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Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 12, Number 4
(July 2010)


Pavel Cenkl (editor). Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest: Region, Heritage, and Environment in the Rural Northeast. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2010.

Linda Chalker–Scott. The Informed Gardener Blooms Again. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010.

Nan K. Chase. Eat Your Yard! Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs, and Flowers for Your Landscape. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2010.

Peter Del Tredici. Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A Field Guide. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2010.

Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn. Second edition. New York: Metropolis Books, 2010.

Robert F. Gatje. Great Public Squares: An Architect’s Selection. New York: Norton, 2010.

Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan. Small–plot, High–yield Gardening. Revised edition. Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 2010.

May Brawley Hill. The American Impressionists in the Garden. Nashville, Tenn.: Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art and Vanderbilt University Press, 2010.

Anne Hillerman. Gardens of Santa Fe. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2010.

Carol Klein. Grow Your Own Vegetables. London: Mitchell Beazley (distributed in the U.S. by Octopus Books), 2010.

Gene Kritsky. The Quest for the Perfect Hive: A History of Innovation in Bee Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Ron Kushner. A Year in a Rock Garden: An Organic Gardening Guide. Charleston, S.C.: Ron Kushner, 2010.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. Aquatic and Standing Water Plants of the Central Midwest: Nelumbonaceae to Vitaceae — Water Lotuses to Grapes. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.

Elizabeth Murray. Monet’s Passion: Ideas, Inspirations & Insights from the Painter’s Gardens. Petaluma, Calif.: Pomegranate, 2010.

Raymond Nones. Raised–bed Vegetable Gardening Made Simple. Woodstock, Vt.: Countryman Press, 2010.

Judy Pray (compiler). Garden Wisdom & Know-how: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2010.

Sue Reed. Energy–wise Landscape Design: A New Approach for Your Home and Garden. Gabriola, B.C., Canada: New Society Publishers, 2010.

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