Volume 3, Issue 3
Garden Lovers' Book Sale:
can you help move boxes?

We're very excited about our book sale this year, and we hope you can be there. Stock your shelves with gently used gardening books! You'll find a wide range of topics on all things horticultural, at irresistible prices.

The Preview Party and Rare Book Auction is Friday, April 1st from 5 to 8 pm. Tickets cost $25 in advance or $30 at the door. To purchase tickets, visit the library or call 206-543-0415.

The book sale on Saturday, April 2nd is free and open to everyone. The sale runs from 9 am to 3 pm.

With so many books to offer, the library staff could use some help setting up and taking down the sale. We would be very grateful for  your help moving boxes from 9 to 11 Friday morning and/or 3 to 5 Saturday afternoon. Can you help? Please contact us at hortlib@uw.edu by March 18.

  Artful Rainwater Design
by Stuart Echols and Eliza Pennypacker
reviewed by Brian Thompson

Stuart Echols and Eliza Pennypacker are on the faculty of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Penn State University.  They have combined their academic interests in stormwater management and sustainable landscapes to write Artful Rainwater Design.

Much of the tone of the book is captured in this quotation about changing terminology: “Stormwater—a waste product and common enemy blamed for property damage through flooding and for surface water and aquatic system damage through pollutant conveyance—has morphed into rainwater, a valued natural resource beneficial to our water cycle.”  Techniques, design principles, dealing with public relations, and many case studies—including several in the Pacific Northwest—make this an important book for anyone involved with any aspect of water management in urban settings.

Hidden Gems of the Miller Library, Part IV
Mushroom Observer, an online mycology resource
reviewed by Laura Blumhagen

New to the Library February 2016