Chicago Botanic Garden

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 reviews@chicagobotanic.org

Edward J. Valauskas
Editor, Current Books on Gardening & Botany
Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden