JULY-AUG 2018 – Seeing Seeds: A Journey into the World of Seedheads, Pods, and Fruits is part art book and part primer. Robert Llewellyn’s stunning images are created using image stacking. He photographs the subject from slightly different angles and the resulting images are combined by software. The final product is in sharp focus but seems like botanical art. Teri Dunn Chace provides the text which is peppered with fascinating facts and interesting quotes. You’ll learn about a lot more than just monocots and dicots as she explains how seeds work. The main portion of the book is devoted to specific examples of interesting seeds. You’ll gain a better appreciation…
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Success with Hydrangeas
MAY-JUNE 2018 – Lorraine Ballato, a long-time contributor to Connecticut Gardener, recently published her second book, Success with Hydrangeas – A Gardener’s Guide. Lorraine is an acknowledged expert on the subject and teaches a course on hydrangeas at the New York Botanical Garden. If you’re having trouble with your hydrangeas, or just love them, you should get this book. When a garden includes hydrangeas, you can count on months of consistent carefree color if you know what to do with them. Success with Hydrangeas gives tips for both pros and novice gardeners alike on how to grow this popular shrub. Each of the 13 chapters covers the whys and wherefores…
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The Garden Tourist
MAY-JUNE 2018 – Jana Milbocker’s new book, The Garden Tourist, highlights 120 gardens and nurseries in the Northeast, 18 of which are in Connecticut. It includes locations from all over New England, as well as New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The book is organized by state and each chapter begins with suggested daily itineraries that include ideas for lunch. Each garden is described in detail. Contact information and photos are included. The Garden Tourist provides a broad selection for weekend gardeners, landscape professionals and vacation travelers. Milbocker owns Enchanted Gardens, a landscape design firm based in metrowest Boston. The Garden Tourist – Softcover, 6.5″ x 9,” 256 pages, 665…
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The Garden in Every Sense & Season
MAY-JUNE 2018 – Tovah Martin is more than just a top-notch garden writer, she’s a Connecticut treasure. We’re always excited when we schedule her for a story. Tovah is the author of more than a dozen books on gardening and is a long-time contributor to Connecticut Gardener. She knows gardening from all sides and is well aware that we often have long to-do lists that can make garden-ing seem more like a chore than an avocation. In The Garden in Every Sense and Season, Tovah reminds us to focus less on the checklists and more on enjoying the journey. Martin explores all of the senses in 100 essays that share…
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The ‘Lord of the Roots’ Trilogy
By Will Rowlands MARCH-APRIL 2017 – Fungi can be found almost everywhere and have been around for millions of years but most people’s experience with them is probably limited to buying mushrooms at the store or, if they’ve got healthy soil, having them pop up unexpectedly in their lawn. Many of us even have a jaundiced view of fungi because we associate them with pathogens, mildew and decay. The reality is that fungi are an extremely diverse group of organisms that we’re just beginning to understand. Like many things they can be good or bad. In his latest book, Teaming with Fungi, Jeff Lowenfels clues us in on all of…
