic for the 'great cliff' forming the gorge in which the garden is situated, is close to Queenstown, farmed centre of the Lakes District in Southern New Zealand.