Books

Aspects' prides itself on having Perth's best selection of gardening books, from Australian native flora through to garden design and propagation. Our selection also includes a wide range of books on travel, art and design, natural and cultural history, cooking, and Australian and children’s literature.
The Trees: Learning Tree Knowledge with Uncle Kuu The Trees: Learning Tree Knowledge with Uncle Kuu New!

The Trees: Learning Tree Knowledge with Uncle Kuu

The Trees Learning Tree Knowledge with Uncle Kuu By Victor Steffensen, Sandra Steffensen (Illustr...

The Trees Learning Tree Knowledge with Uncle Kuu By Victor Steffensen, Sandra Steffensen (Illustrator) Take a walk with Uncle Kuu in The Trees, a picture book about caring for Country and respect for Indigenous knowledge. Looking after the trees is important for keeping Country happy and healthy.  First Nations People have cared for the trees on Country for thousands of years. In return, the trees look after the people and provide them with gifts of seeds, flowers, wood and more. This creates...

$26.95

The Compost Coach The Compost Coach

The Compost Coach

The Compost Coach Make compost, build soil and grow a regenerative garden - wherever you live! Sp...

The Compost Coach Make compost, build soil and grow a regenerative garden - wherever you live! Spin food waste and household carbon into garden gold, learn about how and why soil matters, and make climate activism an everyday mission, with compost coach Kate Flood. "The Compost Coach" is a colourful, comprehensive and accessible guide to creating the very best compost AKA garden gold. Kate is on a mission to empower readers to understand the small steps they can take every day to look after t...

$39.95

Card Deck - See Make Play: 50 Happy Craft Projects Card Deck - See Make Play: 50 Happy Craft Projects

Card Deck - See Make Play: 50 Happy Craft Projects

This deck of easy, happy craft projects is packed with fun ideas to enhance creative skills, enco...

This deck of easy, happy craft projects is packed with fun ideas to enhance creative skills, encourage out-of-the-box thinking, and keep kids entertained. Bursting with 50 original and playful crafts, See Make Play's activities are designed to encourage kids to discover the brilliance of their own creativity. Kids can make Flower Necklaces or Egg Carton Masks to add to their dress up box, play with their senses by making Rainbow Foam or they can zoom off to the moon in their own Rocket Ship. ...

$29.95

Family Road Trip Games Family Road Trip Games

Family Road Trip Games

Family Road Trip GamesA Pocket Book of Games, Puzzles, Activities and Trivia to Play on the Go Br...

Family Road Trip GamesA Pocket Book of Games, Puzzles, Activities and Trivia to Play on the Go Bring the fun on your next road trip with this handy book, 'Family Road Trip Games', from beloved children's book author Jack Henseleit. Featuring over 60 new and classic games – and more than 150 brain-burning trivia questions – plus a top secret treasure hunt (yippee!), this is the definitive collection of games and puzzles for the whole family. Whether it's a fresh take on I Spy, an on-the-go sca...

$26.95

Futureproof Your Garden Futureproof Your Garden

Futureproof Your Garden

Futureproof Your Garden: Environmentally sustainable ways to grow more with lessAngus Stewart and...

Futureproof Your Garden: Environmentally sustainable ways to grow more with lessAngus Stewart and Emma Stewart A practical guide to creating and maintaining a water-efficient garden, including a comprehensive photographic plant directory, and insights into sustainable design, in big and small spaces. Welcome to your essential guide for creating healthy, sustainable, water-wise gardens and landscapes. 'Futureproof Your Garden' is a go-to resource for anyone who wants expert advice on how to us...

$45.00

Pattern Pulse Volume 2 Pattern Pulse Volume 2

Pattern Pulse Volume 2

Pattern Pulse, Volume 2Exploring the Art of Australian Surface DesignersRachael King After the su...

