Volume 2, Issue 7

Lake, Lattice, and Stone: Requiem for a Garden
Lollie Groth exhibit opens July 23

From the artist: Lake, Lattice, Stone: Requiem for a Garden seeks to celebrate my mother’s Northwest garden as well as the neighborhood of Union Bay and the marsh she grew up on, and walked past on her way to classes at the UW in the early forties.  Although my parents and their home and garden are gone now, memories of water lilies and geese, of garden gates and hydrangea, remain.  Through image and text, through monotype and artifact, journal entries and poems, a celebration of a garden’s life takes form.

Lollie (Lali) Groth is a printmaker and mixed media artist who has shown extensively in Hawaii. In 2009 she received the John Young Award for Excellence in Monotype from Honolulu Printmakers.  Currently, she lives on Vashon Island and works out of the studio at Quartermaster Press.

Her work will be on display in the library July 23 through September 3, 2015. Please join us for an opening reception Thursday, July 23, from 5 to 7 pm.

New item spotlight: Field Guide to Grasses of California
reviewed by Brian Thompson 

Field Guide to Grasses of California is an excellent survey of the most common of the 603 taxa, both native and naturalized, in the state. James P. Smith is a professor emeritus of Humboldt State University and his teaching skills are evident throughout. While many species are not found in Washington (only 337 taxa), there is overlap especially with northern California. If you study grasses, this book is well worth reading for its methodology and for a confession (p. 123): “I do not want to discourage you, but you will not be able to identify every grass that you run through the key in this book…” The absolution that follows will lighten the heart of any student botanist.

From the research journals:
a comparison of fertilizer application methods

Researchers found the amount of nutrients leached from container-grown plants is significantly higher with water-soluble fertilizer applied with a hose compared to controlled-release fertilizer. If you are on campus or have a UW net id, read the full article online: G. A. Andiru, Claudio C Pasian and J. M. Frantz. 2015. Quantifying Water and Nutrient Losses with Hose Irrigation. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 33:29-32.

Student poster exhibit held over through July 20

New to the Library June 2015
Transforming science into best practice: restoring process in Kincaid Ravine by Matt Schwartz
The University of Washington student perception of the Washington Park Arboretum by Eve Rickenbaker
Growth and development of two species of Sisyrinchium and their hybrids from Southern Central Washington and Northern Central Oregon by Christopher Keola Wong