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
Oaks in the Urban Landscape: Selection, Care, and Preservation Laurence R. Costello, Bruce W. Hagen, and Katherine S. Jones 13 5 2011 Oaks in the Urban Landscape: Selection, Care, and Preservation
Of Books and Botany in Early Modern England: Sixteenth–century Plants and Print Culture Leah Knight 11 5 2009 Of Books and Botany in Early Modern England: Sixteenth–century Plants and Print
Of Prairie, Woods, & Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing Joel Greenberg (editor) 10 4 2008 Of Prairie, Woods, & Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing
Of Woods and Water: A Photographic Journey Across Michigan Ron Leonetti and Christopher Jordan 11 2 2008 Of Woods and Water: A Photographic Journey Across Michigan
Old Roses Graham Murphy 9 3 2006 Old Roses
Olin: Placemaking Marc Kristal (editor) 10 6 2008 Olin: Placemaking
On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without Boundaries Richard Reynolds 10 5 2008 On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without Boundaries
On Landscape Architecture Guido Hager 12 6 2009 On Landscape Architecture
On Other Grounds: Gardening and Nationalism in Eighteenth Century England and France Brigitte Weltman-Aron 3 3 2001 On Other Grounds: Gardening and Nationalism in Eighteenth Century England and F
On the Great Plains: Agriculture and Environment Geoff Cunfer 8 5 2005 On the Great Plains: Agriculture and Environment
On the High Line: Exploring America’s Most Original Urban Park Annik La Farge 14 5 2012 On the High Line: Exploring America’s Most Original Urban Park
On the Wild Side: Experiments in New Naturalism Keith Wiley 7 2 2004 On the Wild Side: Experiments in New Naturalism
One Bean Anne Rockwell 1 4 1998 One Bean
Orchids John R. Dunmire and the Editors of Sunset Books 1 2 1998 Orchids
Orchids of French Guiana Dariusz L. Szlachetko, Yvonne Veyret, Joanna Mytnik–Ejsmont, Magdalena Sawicka, Piotr Rutkowski, and Przemyslaw Baranow 15 2 2012 Orchids of French Guiana
Orchids Simplified: An Indoor Gardening Guide Henry Jaworski 1 2 Orchids Simplified: An Indoor Gardening Guide
Orchids to Know and Grow Thomas J. Sheehan and Robert J. Black 10 1 2007 Orchids to Know and Grow
Organ Pipe Cactus David Yetman 9 3 2006 Organ Pipe Cactus
Organ Pipe: Life on the Edge Carol Ann Bassett 7 3 2004 Organ Pipe: Life on the Edge
Organic Gardening in Cold Climates Sandra Perrin 6 2 2002 Organic Gardening in Cold Climates
Organic Gardening: The Natural No-Dig Way Charles Dowding 9 6 2007 Organic Gardening: The Natural No-Dig Way
Organic Management for the Professional Howard Garrett, John Ferguson, and Mike Amaranthus 14 4 2012 Organic Management for the Professional
Origami Flowers: Popular Blossoms and Creative Bouquets Hiromi Hayashi 5 6 2003 Origami Flowers: Popular Blossoms and Creative Bouquets
Ornament in the Small Garden Roy Strong 6 1 2002 Ornament in the Small Garden
Ornamental Grasses: Wolfgang Oehme and the New American Garden Stefan Leppert 11 2 2009 Ornamental Grasses: Wolfgang Oehme and the New American Garden
Ornamental Tropical Shrubs Amanda Jarrett 6 5 2003 Ornamental Tropical Shrubs
Orra White Hitchcock (1796 – 1863): An Amherst Woman of Art and Science Robert L. Herbert and Daria D’Arienzo 13 5 2011 Orra White Hitchcock (1796 – 1863): An Amherst Woman of Art and Science
Our Forests, Our Future World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development 2 3 1998 Our Forests, Our Future
Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits and Peculiarities Harriet L. Keeler 7 2 2005 Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits and
Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion Alan Burdick 8 5 2005 Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion
Out of Nature: Why Drugs from Plants Matter to the Future of Humanity Kara Rogers 14 4 2012 Out of Nature: Why Drugs from Plants Matter to the Future of Humanity
Out of the Scientist’s Garden: A Story of Water and Food Richard Stirzaker 12 6 2010 Out of the Scientist’s Garden: A Story of Water and Food
Outer Spaces Diarmuid Gavin 6 5 2003 Outer Spaces
Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home Julie Moir Messervy and Sahara Susanka 8 5 2006 Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home
Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner, Dale F. Schweitzer, J. Bolling Sullivan, and Richard C. Reardon 14 3 2011 Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
Ozark Wildflowers Don Kurz 1 3 1999 Ozark Wildflowers
Ozark Wildflowers: An Ecological Guide to Flowering Plants in the Region Thomas E. Hemmerly 5 2 2002 Ozark Wildflowers: An Ecological Guide to Flowering Plants in the Region