Current Books & Book Reviews

Current Books on Gardening & Botany is an Internet-only journal reviewing new books and other media about gardening, horticulture, and botany. Reviews cover a wide range of new literature in print and digital form and are written primarily by the staff of the Chicago Botanic Garden.

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Titlesort icon Author Volume Number Publication Date
A Book of Blue Flowers Robert Geneve 3 1 2000 A Book of Blue Flowers
A Breath From Elsewhere Mirabel Osler 1 2 1999 A Breath From Elsewhere.
A Brief History of Gardening Neil Fairbaim 4 6 2001 A Brief History of Gardening
A Child's Garden: Introducing Your Child to the Joys of the Garden Elizabeth St. Cloud Muse 5 1 2002 A Child's Garden: Introducing Your Child to the Joys of the Garden
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmstead and America in the Nineteenth Century Witold Rybczynski 1 3 1999 A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmstead and America in the Nineteent
A Color Atlas of Plant Structure Bryan G. Bowes 3 3 2000 A Color Atlas of Plant Structure
A Congenial Fellowship: A Botanical Correspondence Between Charles C. Deam and Floyd A. Swink Peg Mohar (Editor) 3 2 2000 A Congenial Fellowship: A Botanical Correspondence Between Charles C. Deam and F
A Favorite Place of Resort for Strangers: The King's Garden at Fort Ticonderoga Lucinda A. Brockway 4 1 2001 A Favorite Place of Resort for Strangers: The King's Garden at Fort Ticonderoga
A Field Guide to Alpine Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains Hälle Flygare 15 1 2012 A Field Guide to Alpine Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains
A Field Guide to Bacteria Betsey Dexter Dyer 6 5 2003 A Field Guide to Bacteria
A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest Daniel Winkler 15 1 2012 A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
A Field Guide to the Plants and Animals of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque Jean–Luc E. Cartron, David C. Lightfoot, Jane E Mygatt 11 3 2008 A Field Guide to the Plants and Animals of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque
A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region Bruce A. Sorrie 13 6 2011 A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region
A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed James Fenton 4 6 2001 A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed
A Garden of Fragrance Suzy Bales 2 5 2000 A Garden of Fragrance
A Gardener’s Guide to Frost: Outwit the Weather and Extend the Spring and Fall Seasons Philip Harnden 6 6 2003 A Gardener’s Guide to Frost: Outwit the Weather and Extend the Spring and Fall
A Genius for Place: American Landscapes of the Country Place Era Robin S. Karson 10 2 2007 A Genius for Place: American Landscapes of the Country Place Era
A Guide to Moist-soil Wetland Plants of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Michael L. Schummer, Heath M. Hagy, K. Sarah Fleming, Joshua C. Cheshier, and James T. Callicutt 14 4 2012 A Guide to Moist-soil Wetland Plants of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
A Guide to Native Plants of the New York City Region Margaret B. Gargiullo 12 6 2010 A Guide to Native Plants of the New York City Region
A Guide to Smithsonian Gardens Carole Ottesen 13 4 2011 A Guide to Smithsonian Gardens
A Handbook of Soil Terminology, Correlation and Classification Pavel Krasilnikov, Juan-José Ibáñez Martí, Richard Arnold, and Serghei Shoba (editors) 12 2 2009 A Handbook of Soil Terminology, Correlation and Classification
A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500–1920 T.C. Smout, Alan R. MacDonald, and Fiona Watson 7 6 2005 A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500–1920
A Landscaper’s Guide to Perennial Flowers Mark Zampardo 11 1 2008 A Landscaper’s Guide to Perennial Flowers
A Legacy in Bloom: Celebrating a Century of Gardens at the Cummer Judith B. Tankard 11 2 2008 A Legacy in Bloom: Celebrating a Century of Gardens at the Cummer
