Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 10, Number 4
(July 2008)

 

Moya L. Andrews. Perennials Short and Tall: A Seasonal Progression of Flowers for Your Garden. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008.

Michel Conan and Chen Whangheng (editors). Gardens, City Life and Culture: A World Tour. Washington, D.C.: Dunbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (distributed by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.), 2008.

Barbara W. Ellis. The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face,
Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask. North Adams, Mass.: Storey Publishing, 2008.

Joel Greenberg (editor). Of Prairie, Woods, & Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Jim Meuninck. Medicinal Plants of North America. Guildford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, 2008.

Sara Oldfield. Great Botanic Gardens of the World. London: New Holland Publishers (distributed in the U.S. by ACC Distribution, Easthampton, Mass.), 2007.

D. Fairchild Ruggles. Islamic Gardens and Landscapes. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.

Shozo Sato. Ikebana: The Art of Arranging Flowers. North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 2008.

Marina Schinz and Gabrielle van Zuylen. The Gardens of Russell Page. London: Frances Lincoln, 2008.

Susan Marie Swanson. To be Like the Sun. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, Inc., Children's Book Division, 2008.

Caroline Tilston. Rooftop and Terrace Gardens. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2008.

Richard A. Walker. The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area. Seattle: University of Washington 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