Volume 2, Issue 4
Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists show and sale

The Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists present their 8th annual exhibit at the library from April 3 through May 2, 2015. Artwork, prints, and cards will be for sale, with a portion of the sales benefiting the Miller Library. PNBA, a chapter of the American Society of Botanical Artists, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting public awareness of contemporary botanical art, to honoring its traditions, and to furthering its development. This year PNBA has invited members of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Northwest to join the exhibit. For more information about PNBA and the Guild, please visit www.pnba-artists.com and www.gnsinw.org.

Azalea Frills © Jan Hurd

The Front Yard Forager by Melany Vorass Herrera
An excerpt from Brian Thompson's review in the Winter 2014 Arboretum Bulletin 

Melany Vorass Herrera is an enthusiastic and experienced forager who lives in Seattle. In The Front Yard Forager she identifies 30 common weeds found in North American cities that she recommends we add to our regular diet. I found her presentations, including recipes, beguiling--especially as my own garden is filled with several of her selections that until now I've tossed into yard waste. [Read Brian's full review online.]

New this month: Of Cabbages and Kings
by Caroline Foley

P-patch gardeners – don’t miss Of Cabbages and Kings, the history of allotments over the last thousand years in Britain. Not just for the pleasure and health benefits of growing one's own vegetables, these small gardens have long been critical for survival. Author Caroline Foley tells a compelling story, reminding us that allotments “…were immensely hard to gain but would be so easy to lose – irrevocably.”

New to the Library March 2015