Book Reviews

Mar 1, 2023

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: The Natures of John and William Bartram by Thomas P. Slaughter

Next SD Hort Book Club - Monday, March 6, 2023, 4:30p/5p on Zoom All are welcome! Come once or come always - your choice. Send an email...

Mar 1, 2022

HOUSEPLANTS MAKE A HOUSE A HOME: Review Of Better Homes & Gardens Special Houseplants Publication

Review Of Better Homes & Gardens Special Houseplants Publication By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. For only $12.99...

Mar 31, 2020

BOOK REVIEW: The Complete Writings of Kate Sessions in California Garden, 1909-1939 New Edition

Oh, Ms. Sessions, why do we all love thee? Your insights, quips, instruction are informed and true. You reach us on so many levels. Reading

Dec 1, 2018

BOOK REVIEW: The Plant Messiah's Mission to Revive

By Carol Buckley. The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species is written in memoir style by Carlos Magdalena,...

Dec 1, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Founding Gardeners

Reviewed by Evelyn Torre-Bueno. Andrea Wulf's Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American...

Aug 31, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Farewell and Good Gardening to All

By Caroline McCullagh. I’ve just completed 15 years of writing book reviews for the San Diego Horticultural Society. It’s time for me to...

Jul 31, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Seed Savers Exchange Catalog

Reviewed by Caroline McCullagh. Here we are in the dog days of summer when the Dog Star, Sirius, follows Orion around the sky and brings...

Jul 1, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Invitation to the Garden: A Celebration in Literature & Photography

Reviewed by: Caroline McCullagh. You’ll have to excuse me. I’m just recovering from an attack of nostalgia. Do you remember the book, The...

Jun 1, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World

By Wendy Johnson Reviewed by Caroline McCullagh. One of the good things about reviewing garden books is the variety of subjects that fit...

May 1, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: In a Pickle: A Family Farm Story

Author: Jerry Apps. Reviewed by: Caroline McCullagh. I periodically grab a handful of books at a used bookstore. I’m not terribly...

Apr 1, 2017

BOOK REVIEW

The Gardener’s Bed-Book By Richardson Wright Reviewed by: Caroline McCullagh. I found this book in a stack of second-hand books for sale....

Mar 1, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Dirt Under My Nails: An American Farmer and Her Changing Land

By Marilee Foster Reviewed by Caroline McCullagh. I was having trouble getting into Dirt Under My Nails. It’s a book about farming built...