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
Forest Euphoria
Kaishian, Patricia OnoniwuThe Abounding Queerness of Nature A thrilling book about the abounding queerness of the natural world that challenges our expectations of what is n...
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Dooley, BethGrowing Roots and Breaking Bread in the Northern Heartland Beth Dooley arrived in Minnesota from New Jersey with preconceptions about the Midwester...
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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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Kimmerer, Robin Wall5.0 / 5.0
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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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