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
Raised–bed Vegetable Gardening Made Simple Raymond Nones 12 4 2010 Raised–bed Vegetable Gardening Made Simple
Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky Thomas G. Barnes, Deborah White, and Marc Evans 10 6 2008 Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky
Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden François Berthier 3 3 2000 Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden
Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden François Berthier 8 2 2005 Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden
Realizing Nature’s Potential: Proceedings of the William L. Brown Symposium Honoring Gordon Cragg Bruce E. Ponman and James S. Miller (editors) 13 6 2011 Realizing Nature’s Potential: Proceedings of the William L. Brown Symposium Hono
Recovering the Prairie Robert F. Sayre (editor) 2 2 1999 Recovering the Prairie
Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill Martin Sheppard 13 2 2010 Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill
Rejuvenating a Garden Stephen Anderton 2 2 2000 Rejuvenating a Garden
Reliable Roses Philip Harkness 6 5 2004 Reliable Roses
Remarkable Plants of Texas: Uncommon Accounts of our Common Natives Matt Warnock Turner 11 3 2009 Remarkable Plants of Texas: Uncommon Accounts of our Common Natives
Rematerial: From Waste to Architecture Alejandro Bahamón and Maria Camila Sanjinés 12 5 2010 Rematerial: From Waste to Architecture
Resource Strategies of Wild Plants Joseph M. Craine 11 5 2009 Resource Strategies of Wild Plants
Restoring Disturbed Landscapes: Putting Principles into Practice David J. Tongway and John A Ludwig 13 4 2011 Restoring Disturbed Landscapes: Putting Principles into Practice
Rethinking Landscape: A Critical Reader Ian Thompson 11 2 2009 Rethinking Landscape: A Critical Reader
Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul Scott Weidensaul 8 4 2005 Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul
Richard Woods (1715–1793): Master of the Pleasure Garden Fiona Cowell 12 5 2009 Richard Woods (1715–1793): Master of the Pleasure Garden
Roberto Burle Marx: The Lyrical Landscape Marta Iris Montero 5 5 2001 Roberto Burle Marx: The Lyrical Landscape
Rock Garden Design and Construction Jane McGary (editor) 6 3 2003 Rock Garden Design and Construction
Rocky Mountain Gardener’s Handbook: All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant, & Maintain a Rocky Mountain Garden Mary Ann Newcomer and John Cretti 15 2 2012 Rocky Mountain Gardener’s Handbook: All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant, & Maint
Rodale Organic Gardening Solutions Cheryl Long 3 4 2000 Rodale Organic Gardening Solutions
Rooftop & Terrace Gardens Caroline Tilston 10 4 2008 Rooftop & Terrace Gardens
Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide Rosemary Gladstar 14 4 2012 Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide
Roses Revealed Dermot O’Neill 9 4 2007 Roses Revealed