New in the Library: 2023

Known as the Windy City and the Hog Butcher to the World, Chicago has earned a more apt sobriquet-City of Lake and Prairie-with this compelling, innovative, and deeply researched environmental history.

This book is an engaging and informative compendium of flower facts.

In this engaging look at both the impermanence and the resilience of the northeastern forest ecosystems, Charles D. Canham provides a synthesis of modern ecological research and explores critical threats that include logging, fire suppression, disease, air pollution, invasive species, and climate change.

Tells the story of Sara Lemmon, a little-known and under-appreciated woman of both science and art, who did much of the botanical work attributed to her husband, John Lemmon, and in addition, her gift for drawing in the field, combined with her thirst for scientific knowledge, made her "one of the most accurate painters of nature in the State of California.

What good is a dead plant? A lot! Herbaria, a picture book for grades one through eight, explains why, leading readers on an accessible, engaging exploration of who loves dead plants--and why.

This book explores the life and work of the 18th-century English artist, explorer, naturalist, and author Mark Catesby (1683-1749).

Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver met as young women and in 1929 established their highly successful firm in Salem; their work is acknowledged as one of the milestones in the history of garden design in the Northwest and beyond.

For gardeners who love the dreamy moods and colors of natural gardens, Oudolf and Gerritsen offer a key a magic kingdom of garden beauty.

Hilton Carter takes you on a magical plant journey that highlights 12 unique, green-filled, interiors

Biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman-aka "Canopy Meg"-takes us on an adventure into the "eighth continent" of the world’s treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action

For almost 40 years, Raymond Jungles has generated design solutions that respond to surrounding natural systems while restoring nature’s balance and harmony on a micro-scale.

Questions buzzed endlessly in Charles Henry Turner’s mind. Fascinated by bugs and other animals, he wondered: Can spiders learn? How do ants find their way home? Can bugs see color?

One of the most spectacular private gardens in America, Hortulus Farm is the masterpiece of Renny Reynolds and Jack Staub, renowned experts in the fields of design, gardening, and entertaining. Over forty years, they have created an inspirational, 100-acre wonderland filled with both charms and eccentricities.

The Ecological Gardener will give you the tools to create an abundant garden from the soil up - a garden that welcomes birds and bees and showcases native planting and wild flowers, with minimal carbon impact or need for fresh water.

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A journey through the most unlikely of gardens: the oases of peace people create in the midst of war.

Simple text reveals the benefits of planting a single tree, both to those who see it grow and to the world as a whole.

Hathaway’s book explores the many ways in which the matsutake, humans, and other forms of life on our planet engage with each other, and pull each other into their respective lives

Library holds print and eBook versions.

Text in Chinese with English translation

Children's book by 2018 Nobel Prize winner in literature Olga Tokarczuk

Library holds both print and eBook versions of this book.

Library holds both print and eBook versions of this book.

Library holds both print and eBook versions of this book.

Library holds both print and eBook versions of this book.

Library holds both print and eBook formats

Library holds both print and eBook formats

Graphic novel

Available in eBook and print format