Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 10, Number 3
(May 2008)

 

Judith Adam. Landscape Planning: Practical Techniques for the Home Gardener. Second edition. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2008.

Helena Attlee. The Gardens of Portugal. London: Frances Lincoln, 2008.

Michel Conan (editor). Middle East Garden Traditions: Unity and Diversity. Washington, D.C.: Dunbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (distributed by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.), 2007.

Bernd H. Dams and Andrew Zega. Chinoiseries. New York: Rizzoli, 2008.

Julia Droste–Hennings. Provence Artists’ Gardens. London: Verba Volant, 2008.

Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker. Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers: The Politics of Environmental Knowledge in Northern Thailand. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008.

Allan Franklin, A.W.F. Edwards, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Daniel L. Hartl, and Teddy Seidenfeld. Ending the Mendel–Fisher Controversy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008.

Patricia Hill. Design Your Natural Midwest Garden. Madison, Wis.: Trails Books, 2007.

Andrew L. Hipp. Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges: An Introduction to the Genus Carex (Cyperaceae). Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008.

Anthony F. Janson. Flower: Christopher Beane. New York: Artisan, 2008.

Cornelia F. Mutel. The Emerald Horizon: The History of Nature in Iowa. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2008.

Joe Pappalardo. Sunflowers: The Secret History. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 2008.

Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin. The Complete Compost Gardening Guide. North Adams, Mass.: Storey Publishing, 2008.

Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stackhouse. Trees: A Visual Guide. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.

Vincent A. Simeone. Great Landscape Evergreens. Batavia, Ill.: Ball Publishing, 2008.

 

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