Jun 1, 2023
Updated: Jul 1, 2023
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! June 2023.
Please join the SD Hort Book Club and read some great horticulturally pertinent books along with us. Some titles are old, some new, some historical, some biographical, some fictional, some educational and all enjoyable.
To join the SDHBC, just send an email to Karen at info@sdhort.org with "Book Club" in the subject line to receive the Zoom link to the meetings.
The next book is The Plant Hunter by Cassandra Leah Quave
Meeting on June 5, 2023, on Zoom at 4:30p for happy half hour social time and 5p for discussion.
Looking Ahead:
July 3, 2023, The Overstory by Richard Powers c. 2018 Vintage
August 7, 2023, Tulipomania by Mike Dash c. 1999 Three Rivers Press
SD HORT BOOK CLUB'S Previously Read List:
January 2021 - The Language of Flowers by V. Diffenbaugh π
February 2021 - The Food Explorer by D. Stone ππ
March 2021 - Green Mansions by W. H. Hudsonπ
April 2021 - A Memory of Violets by H. Gaynor π
May 2021 - Founding Gardeners by A. Wulf ππ
June 2021 - Elizabeth and Her German Garden by E. von Arnim π
July 2021 - In Praise of Tomatoes by S. Shepherd ππ
August 2021 - Undaunted Courage by S. Ambrose ππ
September 2021 - Around the World in 80 Plants/Trees both by J. Drori ππ
October 2021 - American Eden by V. Johnson π
November/December 2021 β Finding The Mother Tree by S. Simard ππ
January 2022 β Braiding Sweetgrass by R. Kimmerer ππ
February/March 2022 - The Seed Keeper by D. Wilson π
April 2022 - In Search Of Lost Roses by T. Christopher ππ
May 2022 - Turn Here Sweet Corn by A. Diffley ππ
June/July 2022 - The Arbornaut by M. Lowman ππ
August 2022 β Orwellβs Roses by R. Solnit π
September 2022 - The Nature Of Oaks by D. Tallamy ππ
October 2022 - Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid by T. Ecott. π
November 2022 - The Complete Writings Of Kate Sessions in California Garden β New Edition - San Diego Floral Association. Uππ
December 2022 - The Multifarious Mr. Banks: From Botany Bay to Kew, The Natural Historian Who Shaped the World by T. Musgrave π
January 2023 β the Botanistβs Daughter by K. Nunn. π.5
February 2023 β Eating to Extinction by D. Saladino. ππ
March 2023 - The Natures of John and William Bartram by T. Slaughter. Uπ
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