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
The Gardener's Plot
Benoit, Deborah J.A woman helps set up a community garden in the Berkshires, only to find a body in one of the plots on opening day. After life threw Maggie Walker a...
View full detailsFlowers and Foul Play
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...
View full detailsGardening Can Be Murder
McDowell, MartaHow Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers This fun, engrossing book takes a look at the surprising in...
View full detailsThe Botanist's Daughter
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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