A Little Piece of Earth: How to Grow Your own Food in Small Spaces Maria Finn 12 2 2010 A Little Piece of Earth: How to Grow Your own Food in Small Spaces
A Man's Garden Warren Schultz 3 1 2001 A Man's Garden
A Native Hawaiian Garden John L. Culliney and Bruce P. Koebele 3 2 1999 A Native Hawaiian Garden
A Natural History of Ferns Robbin C. Moran 8 4 2004 A Natural History of Ferns
A Natural History of Quiet Waters: Swamps and Wetlands of the Mid-Atlantic Coast Curtis J. Badger 10 6 2007 A Natural History of Quiet Waters: Swamps and Wetlands of the Mid-Atlantic Coast
A Natural History of the New World: The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in America Alan Graham 13 3 2011 A Natural History of the New World: The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in Amer
A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics Marco Lambertini 2 4 2000 A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics
A Naturalist's Guide to Wetland Plants: An Ecology for Eastern North America Donald D. Cox 5 4 2002 A Naturalist's Guide to Wetland Plants: An Ecology for Eastern North America
A Nature Lover’s Almanac: Kinky Bugs, Stealthy Critters, Prosperous Plants & Celestial Wonders Diane Olson 14 5 2012 A Nature Lover’s Almanac: Kinky Bugs, Stealthy Critters, Prosperous Plants & Cel
A Passion for Trees: The Legacy of John Evelyn Maggie Campbell-Culve 9 3 2006 A Passion for Trees: The Legacy of John Evelyn
A Passion for Vegetables Lorenza De’Medici 6 1 2002 A Passion for Vegetables
A Pompeian Herbal Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski 2 2 1999 A Pompeian Herbal
A Portable Dictionary of Plants, Their Classification and Use - Third Edition David Mabberley 10 5 2008 A Portable Dictionary of Plants, Their Classification and Use (Third edition)
A Practical Guide to Bonsai 3 6 1997 A Practical Guide to Bonsai
A Practical Guide to Topiary Jenny Hendy 14 4 2011 A Practical Guide to Topiary
A Rare Botanical Legacy: The Contributions of Ruby and Arthur Van Deventer in Northwestern California Rick Bennett and Susan Calla (editors) 11 5 2009 A Rare Botanical Legacy: The Contributions of Ruby and Arthur Van Deventer in N
A Short Visit in Mistra on May 1: Mistra Estates Flora Eugene Ladopoulos 14 4 2012 A Short Visit in Mistra on May 1: Mistra Estates Flora
A Simple Celebration of Trees & Tree-planting Ceremonies Daniel Butler 12 3 2010 A Simple Celebration of Trees & Tree-planting Ceremonies
A Spring Without Bees: How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered our Food Supply Michael Schacker 11 4 2008 A Spring Without Bees: How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered our Food Supp
A Taste for Gardening: Classes and Gendered Practices Lisa Taylor 10 6 2008 A Taste for Gardening: Classes and Gendered Practices
A Tree for All Seasons Robin Bernard 3 6 2001 A Tree for All Seasons
A Vegetable Gardener’s Year ‘Dirty Nails’ 11 6 2008 A Vegetable Gardener’s Year
A Veritable Eden, The Manchester Botanic Garden: A History Ann Brooks 13 6 2011 'A Veritable Eden', The Manchester Botanic Garden: A History
A Very Small Farm William Paul Winchester 9 3 2006 A Very Small Farm
A Walk in the Deciduous Forest Rebecca L. Johnson 3 1 2001 A Walk in the Deciduous Forest
A Weed by any Other Name: The Virtues of a Messy Lawn, or Learning to Love the Plants we Don’t Plant Nancy Gift 11 4 2009 A Weed by any Other Name: The Virtues of a Messy Lawn, or Learning to Love the P
A Woman's Hardy Garden Helena Rutherford Ely 1 4 1999 A Woman's Hardy Garden
A World in one Cubic Foot: Portraits of Biodiversity David Liittschwager 15 1 2012 A World in one Cubic Foot: Portraits of Biodiversity
A World of Gardens John Dixon Hunt 14 4 2012 A World of Gardens
A Year at Barnsdale: The Inspiring Legacy of Geoff Hamilton’s Beautiful Garden Tony Hamilton 5 6 2002 A Year at Barnsdale: The Inspiring Legacy of Geoff Hamilton’s Beautiful Garden
A Year in a Rock Garden: An Organic Gardening Guide Ron Kushner 12 4 2010 A Year in a Rock Garden: An Organic Gardening Guide
A Year in Our Gardens: Letters by Nancy Goodwin and Allen Lacy Nancy Goodwin and Allen Lacy 3 5 2001 A Year in Our Gardens: Letters by Nancy Goodwin and Allen Lacy
