Garden Book Club 2016 Selections



Here are the 2016 selections for the Washington Gardener Magazine's Garden Book Club:

WINTER- The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

SPRING- The Rambunctious Garden:  Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World by Emma Marris

SUMMER- Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West

FALL - Paradise Under Glass: An Amateur Creates a Conservatory Garden by Ruth Kassinger

The Washington Gardener Magazine's Garden Book Club is free and open to all. We meet quarterly on a weekday evening near a metro-accessible location in the DC-area. We will announce the details of each upcoming meeting about two months in advance. Please check back on this blog for schedule updates and announcements.

Labels:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
 

Popular Posts

  • Visitor...
    Scruffy young moose ~ preparing to eat my neighbor's Aspen tree. :)
  • The Story of the Traveling Plants
    This Hollyhock began it's life in South Dakota in my Mom's Garden. I took the Hollyhock seeds with me to Minnesota, planted in my fi...
  • Mobile Tomatoes and the Wildflower Express
    I was delighted to see the tiny Violas I planted last year (sold as annuals)  are back,  and blooming, for a second summer. Got the text fro...
  • Pileated woodpeckers
    Just before I started cooking dinner, we noticed a pair of pileated woodpeckers in the ravine forest below the house.  A welcome rain had st...
  • How to build perfect shade sails
    Shade sails protect your family members from the oppressive heat of the sun and allows for relaxation outside your home. Shade sails are so...
  • Ugly vegetables...
    My generous and good friend gave me a box of sweet potatoes last week.  They didn't look like sanitized supermarket sweet potatoes, to b...
  • Writing, connecting, and other thoughts
    Spending a day in talks related to writing (at the NC Writers Network Fall Conference) has been interesting. Considering myself a writer (na...
  • Did You Know? -- 10 Bonsai Facts
    Did you know... 1 - That the origin of Bonsai, while often attributed to the Japanese, is actually Chinese in derivation? Many experts agr...
  • A Carolina rose (Rosa carolina)
    A flourishing Carolina rose ( Rosa carolina ) This rose is in its third year, and definitely likes its spot.  I've noted it before; this...
  • Local First Friday: Three Part Harmony Farm
    Three Part Harmony Farm sells fruits and vegetables to consumers in the DC-area. The farm grows produce on a two-acre parcel in Northeast W...