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Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 13, Number 6
(November 2011)


Angelique Bamberg. Chatham Village: Pittsburgh’s Garden City.. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011.

Per Benjamin, Max van de Sluis, and Tomas De Bruyne. Plant Arrangements: Creativity with Flowers.. Oostkamp, Belgium: Stichting Kunstboek, 2011.

Ann Brooks. ‘A Veritable Eden,’ The Manchester Botanic Garden: A History. Oxford, U.K.: Windgather Press, 2011.

Joan Z. Calder and Cathy Quiel. Airplanes in the Garden: Monarch Butterflies take Flight. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Patio Publishing, 2011.

Lake Douglas. Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscape In New Orleans. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2011.

George Gale. Dying on the Vine: How Phylloxera Transformed Wine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011.

Mara J. Goldman, Paul Nadasdy, and Matthew D. Turner (editors). Knowing Nature: Conversations at the Intersection of Political Ecology and Science Studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Michael Graham, Joan Parker, and Paul K. Dayton (editors). The Essential Naturalist: Timeless Readings in Natural History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Tony Hill. Creating Realistic Landscapes for Model Railways. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, U.K.: Crowood Press, 2010.

Jean-Marie Lespinasse and Évelyne Leterme (editors). Growing Fruit Trees: Novel Concepts and Practices for Successful Care & Management. New York: Norton, 2011.

James P. Mandaville. Bedouin Ethnobotany: Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2011.

Laura Mayer. Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden. Botley, Oxford, U.K.: Shire Publications, 2011.

Janelle McCulloch. The Modern Kitchen Garden: Design, Ideas, Practical Tips. Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2011.

Simon McKie. Making Craft Cider: A Ciderist’s Guide. Botley, Oxford, U.K.: Shire Publications, 2011.

Anne Pieper. Draw Flowers: Using Pencils, Pastels, Crayons and Charcoal. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, U.K.: Search Press, 2010.

Bruce E. Ponman and James S. Miller (editors). Realizing Nature’s Potential: Proceedings of the William L. Brown Symposium Honoring Gordon Cragg. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 2011.

Gerald A. Rosenthal. Sonoran Desert life: Understanding, Insights & Enjoyment. Second edition, revised and expanded. Scottsdale, Ariz.: Academic Press, 2010.

Felder Rushing. Slow Gardening: A No-Stress Philosophy for all Senses and Seasons. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2011.

Billy Showell. A–Z of Flower Portraits: An Illustrated Guide to Painting 40 Beautiful Flowers in Watercolour. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, U.K.: Search Press, 2010.

Bruce A. Sorrie. A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

Timothy P. Spira. Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains & Piedmont. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

Judith B. Tankard. Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden from the Archives of Country Life. New York: Rizzoli, 2011.

Anne Wareham. The Bad Tempered Gardener. London: Frances Lincoln, 2011.

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