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

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