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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

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