Volume 3, Issue 7
Staff enjoy Heronswood Garden tour

The library staff returned energized from a visit to Heronswood last month. We toured the beloved garden with staff from all units of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens, getting an opportunity to meet members of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, who own and manage the property today through the Port Gamble S'Klallam Foundation. Garden Director Daniel Hinkley welcomed our group with a tour of the recently revitalized garden. He and two experienced gardeners were on hand to answer our many questions about the new, rare, and fascinating species thriving there. We look forward to seeing the garden flourish in the years to come.

See the new Heronswood for yourself at the Plant Sale and Garden Open, July 23 from 10 to 4.

Upgrades to Library Program Room

If you are a scholar using library materials, the Program Room is for you! It's a comfortable, convenient place to meet with your small group, practice your presentation, or focus on your paper, and we've just upgraded the projector for better connectivity and quality of projected images.

We often use the Miller Library program room – a gift from the Miller Charitable Foundation –  for library programs and displays, and as preparation space for library events. At other times the program room is available for the use of current students of the UW Botanic Gardens on an hourly sign-up basis; just check with library staff to see if the room is available, or sign up on the calendar posted in the room. 

Steppes: The Plants and Ecology of the World's Semi-Arid Regions
reviewed by Brian Thompson 

The term “steppes” may conjure up images of Russia and the wide plains of central Asia, but Steppes: The Plants and Ecology of the World’s Semi-Arid Regions, a new book published by the Denver Botanic Gardens, brings this exotic image much closer to home. 

According to the authors, the Intermountain North American Steppe includes much of eastern Washington and Oregon, and is one of five such regions in the world.  In addition to the Central Asian Steppe, these other regions are in central North America, Patagonia in South America, and parts of South Africa.

This book has an even closer connection to home.  One of the authors, Larry Vickerman, was a 1993 MS graduate of the Center for Urban Horticulture and the College of Forest Resources.

New to the Library

Designing a continuing education program for Pacific Northwest restoration practitioners. Regina Wandler, Master of Environmental Horticulture candidate, University of Washington School of Environment and Forest Science. THESIS WANDLER 2016