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.

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

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

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