Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 8, Number 5
(September 2006)

 

Alan Burdick. Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

Sarah Coles. Chalk and Limestone Gardening: A Guide to Success on Alkaline Soils. London: Crowood Press (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing), 2005.

Geoff Cunfer. On the Great Plains: Agriculture and Environment. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2005.

Owen E. Dell. How to Start a Home-Based Landscaping Business. Fifth edition. Guildford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, 2006.

Larry Hodgson. Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2005.

Julia Lawless. The Fragrant Garden: Growing and Using Scented Plants. London: Kyle Cathie (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing), 2005.

Julie Moir Messervy and Sahara Susank. Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home. Newtown, Conn.: Taunton Press, 2006.

Timothy J. Motley, Nyree Zerega, and Hugh Cross (editors). Darwin’s Harvest: New Approaches to the Origins, Evolution, and Conservation of Crops. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.

Virginia D. Nazarea. Heirloom Seeds and their Keepers: Marginality and Memory in the Conservation of Biological Diversity. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2005.

Barbara Pleasant. The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual: Essential Know-how for Keeping (not Killing!) More Than 160 Indoor Plants. North Adams, Mass.: Storey Publishing, 2005.

Paul Stamets. Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms can Help Save the World. Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 2005.

Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow (editors). Ecological Literacy: Educating our Children for a Sustainable World. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2005.

Scott J. Tilden. The Glory of Gardens: 2,000 Years of Writings on Garden Design. New York: Abrams, 2006.

Frederick R. Troeh and Louis M. Thompson. Soils and Soil Fertility. Sixth edition. Ames, Ia.: Blackwell, 2005.

Penny Underwood. Designing and Creating Japanese Gardens. London: Crowood Press (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing), 2005.

Sally S. Weeks, Harmon P. Weeks, Jr., and Geroge R. Parker. Native Trees of the Midwest: Identification, Wildlife Values, and Landscaping Use. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 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 reviews@chicagobotanic.org

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