Jean Galbraith

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Jean Galbraith: Writer in a Valleyis the compelling story of Jean Galbraith (1906 - 1999), one of Australia's most influential botanists and writers on nature, plants and gardens. As a garden writer, she was particularly notable for spreading knowledge of Australian flora and encouraging the cultivation of natives in home gardens. As a botanist she wrote accessible field guides to Australian wildflowers that made a vital contribution to the conservation of native plants. She conveyed the wonders of nature to generations of children through her child - centred stories of adventures in the natural world. Her nature writing evoked the spirit of places she knew well and introduced readers to the beauty of the Australian bush. During a writing career that began in the mid - 1920s and spanned seventy years, Galbraith developed new forms of garden writing in Australia and turned botanical writing into a literary art."