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Leaflet for Scholars: Elisabeth C. Miller Library

Volume 12, Issue 3 | April 2025

New in the Youth Collection: a picture biography of Elizabeth Quocksister

 
 
Do you know about Elizabeth Quocksister? A new picture book from the Trailblazing Canadians series shares the life story of this Indigenous photographer and avid gardener from Tsawatti on the central coast of British Columbia. Elizabeth Quocksister lived from 1925 to 1981. Many of her surviving photographs can be seen in the Museum at Campbell River and through their web gallery.
 
 
Elizabeth Quocksister : keeper of history / written by Haley Healey ; illustrated by Kimiko Fraser ; in consultation with George Quocksister Jr.
 

The Serendipity of Bird Watching
Prints by Elizabeth Neuman

Initiation by Elizabeth Neuman, 3 owls in the forest
The Miller Library welcomes Elizabeth Neuman with her prints depicting Northwest birds and their habitats. From the artist's statement:

My watercolored block prints are inspired by encounters with birds of the Pacific Northwest, either resident or passing through during migration. Experiences along the coastal beaches of the Olympic Peninsula, summer camping in the Methow Valley, wandering local parks and nature preserves, visitors in the garden, utility pole guests ... Whatever the inspiration, my block prints continue to focus on the multitude of birds and habitats of the Northwest. There is a truth in the eye of the bird, wonder in its flight, grace to be found in its presence.

The artist will be in the library during the Friday night opening of the Garden Lovers' Book Sale, April 4 from 5-8 p.m., as well as on Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. View her exhibit during Library open hours April 3-29.
Garden Lovers' Book Sale April 4 & 5
 
Garden Lover's Book Sale April 4 and 5 poster
 
 
Browse thousands of gently used books for sale on gardening, plants, ecology and related topics. Enjoy the company of fellow plant lovers while shopping for unique horticultural books.
  • Opening Night Friday, April 4, 5 - 8 p.m. ($35 tickets available online until Wednesday, April 3 or at the door)
  • Public Sale Saturday, April 5, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
 
Opening Night Tickets
 

Remaining book sale inventory will be available at discounted prices in the Library Program Room during Library open hours April 7 - 30.

Ask a Librarian

The Miller Library's Plant Answer Line provides quick answers to gardening questions.
You can reach the reference staff at 206-UWPLANT (206-897-5268),
hortlib@uw.edu, or from our website, www.millerlibrary.org.

Digital resources

book reviews
Online thesis collection
Jones & Jones 1976 plan for Union Bay
Journals available online

New to the library

Saving orchids : stories of species survival in a changing world / Philip Seaton and Lawrence W. Zettler.
Sweet pea school : growing and arranging the garden's most romantic blooms / Marryn Mathis ; photographs by Christine Chitnis.
How to love a forest : the bittersweet work of tending a changing world / Ethan Tapper.
Botanical short stories : contemporary writing about plants and flowers / edited by Emma Timpany ; illustrations by Sarah Jane Humphrey.
Propagating plants : how to create new plants for free / editor-in-chief Alan Toogood ; writing and consultancy, Phil Clayton.
Essential guide to organic vegetable gardening : techniques and know-how for planning, planting, and tending a home vegetable garden organically / American Horticultural Society.
Essential guide to perennial gardening : techniques and know-how for planning, planting, and tending low-maintenance perennial plantings / American Horticultural Society.
New romantic garden : classic inspiration, modern mood / Thompson, Jo.
Brooklyn Bridge Park / Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates ; with essays by Julie Bargmann and Amanda Hesser.
The curious kitchen gardener : uncommon plants & how to eat them / Linda Ziedrich.
Beyond the root cellar : the market gardener's guide to growing and storing vegetables for off-season sales and food security / Sam Knapp
Rare books and special collections / Sidney E. Berger.
Pathless forest : the quest to save the world's largest flowers / Chris Thorogood ; with illustrations by the author.
Palestinian wild food plants | al-Nabātāt al-barīyah al-ghidhāʼīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah / ʻUmar Aimsīḥ Tasdāl / edited by Omar Imseeh Tesdel.
Rory McEwen : a new perspective on nature / edited by Sir Peter Crane, FRS.
A kid's guide to backyard trees / by Felicia Brower ; illustrated by Nicole LaRue.
Once, a bird / imagined by Rina Singh ; illustrated by Nathalie Dion.
How to be a color wizard : forage and experiment with natural art making / Jason Logan ; with photographs by Jason Fulford.
Discovering the world of nature along the riverbank / [written by] Petra Bartiková ; [illustrated by] Marcel Králik.
Elizabeth Quocksister : keeper of history / written by Haley Healey ; illustrated by Kimiko Fraser ; in consultation with George Quocksister Jr.
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