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!
2026 Titles:
- January - The Gardener's Plot - 26 Jan
- February - When Trees Testify - 23 Feb
- March - Everything the Light Touches - 30 Mar
- April - Leaning Toward Light - 27 Apr
- May - Send Flowers - 18 May
- June - Forest Euphoria - 29 Jun
- July - Witch of Wild Things - 27 Jul
- August - The Black Tulip - 31 Aug
- September - Wild Chocolate - 28 Sep
- October - The Bog Wife - 26 Oct
- November - Fresh Banana Leaves - 30 Nov
- December - In Winter's Kitchen - 28 Dec
When Trees Testify
Montgomery, Beronda L.THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL BE RELEASED ON 20 JANUARY 2026. Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy H...
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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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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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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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