Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 5, Number 1
(January 2003)

 

Michele Driscoll Alioto. Glorious Indoor Gardens. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2002.

Jennifer Bennett. Lilacs for the Garden. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2002.

Geoff Bryant. Plant Propagation A-Z: Growing Plants for Free. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2003.

Lauren Child. What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean? Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 2002.

William Cullina. Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 2002.

Charles Elliott. The Potting-Shed Papers: On Gardens, Gardeners, and Garden History. Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, 2002.

Jane Forster and Stephen Roberts. Window Gardens for Windows, Walls, Decks, and Balconies. New York: Hearst Books, 2002.

Harold Koopowitz. Clivias. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2002.

John Madeley. Food for All: The Need for a New Agriculture. New York: Zed Books, 2002.

Elizabeth St. Cloud Muse. A Child's Garden: Introducing Your Child to the Joys of the Garden. Illustrated by Eva Saull. Boston: Little, Brown, 2002.

Ronald W. Parkhurst. The Book of Bromeliads and Hawaiian Tropical Flowers. Makawao, Hawaii: Pacific Isle Publishing, 2000.

The Rose. New York: MetroBooks, 2002.

Judy Spours and the Editors of Victoria Magazine. The House in Bloom. New York: Hearst Books, 2002.

Henry David Thoreau. Wild Apples and Other Natural History Essays. Edited by William Rossi. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2002.

Yoav Waisel, Amram Eshel and Uzi Kafkafi (editors). Plant Roots: The Hidden Half. Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2002.

 

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