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VOLUME 5, ISSUE 5 | May 2018
Borrower favorites since the dawn of automated circulation:
an annual feature by Laura Blumhagen
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What do Miller Library borrowers read? Each spring we look at the most popular items since our automated circulation system began in 2012, gaining insight into how our collections are used. As in past years, the majority of your favorite books are locally produced and about topics of special interest here in the Pacific Northwest. This year we see a greater range of special topics that are of global interest, including restoration, rain gardens, winter vegetable growing, and design, along with basics like propagation and pruning. Scholars will be especially interested to see a thesis featured as the third most popular resource this year. Here are our borrowers' top picks:

1. Encyclopedia of Northwest native plants for gardens and landscapes
11. Landscaping for wildlife in the Pacific Northwest
2. Planting the dry shade garden
12. Penguin and Pinecone
3. The flora of Seattle in 1850
13. Second nature: tales from the Montlake Fill
4. Trees of Seattle
14. The botanical garden
5. Native plants in the coastal garden
15. Conifers for gardens
6. Rain gardens (Dunnett and Clayden)
16. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast
7. Cass Turnbull's guide to pruning
17. Winter gardening in the maritime Northwest
8. Restoring the Pacific Northwest
18. Plant propagation (Toogood)
9. Field guide to the rare plants of Washington
19. Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
10. Encyclopedia of garden ferns
20. Beauty by design: inspired gardening in the Pacific Northwest

Visit the library to see how our collections can enrich your life.
American Horticultural Society 2018 Book Award Winners
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Library Manager Brian Thompson served on the selection committee for the 2018 American Horticultural Society Book Award. To celebrate, this month we're featuring these new and noteworthy award winners: Bees: an identification and native plant forage guide, The trees of North America, and Floret Farm's cut flower garden. Each title is uniquely relevant for today's gardener, full of useful details, and visually appealing. For more information, consult the March/April 2018 issue of The American Gardener, available here in the library.
Work in Progress: Student poster exhibit this month
The library exhibit space is entirely for students for most of this month as we mount our annual poster exhibit of student work.

On view May 10 through May 31, these posters give students an opportunity to share their work with the broader community and hone their visual presentation skills. Meanwhile, library visitors from inside and outside the academic community can learn more about the varied, exciting scholarly work going on here.
SHARE YOUR THESIS
The Miller Library maintains a collection of bound theses, as well as catalog links and UW Botanic Gardens website links to electronic versions of these important documents. Completing your thesis? Please bring us a print copy and an electronic copy. Questions? hortlib@uw.edu.
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