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

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