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Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 6, Number 3
(May 2004)

 

William M. Adams and Martin Mulligan. Decolonizing Nature: Strategies for Conservation in a Post-colonial Era. London: Earthscan Publications, 2003.

Trevor Cole. Northeast. New York: DK Publishing, 2003.

Ray Desmond. Great Natural History Books and Their Creators. London and New Castle, Del.: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 2003.

John Dighton. Fungi in Ecosystem Processes. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003.

Eric Jay Dolin. Smithsonian Book of National Wildlife Refuges. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2003.

Stephanie Donaldson. Peaceful Gardens. New York: Ryland, Peters & Small, 2003.

Keith L. Eggener. Luis Barragán’s Gardens of El Pedregal. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001.

Gary Alan Fine. Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003, c. 1998.

Deborah Lynn Guber. The Grassroots of a Green Revolution: Polling America on the Environment. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2003.

Niki Hayden (editor). Colorado Home & Garden Lover’s Guide. Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum Publishing, 2003.

Charles B. Heiser. Weeds in My Garden: Observations on Some Misunderstood Plants. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2003.

Jack E. Ingels. Landscaping: Principles and Practices. Sixth edition. Clifton Park, N.Y.: Delmar Learning, 2004.

Sandra Knapp. Plant Discoveries: A Botanist’s Voyage Through Plant Exploration. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2003.

Jane McGary (editor). Rock Garden Design and Construction. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2003.

Joan Morgan and Alison Richards. The New Book of Apples: A Definitive Guide to Apples, Including Over 2,000 Varieties. Revised and updated edition. London: Ebury Press, 2002.

The New York Times Gardening 1000 Questions & Answers. New York: Workman Publishing, 2003.

Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen. Planting the Natural Garden. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2003.

Allen Paterson. Best Trees for Your Garden. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2003.

Christopher J. Preston. Grounding Knowledge: Environmental Philosophy, Epistemology, and Place. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2003.

John Richards. Primula. Revised edition. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2003.

Charles D. Spornick, Alan R. Cattier, and Robert J. Greene. An Outdoor Guide to Bartram’s Travels. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2003.

David Stuart. The Plants That Shaped Our Gardens. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2002.

Benjamin Wolf and George H. Snyder. Sustainable Soils: The Place of Organic Matter in Sustaining Soils and Their Productivity. Binghamton, N.Y.: Food Products Press, 2003.

 

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