My original name for this memory-friendly book was ‘Georgia’s Garden’, celebrating the amazing artist and keen gardener, Georgia Efford. I know her through her work with the Uthando Project grassroots charity group (for which she got an Order of Australia). Every time I went to meetings at her house in the Perth Hills, here in Western Australia, I found myself wandering outside, admiring her garden.

So when I thought about creating a book on gardening, Georgia came to mind. Would she say yes? Yes, she would!

Gardens are so different in different places, so how do you create a book that everyone can relate to? We decided that Georgia would offer her reflections on her garden and gardening, paired with her own evocative photos, and matched with questions asking the reader to think about their own gardening experience.

This is the first in a ‘Read and Chat’ series, where I hope to feature other ‘real-life’ stories with questions to chat about. Feedback so far has called this a ‘happy’ book, and that’s really what we wanted to achieve. You can see the amount of text in the picture above…just three paragraphs of extra large print per page, and each spread is a new topic.

Profits from sales will go to the Uthando Project, on Georgia’s request.

Here’s a link to the book for Amazon Australia, and also a universal link: https://mybook.to/GooseberryHillGarden