Chicago Botanic Garden

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 reviews@chicagobotanic.org

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