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Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 8, Number 4
(July 2006)

 

Jane Amidon. Moving Horizons: The Landscape Architecture of Kathryn Gustafson and Partners. Boston: Birkhäuser, 2005.

C. Paul Christianson. The Riverside Gardens of Thomas More’s London. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2005.

Michael R. Hardwick. Changes in Landscape: The Beginning of Horticulture in the California Mission. Orange, Calif.: Paragon Agency, 2005.

Marina Harrison and Lucy D. Rosenfeld. Gardenwalks in the Mid-Atlantic States: Beautiful Gardens from New York to Washington, D.C. Guildford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, 2005.

Sheila Harvey and Ken Fieldhouse (editors). The Cultured Landscape: Designing the Environment in the Twenty-first Century. New York: Routledge, 2005.

Robbin C. Moran. A Natural History of Ferns. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2004.

Nancy and Michael Phillips. The Herbalist’s Way: The Art and Practice of Healing with Plant Medicines. Revised edition. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2005.

Roger Phillips. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2005.

Jeffrey A. Sayer and Stewart Maginnis (editors). Forest in Landscapes: Ecosystem Approaches to Sustainability. Sterling, Va.: Earthscan, 2005.

John Vaillant. Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed. New York: Norton, 2005.

David L. Wagner. Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005.

Scott Weidensaul. Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul. New York: North Point Press, 2005.

Stuart M. Whitten and Jeff Bennett. Managing Wetlands for Private and Social Good: Theory, Policy and Cases from Australia. Northhampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.

 

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