RCGC Spring Symposium

On your next visit, why not take a minute to stop by the RCGC Library and see what’s new? These are just a few of the RCGC Library’s newly acquired books:

• Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies by Eric Mader et al. (Xerces Society).

• Bizarre Botanicals: How to Grow String-of-Hearts, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Panda Ginger, and Other Weird and Wonderful Plants by Larry Mellichamp and Paula Gross.

• The Book of Little Hostas: 200 Small, Very Small, and Mini Varieties by Kathy Shadrack et al.

• Continuous Container Gardens: Swap in the Plants of the Season to Create Fresh Designs Year-round by Sara Townsend et al.

• Design with Microclimate: The Secret to Comfortable Outdoor Spaces by Robert Brown.

• Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East by Carolyn Summers.

• Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs by Michael Dirr.

• Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn by Will Allen and Fritz Haeg.

• The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden by Ivette Soler and Ann Summa.

• Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy.

• Embroidered Ground: Revisiting the Garden by Page Dickey and William Atherton.

• From Art to Landscape: Unleashing Creativity in Garden Design by Gary Smith.

• Garden Bouquets and Beyond: Creating Wreaths, Garlands, and More in Every Garden Season by Suzanne Bales and Steven Randazzo.

• Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces by Susan Morrison and Rebecca Sweet.

• High-Impact, Low-Carbon Gardening: 1001 Ways to Garden Sustainably by Alice Bowe.

• Hydrangeas in the North: Getting Blooms in the Colder Climates by Tim Boebel.

• Mentors in the Garden of Life by Colleen Plimpton.

• The Nonstop Garden: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Plant Choices and Four-Season Designs by Stephanie Cohen and Jennifer Benner.

• The Plantsmen of Rochester Parks by Alvan Grant.

• So You Want to Be a Garden Designer: How to Get Started, Grow, and Thrive in the Landscape Design Business by Love Albrecht Howard.

• Succulent Container Gardens: Design Eye-Catching Displays with 350 Easy-Care Plants by Debra Lee Baldwin.

• Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit by Barry Estabrook.

• Urban Farming: Sustainable City Living in Your Backyard, in Your Community, and in the World by Thomas Fox.

• Weeds: In Defense of Nature’s Most Unloved Plants by Richard Mabey.

• Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A Field Guide by Peter Del Tredici.

List updated January 17, 2012.