Tag Archives: New books

Award Winning Books

Posted on May 26, 2010 by IT Librarian, Tracy Mehlin

Announcing the 2010 CBHL Annual Literature Award Winners:

Technical Category:
Brendan Sayers & Susan Sex
Ireland’s Wild Orchids: a Field Guide
V. S. Publishing, 2008

General Category:
Andrea Wulf
The Brother Gardeners
Alfred A. Knopf, 2009

More information about the annual award and previous year’s winners are on the CBHL website.[…]

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On the New Book Shelf

Posted on April 6, 2010 by IT Librarian, Tracy Mehlin

Explore the philosophical side of gardening by borrowing one of these thoughtful new titles:

  • A Weed by Any Other Name: The virtues of a messy lawn, or learning to love the plants we don’t plant by Nancy Gift
  • Guerrilla Gardening: a manualfesto by David Tracey
  • How Trees Die: the past, present, and future of our forests by Jeff Gillman

The complete New Acquisitions list.[…]

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Too wet to garden? Read a new book instead!

Posted on March 2, 2010 by IT Librarian, Tracy Mehlin

A few new lending books we added in March:

  • Chalker-Scott, Linda. THE INFORMED GARDENER BLOOMS AGAIN. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010.
  • Dowding, Charles. ORGANIC GARDENING: THE NATURAL NO-DIG WAY. Totnes: Green, 2007.
  • Fowler, Alys. GARDEN ANYWHERE: HOW TO GROW GORGEOUS CONTAINER GARDENS, HERB GARDENS, KITCHEN GARDENS, AND MORE, WITHOUT SPENDING A FORTUNE. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2009.

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In My Nature: Connie Sidles Book Launch and Reading

Posted on November 18, 2009 by IT Librarian, Tracy Mehlin

Introducing a book about the Union Bay Natural Area (Montlake Fill) which is a page-turner! Birder and naturalist Connie Sidles writes with lively language, humor, and a deeply philosophical understanding about a natural place in the city which holds great meaning for her and all of us who know it. For those who have not yet explored the Fill, this book is a marvelous entry point.[…]

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33 books added in September

Posted on November 3, 2009 by IT Librarian, Tracy Mehlin

Come in and take a look at two new, practical books to help your garden grow.

LIVING WITH BUGS: LEAST-TOXIC SOLUTIONS TO EVERYDAY BUG PROBLEMS by Jack DeAngelis.  Oregon State University Press, 2009.

THE PERENNIAL CARE MANUAL: A PLANT-BY-PLANT GUIDE, WHAT TO DO & WHEN TO DO IT by Nancy Ondra. Storey Pub., 2009.

Peruse the complete list of new acquisitions.[…]

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New Books Update

Posted on June 9, 2009 by IT Librarian, Tracy Mehlin

Each month we compile a list of books we’ve added to the collection, whether newly purchased or donated. The books are featured on the New Book Shelf on the south wall of the Library. Come in and take a look![…]

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