Best Garden Books of 08

The American Horticultural Society has announced the winners of its annual garden book awards.

Hardy Succulents: Tough Plants for Every Climate by Gwen Kelaidis (Storey Publishing, 2008). See my review here.

The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit by Any Goldman (Bloomsbury USA, 2008)

Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit by Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden (Timber Press, 2008)

Native Ferns, Moss, and Grasses: From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden by William Cullina (Houghton Mifflin, 2008).  See my review here. (And I can attest this is a fabulous book).

Special Merit Citations went to two others:
The Garden Primer: Second Edition by Barbara Damrosch (Workman Publishing, 2008). See my review here.

Herbaceous Perennial Plants: A Treatise on Their Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes by Allan M. Armitage(Stipes Publishing, 2008).

Enjoy! (and maybe next year I'll do my own list!).

Comments

[Martha]

Thanks for the book list and links.

I'm always behind on these things and read the books after they are on "best" lists rather than before.