Miller Library Top 20

Borrowers at the Miller Library have been using our Koha online catalog and circulation system since the fall of 2012. Along with other benefits, this system allows us to get current data on which topics and titles are most often used. Trends emerge, allowing us to continue building our collections, offering resources that will serve more library visitors better. Over the past 18 months, these 20 items have been borrowed the most:

1	Encyclopedia of northwest native plants for gardens and landscapes	Pacific Northwest, Landscape Plants, Native Plants
2	Encyclopedia of garden ferns	Pacific Northwest, Landscape Plants
3	The flora of Seattle in 1850	Pacific Northwest, Native Plants, Urban Environment
4	Landscaping for privacy	Pacific NW, Landscape Plants, Urban Environment
5	Second nature: tales from the Montlake Fill	Pacific Northwest, Wildlife, Urban Environment
6	Cass Turnbull's guide to pruning	Pacific Northwest, Landscape Plants
7	Broken limbs (DVD)	Pacific Northwest, Food
8	The holistic orchard	Food
9	Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast	Pacific Northwest, Native Plants
10	Winter gardening in the maritime Northwest	Pacific Northwest, Food
11	Japanese maples	Landscape Plants, World Plants
12	The urban farm handbook:	Pacific Northwest, Food, Urban Environment
13	Edible landscaping	Food
14	Creating rain gardens	Landscape Plants, Rain Gardens, Urban Environment
15	Rain gardens	Landscape Plants, Rain Gardens, Urban Environment
16	Month-by-month gardening in Washington & Oregon	Pacific Northwest, Landscape Plants
17	Trees of Seattle	Pacific Northwest, Landscape Plants
18	Native plants in the coastal garden	Pacific Northwest, Landscape Plants, Native Plants
19	Paradise lot: two plant geeks, one tenth of an acre...	Food, Urban Environment
20	How to grow more vegetables	Food, Urban Environment

Select a book or video title above to learn more about that item. As you can see, many borrowers visit the Miller Library to consult local and regional works on fruit, vegetable, and ornamental gardening. Native and worldwide flora resources are well-used, along with works on special topics in the urban environment, including rain gardens and wildlife. Top items include both scholarly and popular titles, highlighting the value of our collection for students and faculty as well as plant-minded professionals and the general public.

Student Poster Exhibit opens May 9

This year's University of Washington graduate student poster exhibit at the
Miller Library runs May 9 through June 13. Poster subjects include environmental horticulture, conservation biology, restoration ecology and much more. We hope you will come for the opening night party Friday, May 9, from 5 to 7 pm.

New to the Library April 2014

Evaluation of Northwestern Seattle parking strip soil for urban horticulture land use and urban food production (MURPHY 2012)
Use of solarization to kill the root crown and reduce the seed bank viability of Rubus armeniacus Focke and Cytisus scoparius (L.) (FRASER 2013)

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