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 reviews@chicagobotanic.org

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