Botany Book Club
What is better than books and botany? Each month, read a book with The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden! Check out the monthly selections below & remember to read local, shop local, & support local! REGISTER HERE. P.s. you can still find previous year's selections too!
- January - The Serviceberry - 27 Jan
- February - This Poison Heart - 24 Feb
- March - The Overstory - 31 Mar
- April - Devotions - 28 Apr
- May - Dispersals - 19 May
- June - Flowers and Foul Play - 30 Jun
- July - The Garden of Evening Mists - 28 Jul
- August - Soil & Spirit - 25 Aug
- September - What We Sow - 29 Sep
- October - Weyward - 27 Oct
- November - Semoisis - 17 Nov
- December - You Are Here - 29 Dec
The Serviceberry
Kimmerer, Robin WallAbundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision fo...
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Bayron, KalynnDarkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power. Briseis has a gift: wit...
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Powers, RichardWinner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction - Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize - New York Times Bestseller - A New York Times Notable Book an...
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Oliver, MaryThe Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Now a Read With Jenna Book Club PickPulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her ...
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Lee, Jessica J.On Plants, Borders, and Belonging A prize-winning memoirist and nature writer turns to the lives of plants entangled in our human world to explore ...
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Flower, AmandaA Magic Garden Mystery, Book #1 Fiona Knox lost her fiancé and her flower shop - but when she flies to Scotland to inherit her godfather’s cottage...
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Eng, Tan TwanThis "elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory" (The Independent) award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Gift of Rain follow...
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Chaskey, ScottCultivation and Kinship in the Web of Life As a farmer with decades spent working in fields, Scott Chaskey has been shaped by daily attention to th...
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Jewell, JenniferOn the Personal, Ecological, and Cultural Significance of Seeds An insightful, personal, and timely exploration into the wonderful world of seeds. ...
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Hart, EmiliaINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting debut that explores witchcraft and female intuitive powers, told over five centuries through three con...
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Burke, SueSemiosis, Book #1 Human survival hinges on an bizarre alliance in Semiosis, a character driven science fiction novel of first contact by debut auth...
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Limón, AdaPoetry in the Natural World Published in association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United State...
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Sevigny, Melissa L.Winner of the 2023 National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography - Finalist for the Reading the West Book Award in Memoir/Biography - A Booklis...
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Dungy, Camille T.The Story of a Black Mother's Garden A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics C...
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Wilson, DianeA haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrific...
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Pollan, MichaelA Plant's-Eye View of the World The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, Cooked ...
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Adichie, Chimamanda NgoziFrom the bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life...
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McDowell, MartaHow Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers This fun, engrossing book takes a look at the surprising in...
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Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature ...
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Hansen, EricA Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy The acclaimed author of Motoring with Mohammed brings us a compelling adventure into the remarkable ...
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Montgomery, Beronda LAn exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for human thriving. We know that plants are important. They maintain th...
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Tallamy, Douglas W ; Darke, RickHow You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants "A fascinating study of the trees, shrubs, and vines that feed the insects, birds, and other animal...
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Nunn, KayteDiscovery. Desire. Deception. A wondrously imagined tale of two female botanists, separated by more than a century, in a race to discover a life-sa...
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Alexander, WilliamNew York Times bestselling author William Alexander provides "an entertaining, broad-ranging history of the tomato" (Mark Pendergrast) in this fasc...
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