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Booth, C.,
Woven Stone: The Sculpture of Chris Booth. (Auckland: Godwit, 2007)
Chris Booth shares his artistic and spiritual journey through the creation of over 100 remarkable stone, earth and wood sculptures and installations. The design and construction of Nga Uri o Hinetuparimaunga is discussed, with illustrations.
Doube, G., 'Feature Garden: Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton, New Zealand', in The Botanic Garden (17) March 2007
An article describing and summarising some main features of Hamilton Gardens, in particular its design philosophy.
Neely, P.,
Plant Selection and Layout Guidelines for the Valley Walk - Hamilton Gardens. (Christchurch: Lincoln University, 2006)
In this project, Paul Neely briefly discusses the Naturalistic/Aesthetic tradition of landscape design as well as the vegetation types naturally present in the Waikato region, before moving on to a consideration of the existing planting in the Valley Walk. He concludes with recommendations for transplanting and new plantings. With appendices.
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Neely, P.,
Plant Selection Guidelines for the Proposed Upgrade to Hamilton East Cemetery - Hamilton Gardens. (Christchurch: Lincoln University, 2006)
Neely reviews J.C Loudon's writings on cemetery layout and provides some guidelines for the ongoing management of
Hamilton East Cemetery. In particular, Loudon's planting guidelines are examined and compared with existing plantings. With appendices.
NZ Society of Genealogists, Waikato Group,
Hamilton East Cemetery
Puke, W., Research into Whakatauki & Plants used by Tainui and Waikato People
Wiremu Puke has made extensive investigations in a primarily oral medium in order to facilitate the development of Te Parapara.
Sayers, D.,
A Garden Named Yichang-Yuan meaning Garden of Retreat in Flowing Happiness. (Hamilton: Chinese Garden Trust, 1999)
An illustrated explanation of some of the features of the Chinese Scholar's Garden. It also includes numerous photographs of the development of the garden and its opening ceremonies.
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Sergel, P., 'Heading in a Different Direction'. Lecture Presented to the 2007 BGANZ Congress
Peter Sergel outlines how the idea of 'Partnership' has been applied in many different ways in the development of Hamilton Gardens.
Sergel, P.,
Inspiration in the Garden. (Auckland: Penguin, 2004)
An exploration of some of how the major genres of fantasy have inspired most historical innovation in garden design. Featuring full colour photographs from Hamilton Gardens.
Sergel, P., '2005 Banks Memorial Lecture: Gardens that Involve People', in the New Zealand Garden Journal (9) 2006
In this lecture Peter Sergel discusses some of the ways in which garden design and event management come together to produce a facility which involves wide groups of the community.
Doube, G., 'The Philosophy of Hamilton Gardens', in The Gardener's Journal (5) February 2009
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