Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 10, Number 1
(January 2008)

 

Greg Allikas and Ned Nash. Four Seasons of Orchids. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Creative Homeowner, 2007.

Graham Clarke. Success with Roses. Lewes, East Sussex, U.K.: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, 2007.

Theodore S. Cochrane, Kandis Elliot, and Claudia S. Lipke. Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.

Marsha Cosentino. Spelt Healthy! Quality Whole Food Cooking and Baking with Spelt. Payson, Ariz.: Autumn Rose Press, 2006.

Barbara W. Ellis. Covering Ground: Unexpected Ideas for Landscaping with Colorful, Low-Maintenance Ground Covers. North Adams, Mass.: Storey, 2007.

Rudy J. Favretti. Jacob Weidenmann: Pioneer Landscape Architect. Hartford, Conn.: Cedar Hills Cemetery Foundation (distributed by Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Conn.), 2007.

Allyson Hayward. Norah Lindsay: The Life and Art of a Garden Designer. London: Frances Lincoln, 2007.

HRH The Prince of Wales with Stephanie Donaldson. Elements of Organic Gardening: Highgrove, Clarence House, Birkhall. San Diego: Kales Press, 2007.

Jim Keeling. Container Gardening through the Seasons. London: Kyle Cathie (distributed by Trafalgar Publishing, Independent Publishers Group, Chicago), 2007.

Michael Kuo. 100 Edible Mushrooms with Tested Recipes. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007.

Paul Robbins. Lawn People: How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who We Are. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007.

Thomas J. Sheehan and Robert J. Black. Orchids to Know and Grow. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2007.

Frank Tozer. The Uses of Wild Plants: Using and Growing the Wild Plants of the United States and Canada. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Green Man Publishing, 2006.

Leslie A. Viereck and Elbert Luther Little. Alaska Trees and Shrubs. Second edition. Fairbanks, Ak.: Snowy Owl Books, 2007.

Robin Whalley. The Great Edwardian Gardens of Harold Peto: From the Archives of Country Life. London: Aurum Press (distributed by Trafalgar Publishing, Independent Publishers Group, Chicago), 2007.

Janet Whittle. Janet Whittle's Watercolour Flowers: An Inspirational Step-By-Step Guide to Colour and Techniques. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, U.K.: Search Press (distributed by Trafalgar Publishing, Independent Publishers Group, Chicago), 2007.

Willow Zuchowski. Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2007.

 

Current Books is an Internet–only journal reviewing new books about gardening, horticulture and botany. Reviews cover a wide range of new literature in print and are written primarily by the staff and volunteers of the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Please send your comments and suggestions to reviews@chicagobotanic.org

Edward J. Valauskas
Editor, Current Books on Gardening & Botany
Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden