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...
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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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Pariat, JaniceA Best Book of the Year in The New Yorker - Winner, Sushila Devi Award 2023 - Winner, Atta Galatta 2023 for Best Fiction - Winner, AutHer Award 202...
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Taylor, Tess ; Nezhukumatathil, AimeePoems for Gardens & the Hands That Tend Them This beautiful poetry anthology offers a warm, inviting selection of poems from a wide range of vo...
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Buchanan, EmilyA heartfelt debut about a "greenfluencer" who becomes convinced that her late boyfriend has been reincarnated as a houseplant, perfect for fans of ...
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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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Vasquez Gilliland, RaquelWild Magic, Book #1 A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! One of Amazon's Best Romances of September! A People Magazine Romantasy Pick! Legend goes that long ago...
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Dumas, AlexandreCornelius von Baerle lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But when his powerful godfather ...
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Jacobsen, RowanAcross the Americas in Search of Cacao's Soul 2025 JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST From James Beard Award-winner Rowan Jacobsen, the thrilling story of ...
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Chronister, KayIn this atmospheric Appalachian gothic, the Haddesley siblings of West Virginia must unearth long-buried secrets to carve out a future when the sup...
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Hernandez, Ph.D., JessicaHealing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science A 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in Science & Technology An Indigenous env...
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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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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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