Edible water gardens – growing water-plants for food and profit By Nick Romanowski ISBN 9781864471021, published in 2007 by Hyland House Publishing, colour, hard cover, 147 pages Price $49.95 plus $11 postage within Australia, overseas postage please request a quote

This is the first complete guide to growing and using edible wetland plants worldwide. Practical and easy to use, it will appeal to a wide spectrum of readers.

About the authors

Nick Romanowski is a wetland consultant with a background in zoology and considerable practical experience in recreating the habitat needs of aquatic animals. His nursery, Dragonfly Aquatics, was the first to specialise in Australian water and wetland plants. The nursery is also home to visiting waterbirds and a resident population of many native animals. Nick is author of ‘Aquatic and wetland plants - a field guide for non-tropical Australia’, 'Planting wetlands and dams - a practical guide to wetland design, construction and propagation', and 'Water garden plants and animals: the complete guide for all Australia'. He is also author of several other books and his articles on aquatic plants and animals have been widely published in journals.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Water conservation and drought
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Growing aquatic and water’s edge plants
• Chapter 2. Waterlilies and lotuses
• Chapter 3. Other plants for deeper waters
• Chapter 4. Floating plants
• Chapter 5. Plants for shallower waters
• Chapter 6. Plants for waterlogged soils
• Chapter 7. Plants for the water’s edge
• Chapter 8. Plants for seasonal wetlands
• Chapter 9. Minor species
• Chapter 10. Other useful and profitable wetland plants
• References
• Bibliography
• Further reading
• Glossary
• Index