Monthly Archives: June 2010

Miller Library staff share their favorite books

On exhibit in the Miller Library in June and July are favorite books selected by the six library staff members. Some favorites are scholarly, some literary or artistic while others are practical how-to-grow-it guides. Titles include:

  • Brian Thompson:  Designing with plants by Piet Oudolf with Noël Kingsbury
  • Rebecca Alexander: Hedgerow by John T. White; illustrated by Eric Thomas
  • Carrie Bowman: Grace from the garden: changing the world one garden at a time by Debra Landwehr
  • Tracy Mehlin: Noah’s garden: restoring the ecology of our own back yards by Sara Stein
  • Martha Ferguson: Garden Retreats : creating an outdoor sanctuary by Barbara Blossom Ashmun
  • Laura Blumhagen:  The complete guide to landscape design, renovation and maintenance: a practical handbook for the home landscape gardener by Cass Turnbull

A complete book list in in progress.[…]

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Reduced Summer Hours at the Library

Thank you Northwest Horticultural Society for funding extended hours at the Library this past Spring!

Because of budget shortfalls the Miller Library will resume restricted hours starting Monday, June 21st. Open hours will be:

Monday: 4pm-8pm
Tuesday-Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturdays in June: 9am-3pm

Saturday hours will be suspended for July and August and will resume September 11th.[…]

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