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Shrubbery 411: Timber Press Encyclopedia of Flowering Shrubs

The new Timber Press Encyclopedia of Flowering Shrubs, by Jim Gardiner of England’s Royal Horticultural Society, is a compendium of 1,700 temperate-zone growers.

In the Garden, by Stacy Bass

By Lise Funderburg

A review of Stacy Bass's new book, In the Garden, a portfolio of 18 luxurious Connecticut gardens.

Botanic Notables: Plants of The Hunger Games

By Anna Laurent

Leaves, berries, blossoms, and bark: A guide to the plants of The Hunger Games.

Art + Botany: Mary Vaux Walcott, the "Audubon of Botany"

By Anna Laurent

An intrepid naturalist and botanic illustrator, Mary Vaux Walcott explored the Rocky Mountains to paint its wildflowers.

Private Paradise: Contemporary American Gardens

By Lise Funderburg

Our book review of Private Paradise: Contemporary American Gardens (Monacelli). This new book featuring 41 residences from around the country and is by Charlotte M. Frieze, the longtime garden editor for the now-defunct House & Garden magazine.

Book Review: Garden Designers At Home

By Adrian Higgins

In Garden Designers at Home, a new tome from Pavilion Books, top designers use their own gardens to hone their craft.

Art + Botany: Robert Thornton's 'The Temple of Flora'

By Anna Laurent

The Temple of Flora is perhaps the most famous florilegium or book of flowers from the golden age of botanical illustration. It's a charming collection of deliberately idiosyncratic flower portraits that became the portrait of a nation.

From Garden to Table: The One-Block Feast

By Katie Mendelson

In today's from Garden to Table column, Katie Mendelson reviews Sunset magazine's new book The One-Block Feast, about the staff's experience in growing, cooking, and eating their own food at their California headquarters. Plus: A recipe for pattypan squash with eggs baked inside!

Hamptons Gardens

By Ted Loos

From the restored beauty of Grey Gardens to the minimalist designs of landscape designer Edwina von Gal, Hamptons Gardens showcases the best of the good life.

First Lady of Flowers

By Paul O'Donnell

Dorothy Biddle was a pioneer in the world of American flower arranging, traveling around the country by bus and train from the late 1940s to the late 1950s, encouraging Americans everywhere to grow and arrange their own flowers. Her legacy lives on today in her company, Dorothy Biddle Service, run by her granddaughter, which continues to sell flower arranging supplies—now on the Internet.