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Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 11, Number 2
(March 2009)

 

Spencer C. H. Barrett (editor). Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Allen Carlson. Nature & Landscape: An Introduction to Environmental Aesthetics. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.

Tracy DiSabato–Aust. 50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2008.

Linda Kooluris Dobbs and Kildare Dobbs. The Gardens of the Vatican. London: Frances Lincoln, 2009.

David J. Gibson. Grasses and Grassland Ecology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Bernard Goffinet and A. Jonathan Shaw (editors). Bryophyte Biology. Second edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Andy and Dave Hamilton. The Self-sufficient-ish Bible: An Eco-Living Guide for the 21st Century. London: Hodder & Stoughton (distributed in U.S. by Trafalgar Square Publishing, Chicago), 2008.

Jodi Helmer. The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference. New York: Penguin, 2008.

Mary Horsfall. Creating Your Eco-Friendly Garden. Collingwood, Victoria, Austraila: CSIRO Publishing (distributed in U.S. by Stylus Publishing, Herndon, Va.), 2008.

Roger L. Kemp, editor. Cities and Water: A Handbook for Planning. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2009.

Desmond R. Layne and Daniele Bassi (editors). The Peach: Botany, Production and Uses. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Ron Leonetti and Christopher Jordan. Of Woods and Water: A Photographic Journey Across Michigan. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008.

Stefan Leppert. Ornamental Grasses: Wolfgang Oehme and the New American Garden. London: Frances Lincoln, 2009.

Alexander Marshal. Mr. Marshal’s Flower Book. New York: Viking Studio, 2008.

Elvin McDonald. Texas Public Gardens. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing, 2008.

Pat Lucke Morris and Sigrun Wolff Saphire (editors). Growing Bonsai Indoors. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2008.

Margot Rochester. Down to Earth: Practical Thoughts for Passionate Gardeners. Lanham, Md.: Taylor Trade, 2009.

Wendy Sarkissian, Nancy Hofer, Yollana Shore, Steph Vajda, and Cathy Wilkinson. Kitchen Table Sustainability: Practical Recipes for Community Engagement with Sustainability. London: Earthscan (distributed in the U.S. by Stylus Publishing, Herndon, Va.), 2009.

Judith B. Tankard. A Legacy in Bloom: Celebrating a Century of Gardens at the Cummer. Jacksonville, Fla.: Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, 2008.

Ian Thompson. Rethinking Landscape: A Critical Reader. New York: Routledge, 2009.

 

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