Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 9, Number 5
(September 2007)

 

Linda Beutler. Garden to Vase: Growing and Using Your Own Cut Flowers. Portland, Ore: Timber Press, 2007.

Ursula Buchan. Garden People: The Photographs of Valerie Finnis. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2007.

Denise DeLaurentis and Hollie Powers Holt. The Art of the Garden: Collecting Antique Botanical Prints.Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer, 2006.

Rebecca L. Johnson. Carnivorous Plants. Minneapolis, Minn.: Lerner Publications, 2007.

Judith Larner Lowry. The Landscaping Ideas of Jays: A Natural History of the Backyard Restoration Garden. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.

Kevin R. Marsh. Drawing Lines in the Forest: Creating Wilderness Areas in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007.

Stewart McPherson. Pitcher Plants of the Americas. Blacksburg, Va.: McDonald & Woodward Publishing, 2006.

Clive Nichols. The Art of Flower & Garden Photography. London: Argentum (distributed by Trafalgar Square, Chicago), 2007.

Nancy J. Ondra. Foliage: Astonishing Color and Texture Beyond Flowers. North Adams, Mass.: Storey Publishing, 2007.

Anita Sanchez. The Story of the Beloved and Despised Dandelion. Blacksburg, Va.: McDonald & Woodward, 2006.

Mary Soderstrom. Green City: People, Nature, and Urban Places. Montreal: Véhicule Press, 2006.

Paolo Squatriti (editor). Natures Past: The Environment and Human History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007.

Katherine Whiteside. The Way We Garden Now: 41 Pick-and-Choose Projects for Planting Your Paradise Large or Small. New York: Clarkson Potter, 2006.

Emily Young and Dave Egbert. Big Ideas for Small Gardens. Menlo Park, Calif.: Sunset Books, 2006.

Ellen Zachos. Down and Dirty: 43 Fun & Funky First-Time Projects & Activities to Get You Gardening. North Adams, Mass.: Storey Publishing, 2007.

 

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