Abundant Beauty: The Adventurous Travels of Marianne North — Botanical Artist Marianne North 13 4 2011 Abundant Beauty: The Adventurous Travels of Marianne North — Botanical Artist
Against Extinction: The Story of Conservation William M. Adams and Martin Mulligan 6 5 2004 Against Extinction: The Story of Conservation
Agrobiodiversity: Characterization, Utilization and Management D. Wood and J.M. Lennè (editors) 2 2 1999 Agrobiodiversity: Characterization, Utilization and Management
AHS Great Plant Guide 1 3 1999 AHS Great Plant Guide
Airplanes in the Garden: Monarch Butterflies Take Flight Joan Z. Calder and Cathy Quiel 13 6 2011 Airplanes in the Garden: Monarch Butterflies Take Flight
Alan Dunn’s Sugarcraft Flower Arranging Alan Dunn 12 1 2009 Alan Dunn’s Sugarcraft Flower Arranging
Alaska Trees and Shrubs. Second edition Leslie A. Viereck and Elbert Luther Little 10 1 2007 Alaska Trees and Shrubs. Second edition
Alaska: The Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide Dennis Paulson and Les Beletsky 3 6 2001 Alaska: The Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide
Aldo Leopold: A Sand Country Almanac and Other Writings on Ecology and Conservation Curt Meine (editor) 15 3 2013
Aldo Leopold’s Shack: Nina’s Story Nancy Nye Hunt 14 1 2011 Aldo Leopold’s Shack: Nina’s Story
Alien Species and Evolution: The Evolutionary Ecology of Exotic Plants, Animals, Microbes, and Interacting Native Species George W. Cox 7 4 2004 Alien Species and Evolution: The Evolutionary Ecology of Exotic Plants, Animals,
Aliens in the Backyard: Plant and Animal Imports into America John Leland 8 1 2005 Aliens in the Backyard: Plant and Animal Imports into America
All About Compost: Recycling Household and Garden Waste Pauline Pears 2 4 1999 All About Compost: Recycling Household and Garden Waste
All About Garden Pools & Fountains Denny Schrock (editor) 6 8 2006 All About Garden Pools & Fountains
Aloes: The Definitive Guide S. Carter, J.J. Laranos, L.E. Newton, and C.C. Walker 14 1 2011 Aloes: The Definitive Guide
Alpine Plants of the Northwest: Wyoming to Alaska Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon, with Rosamund Pojur, Curtis Björk, and Hans Roemer 15 3 2013
Alpines from Mountain to Garden Richard Wilford 13 3 2010 Alpines from Mountain to Garden
Amazing Annuals Marjorie Mason Hogue 1 3 1999 Amazing Annuals
American Heritage Children’s Science Dictionary 6 6 2003 American Heritage Children’s Science Dictionary
American Horticultural Society SmartGarden Regional Guide: Northeast Trevor Cole 6 3 2003 American Horticultural Society SmartGarden Regional Guide: Northeast
American Horticultural Society Southeast Smart Garden Regional Guide Rita Pelczar and William E. Barrick 7 6 2004 American Horticultural Society Southeast Smart Garden Regional Guide
American Nature Writing 2003 ohn A. Murray (editor) 5 5 2003 American Nature Writing 2003
American Perceptions of Immigrant and Invasive Species: Strangers on the Land Peter Coates 9 2 2006 American Perceptions of Immigrant and Invasive Species: Strangers on the Land
An American Cutting Garden: A Primer for Growing Cut Flowers Where Summers Are Hot and Winters Are Cold Suzanne McIntire 4 6 2002 An American Cutting Garden: A Primer for Growing Cut Flowers Where Summers Are H
An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms Robert Lee Riffle and Paul Craft 6 1 2003 An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms
An Illustrated Guide to Iowa Prairie Plants Paul Christiansen and Mark Muller 2 2 1999 An Illustrated Guide to Iowa Prairie Plants
An Introduction to Botanical Medicines: History, Science, Uses, and Dangers Antoine Al-Achi 10 6 2008 An Introduction to Botanical Medicines: History, Science, Uses, and Dangers
An Introduction to Plant Structure and Development: Plant Anatomy for the Twenty-First Century Charles B. Beck 12 6 2010 An Introduction to Plant Structure and Development: Plant Anatomy for the Twent
An Irishman’s Cuttings: Tales of Irish Gardens and Gardeners, Plants and Plant Hunters E. Charles Nelson 12 1 2009 An Irishman’s Cuttings: Tales of Irish Gardens and Gardeners, Plants and Plant H