Pattern Pulse, Volume 2Exploring the Art of Australian Surface DesignersRachael King After the success of 'Pattern Pulse', Rachael King has curated the artwork of another 100 Australian Surface Designers to release a second volume. Learn about why this corner of the art world is so dynamic, where continuously evolving digital processes allow manufacturers to print artwork on a vast array of surfaces. Dive into a glorious catalogue of colours and shapes created using analogue and digital tech...

$65.00

The Super Bloom Handbook The Super Bloom Handbook

The Super Bloom Handbook

The Super Bloom Handbook Maximum flowers. Minimum effort.Jac Semmler Everyone needs flowers in th...

The Super Bloom Handbook Maximum flowers. Minimum effort.Jac Semmler Everyone needs flowers in their life. This is an easy guide to growing your own. Here are forty of the most beautiful and easiest flowers to grow for any space, for any budget, for tricky climates. From bearded irises and roses to pelargoniums and zinnias, there is a flower for every pot, planter box or garden. Learn how to care for your new flower friends with key information on growing flowers from seed, planting, pruning ...

$34.95

Birds of the Perth Hills Birds of the Perth Hills

Birds of the Perth Hills

Birds of the Perth HillsTalitha Huston Birds are plentiful and common in the Perth Hills. They ar...

Birds of the Perth HillsTalitha Huston Birds are plentiful and common in the Perth Hills. They are found in backyards, bushland, rivers and lakes. These birds thrive, living in the Jarrah-Marri forest, a type of eucalyptus forest, found only in the southwest of Western Australia. These birds range from honeyeaters to cockatoos, wrens, pigeons, thornbills, and many more. This book is not only an identification and information guide, it also includes photography tips for each bird. About the Au...

$29.95

Long Sleeve Gloves, Field of Flowers Long Sleeve Gloves, Field of Flowers New!

Long Sleeve Gloves, Field of Flowers

Tackle the garden with the fresh new garden range of cotton gardening gloves from Annabel Trends....

Tackle the garden with the fresh new garden range of cotton gardening gloves from Annabel Trends. Designed with durability in mind, the Long Sleeve Gardening Gloves protect your hands as you pick, plant or prune. Choose from beautiful botanically inspired designs, to set off any garden! Made with cotton twill, the gloves provide extra length to assist keeping any nasties from getting in. Every true blue Aussie gardener will want to get their mitts on these gorgeous gardening range essentials ...

$32.95

Book - Growing Locals, Gardening with Local Plants in Perth Book - Growing Locals, Gardening with Local Plants in Perth New!

Book - Growing Locals, Gardening with Local Pla...

This is a new edition of Growing Locals: Gardening with Local Plants in Perth, by Robert Powell &...

This is a new edition of Growing Locals: Gardening with Local Plants in Perth, by Robert Powell & Jane Emberson. Besides advice on how to foster a community of local native plants in your garden (or elsewhere), and discussion of why it is desirable, the book will include an updated list of native plants of the Perth Metropolitan Region (over 1,800) and their distribution, compiled by Greg Keighery, Vanda Longman & Barbara Rye. The definitive guide to growing local native plants in the...

$50.00

A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Australia A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Australia

A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Aus...

A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Australia: Revised Second EditionAndrew Brown and Bev...

A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Australia: Revised Second EditionAndrew Brown and Bevan Buirchell Eremophila species abound on desolate rocky hills, open spinifex plains, sparse woodlands, barren dry watercourses, and inland sand dunes that stretch to the horizon, where the only signs of human habitation are occasional fence lines, rusted remains of vehicles or rough winding tracks that meander into the distance. Aptly, their generic name, when translated, means “lover of lonely o...

$45.00

Nyoongar Dictionary

Nyoongar Dictionary

Nyoongar DictionaryRt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia The book includes a ...

Nyoongar DictionaryRt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia The book includes a comprehensive dictionary of the Nyoongar language focusing on what is now known as the northern dialect. Divided into two sections, Nyoongar­English and English­Nyoongar, the dictionary is the result of the author's own grass­roots experience of Nyoongar as a spoken language and offers the fruits of his extensive research into the available written sources. These sources include published dictiona...

$13.50