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

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