Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 8, Number 2
(March 2006)

 

Guy Barter (editor). Learn to Garden. New York: DK Publishing, 2005.

François Berthier. Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Dominique Browning. The New Garden Paradise: Great Private Gardens of the World. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005.

Brian Capon. Botany for Gardeners. Revised edition. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2005.

Rick Cech and Guy Taylor. Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer’s Guide. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005.

Charles Fergus. Trees of New England: A Natural History. Guildford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, 2005.

Bob Flowerdew. The gourmet gardener: Everything you need to know to grow and prepare the very finest flowers, fruits and vegetables. London: Kyle Cathie (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing), 2005.

Roger Grounds. Grasses: Choosing and Using These Ornamental Plants in the Garden. London: Quadrille Publishing (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing), 2005.

Kerin E. Lilleeng–Rosenberger. Growing Hawaii’s Native Plants: A Simple Step–By–Step Approach for Every Species. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2005.

Julian Owen. Conservatories: A Complete Guide: Planning, Managing and Completing Your Conservatory. Ramsbury: Crowood Press (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing), 2005.

Stephen Packard and Cornelia F. Mutel (editors). The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook for Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands. New preface by the editors. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2005.

Donald Anthony Schiemann. Wildflowers of Montana. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Publishing, 2005.

Charles W.G. Smith. Fall Foliage: The Mystery, Science, and Folklore of Autumn Leaves. Guildford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, 2005.

Thomas S. Spencer and John J. Russell. Gardens Across America. Volume 1: East of the Mississippi. Lanham, Md.: Taylor, 2005.

Tim Upson and Susyn Andrews. The Genus Lavandula. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2004.

 

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