Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 11, Number 6
(November 2009)


Robert Bevan-Jones. Poisonous Plants: A Cultural and Social History. Oxford, U.K.: Oxbow Books (distributed in the U.S. by David Brown Book Company, Oakville, Conn.), 2009.

David M. Carroll. Following the Water: A Hydromancer’s Journal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

Nathaniel Carroll, Jessica Fox, and Ricardo Bayon (editors). Conservation and Biodiversity Banking: A Guide to Setting Up and Running Biodiversity Credit Trading Systems. Sterling, Va.: Earthscan, 2009.

Robert Morris Copeland. Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2009.

Jeff Gillman. How Trees Die: The Past, Present, and Future of our Forests. Yardley, Pa.: Westholme Publishing, 2009.

Grayson Handy and Tracey Zabar. Flowers for the Home: Influences From the World Over by Prudence Designs. New York: Rizzoli, 2009.

Rosalind Hopwood. Fountains and Water Features: From Ancient Springs to Modern Marvels. London: Frances Lincoln, 2009.

Jeffrey Hou, Julie M. Johnson, and Laura J. Lawson. Greening Cities, Growing Communities: Learning From Seattle’s Urban Community Gardens. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2009.

Peter Jones. Gardening on Clay. Ramsbury, Wiltshire, U.K.: Crowood Press (distributed in the U.S. by Independent Publishers Group, Chicago), 2009.

Adam Levine. Gale Nurseries: Four Generations of Garden Excellence. Gwynedd, Pa.: Gale Nurseries, 2008.

Maggie Lidz. The Du Ponts: Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine. New York: Acanthus Press, 2009.

Lynden B. Miller. Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape. New York: Norton, 2009.

‘Dirty Nails’. A Vegetable Gardener’s Year. Oxford, U.K.: Spring Hill (imprint of How To Books, Ltd.), 2008.

Christopher Nyerges. The Self-Sufficient Home: Going Green and Saving Money. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2009.

Anna Pavord. Bulb. New York: Mitchell Beazley, 2009.

Paul Peacock. Patio Produce: How to Cultivate a Lot of Home-Grown Vegetables From the Smallest Possible Space. Oxford, U.K.: Spring Hill (imprint of How To Books, Ltd.), 2009.

Sara Pitzer. Homegrown Whole Grains: Grow, Harvest & Cook Wheat, Oats, Rice, Corn & More. North Adams, Mass.: Storey Publishing, 2009.

Tim Richardson. Avant Gardeners. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2008.

Tim Richardson. Great Gardens of America. London: Frances Lincoln, 2009.

Ann, Daniel and Benjamin Streissguth. In Love with a Hillside Garden. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2009.

Wolfgang Stuppy, Rob Kesseler, and Madeline Harley. The Bizarre and Incredible World of Plants. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 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