Join The Kruckeberg Book Club

The Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation is sponsoring a group to discuss books related to gardens, horticulture, and botany. Meetings are the 4th Wednesday of each month at the Lake Forest Park Library at 7pm.

Each month will feature a general topic- you pick a book to go along with that theme, and join us for a lively discussion.

Interested in participating? Have an idea for a topic? Please contact group leader, KBGF Docent, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (206-364-9263).

Upcoming Book Club Dates and Topics:

February 27 - Starting from Seed

March 27 - TBD

April 24 - TBD

Don't have a book in mind for the April meeting? Here are a few suggested titles:

• The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants by Peter D'Amato
• Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart

Past Book Club Topics with Recommended Titles

Everything is Coming Up Roses

• In Search of Lost Roses by Thomas Christopher
• Otherwise Normal People by Aurelia C. Scott
• Growing Roses Organically by Barbara Wilde
• Hardy Roses by Robert Osborne
• Second Nature, a Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan
• The Northwest Herb Lover's Handbook by Mary Preus
• The Redoute Album by Martyn Rix
• The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia Of Roses by Charles Quest-Riston

Too Good to Leave Behind - all-time favorite gardening books (the ones you would want to have on a desert island)?

• The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean & Aline Giono
• Lewisias by B. Leroy Davidson
• Flora Mirabilis: How Plants Have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty by Catherine Howell
• The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest by Jack Nisbet (a recommendation from Dr. Art Kruckeberg)
• The Natural History of Puget Sound Country by Arthur R. Kruckeberg

Now Available - KBGF Amazon Associates Store!

Visit our Amazon Associates Store to purchase any of the titles listed here, and support KBGF in the process. A portion of the proceeds from each sale will come back to us. You can also check out our children's book recommendations, purchase Dr. Kruckeberg's books, and take a look at our Wish List.