Botany Book Club
What is better than books and botany? Each month January through June, read a book with The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden! Check out the monthly selections below & remember to read local, shop local, & support local! REGISTER HERE. P.s. you can still find last year's selections too!
January - Brave the Wild River - 29 Jan
February - Soil - 19 Feb
March - The Seed Keeper - 25 March
April - The Botany of Desire - 29 April
May - Purple Hibiscus - 20 May
June - Gardening Can Be Murder - 24 June
Brave the Wild River
Sevigny, Melissa L.The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to r...
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Dungy, Camille T.The Story of a Black Mother's Garden A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics C...
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Wilson, DianeA haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrific...
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Pollan, MichaelA Plant's-Eye View of the World The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, Cooked ...
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Adichie, Chimamanda NgoziFrom the bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life...
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McDowell, MartaHow Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers This fun, engrossing book takes a look at the surprising in...
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Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature ...
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Hansen, EricA Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy The acclaimed author of Motoring with Mohammed brings us a compelling adventure into the remarkable ...
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Montgomery, Beronda LAn exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for human thriving. We know that plants are important. They maintain th...
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Tallamy, Douglas W ; Darke, RickHow You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants "A fascinating study of the trees, shrubs, and vines that feed the insects, birds, and other animal...
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Nunn, KayteDiscovery. Desire. Deception. A wondrously imagined tale of two female botanists, separated by more than a century, in a race to discover a life-sa...
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Alexander, WilliamNew York Times bestselling author William Alexander provides "an entertaining, broad-ranging history of the tomato" (Mark Pendergrast) in this fasc...
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