An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect Sharman Apt Russell 6 2 2003 An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect
An Outdoor Guide to Bartram’s Travels Charles D. Spornick, Alan R. Cattier, and Robert J. Greene 6 3 2003 An Outdoor Guide to Bartram’s Travels
Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers Sharman Apt Russell 4 2 2001 Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers
Ancient Trees in the Landscape: Norfolk’s Arboreal Heritage Gerry Barnes and Tom Williamson 14 2 2011 Ancient Trees in the Landscape: Norfolk’s Arboreal Heritage
Andrew Jackson Downing: Essential Texts Robert Twombly, editor 14 5 2012 Andrew Jackson Downing: Essential Texts
Animal House Melissa Bay Mathis 2 2 1999 Animal House
Animals in Camouflage Phyllis Limbacher Tildes 2 4 1999 Animals in Camouflage
Annuals Patricia Freeman 2 4 2000 Annuals
Annuals for Every Purpose: Choose the Right Plants for Your Conditions, Your Garden, and Your Taste Larry Hodgson 6 1 2002 Annuals for Every Purpose: Choose the Right Plants for Your Conditions, Your Ga
Annuals with Style: Design Ideas from Classic to Cutting Edge Michael A. Ruggiero and Tom Christopher 4 1 2000 Annuals with Style: Design Ideas from Classic to Cutting Edge
Another World Lies Beyond: Creating Liu Fang Yuan, Huntington’s Chinese Garden T. June Li (editor) 11 3 2009 Another World Lies Beyond: Creating Liu Fang Yuan, Huntington’s Chinese Garden
Aquatic and Standing Water Plants of the Central Midwest: Nelumbonaceae to Vitaceae — Water Lotuses to Grapes Robert H. Mohlenbrock 12 4 2010 Aquatic and Standing Water Plants of the Central Midwest: Nelumbonaceae to Vitac
Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the Western Gulf Coast Charles D. Stutzenbaker 13 3 2010 Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the Western Gulf Coast
Arboretum Borealis: A Lifeline of the Planet Diana Beresford-Kroeger 13 1 2010 Arboretum Borealis: A Lifeline of the Planet
Are Trees Alive? Debbie S. Miller 6 1 2002 Are Trees Alive?
Arguments for Protected Areas: Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley (editors) 12 5 2010 Arguments for Protected Areas: Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use
Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials Allan M. Armitage 4 2 2001 Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials
Around the House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing and Home Improvement Dominique Browning 5 2 2001 Around the House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing and Home Im
Arthur Harry Church: The Anatomy of Flowers David Mabberley 3 1 2000 Arthur Harry Church: The Anatomy of Flowers
Asian Gardens: History, Beliefs, and Design Tom Turner 13 1 2011 Asian Gardens: History, Beliefs, and Design
At Home with Flowers: Beautifully Simple Arrangements for Every Room in the House Jane Packer 13 5 2011 At Home with Flowers: Beautifully Simple Arrangements for Every Room in the Hous
Australian Palms: Biogeography, Ecology and Systematics John Leslie Dowe 12 6 2010 Australian Palms: Biogeography, Ecology and Systematics
Australian Planting Design Paul Thompson 14 6 2012 Australian Planting Design
Australian Plants as Aboriginal Tools Philip A. Clarke 15 1 2012 Australian Plants as Aboriginal Tools
Australian Rainforests: Islands of Green in a Land of Fire D.M.J.S. Bowman 2 4 2000 Australian Rainforests: Islands of Green in a Land of Fire
Australia’s Poisonous Plants, Fungi and Cyanobacteria Ross McKenzie 14 6 2012 Australia’s Poisonous Plants, Fungi and Cyanobacteria
Avant Gardeners: 50 Visionaries of the Contemporary Landscape Tim Richardson 10 5 2008 Avant Gardeners: 50 Visionaries of the Contemporary Landscape
Azaleas, Rhododendrons and Camellias John R. Dunmire, Jim McCausland and the Editors of Sunset Books 1 3 1999 Azaleas, Rhododendrons and Camellias
A–Z of Flower Portraits: An Illustrated Guide to Painting 40 Beautiful Flowers in Watercolour Billy Showell 13 6 2010 A–Z of Flower Portraits: An Illustrated Guide to Painting 40 Beautiful Flowers i