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Your Asian Veggie Patch

Grow, cook and enjoy delicious Asian vegetables, herbs and fruits – from garden to plate – wherever you live with permaculture gardener Connie Cao.

Your Asian Veggie Patch is a comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to growing and cooking Asian vegetables, herbs and fruits at home. Permaculture gardener Connie Cao guides you though a curated selection of more than 40 cool-season and warm-season annuals and perennials (from amaranth greens, bok choy and daikon to loofah, pandan and yuzu), meaning it's easy to find produce that will thrive in your garden and climate.

Then, make the most of your abundant harvest with 50 fresh home-style recipes inspired by Connie's Chinese heritage: think edamame and pickled mustard greens, stir-fried Shanghai rice cakes, pork and chive dumplings, Chinese pumpkin cakes and winter melon tea.

Featuring photography and illustrations both beautiful and informative, Your Asian Veggie Patch has everything you need to get your garden flourishing and your mouth watering.

Publisher: Murdoch Books (October 2024)

Where to buy:

USA

Rest of the world

  • Your local bookshop or online

Industry reviews

  • 'Jam-packed with practical information, oozing with culture and overflowing with passion - this book is a keeper!'

    - Hannah Moloney, author of Good Life Growing

  • 'This beautifully curated book, with its bonus tips and tricks sprinkled throughout, can be enjoyed by both novice and seasoned gardeners alike. As a fellow Asian gardener, I will forever hold a place in my gardening library for Connie's book.'

    - Kevin Espiritu, founder of Epic Gardening

  • 'Connie joyfully combines the wisdom of permaculture with her food heritage to produce a book packed with practical knowledge for kitchen gardeners everywhere.'

    - Kate Flood, author of The Compost Coach

Media love:

Gardening Australia Magazine

Organic Gardener Magazine

Frankie Magazine

Peppermint Magazine

Pip Magazine

Good Weekend Magazine

The Age

ABC News

Sydney Morning Herald

Domain Magazine

The Domain Review

Melbourne Bay Courier

The Design Files

Permaculture Australia

Broadsheet

The Diggers Club Magazine

Local Food Connect

Avant Gardeners Podcast

Your Garden Coach NZ Podcast

Infactu Asian Podcast

ABC Radio (Melbourne Drive, Nightlife, Victorian Sundays, Western Queensland)

Triple R Radio

3CR Radio

Radio Blue Mountains

Epic Gardening’s The Beet podcast