Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 11, Number 1
(January 2009)

 

Shara Aaron and Monica Bearden. Chocolate: A Healthy Passion. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2008.

Peggy Alrich and Wesley Higgins. The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Illustrated Dictionary of
Orchid Genera. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, published in association with the Selby Botanical Gardens Press (Sarasota, Fla.), 2008.

Larry Anderson. Benton MacKaye: Conservationist, Planner, and Creator of the Appalachian Trail. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

Scott Calhoun. Designer Plant Combinations: 105 Stunning Gardens Using Six Plants or Fewer. North Adams, Mass.: Storey Publishing, 2008.

Michel Conan (editor). Gardens and Imagination: Cultural History and Agency. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (distributed by Harvard University Press), 2008.

Christian Duvernois. Marie-Antoinette and the Last Garden at Versailles. New York: Rizzoli, 2008.

John F. Freeman. High Plains Horticulture: A History. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2008.

Frank and Vicky Giannangelo. Growing with the Seasons: A Sharing of Insights into the Creative
Aspects of Organic Gardening. Santa Fe, N.M., Sunstone Press, 2008.

Bonnie J. Gisel. Nature's Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy. Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday Books, 2008.

Julia A. Jordan. Plains Apache Ethnobotany. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008.

Raymond Jungles. The Colors of Nature: Subtropical Gardens by Raymond Jungles. New York: Monacelli Press, 2008.

Margaret T. Peters. Conserving the Commonwealth: The Early Years of the Environmental Movement
in Virginia. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008.

Liz Primeau. My Natural History: The Evolution of a Gardener. Vancouver, B.C.: Greystone Books, 2008.

Jeanne Roberts. Green Your Home: The Complete Guide to Making Your New or Existing Home
Environmentally Healthy. Ocala, Fla.: Atlantic Publishing Group, 2008.

Mark Zampardo. A Landscaper's Guide to Perennial Flowers. Chicago: American Nurseryman 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