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Adkins Arboretum Book Club
The Adkins Arboretum book club promotes the Arboretum's
mission through monthly book discussions about conservation issues.
Meetings are held at the Arboretum on Wednesday evenings from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. except where noted in the schedule below.
Readings include nonfiction, fiction, essays, biography, and poetry,
and will focus on horticulture, natural history, science, ecology,
history, and environmental issues. Members share leading discussions
of their readings.
Membership is limited to 15 participants; Adkins
Arboretum membership is required. Please contact Carol Jelich at
if you are interested in joining.
2008 Book Club Schedule
Tuesday, January 15, 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 19, 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 19 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 16, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 21, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 18, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 16, 6:30 p.m.
August -- no meeting
Wednesday, September 17, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 15, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 18, 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 16, noon
2008 Book Club Selections
January – Old Herbaceous, by Reginald Arkell
February – Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, by Barbara Kingsolver
March – Bringing Nature Home, by Douglas Tallamy
April – Crickets and Katydids, Concerts and Solos, by Vincent Dethier
May – Gathering Moss, by Robin Wald Kimmerer
June – Letters from Eden, by Julie Zickefoose
July – American Chestnut, by Susan Frienkel
September – John and William Bartram’s America, edited by Helen Gere Cruickshank
August - no meeting
October – Teaming with Microbes, by Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis
November – The Golden Spruce, by John Vaillaint
December – Selection Meeting and Luncheon
January 2009—Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
Adkins Arboretum Book Club Selections 2004-2007
Listed in the Order Read
2004
Botany of Desire, by Michael Pollan
Sand County Almanac, selections, Aldo Leopold
Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean
2005
Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson.
Coming Out of the Woods, by Wallace Kaufman.
Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver
North with the Spring, by Edwin Way Teale
Stirring the Mud, by Barbara Hurd
Ship Fever, by Andrea Barrett
Diversity of Life, by E.O. Wilson
Encounters with the Archdruid, by John McPhee
How to Grow Wildflowers & Wild Shrubs & Trees in Your Own Garden, by Hal Bruce
2006
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard
Bay Country, by Tom Horton
Plants, People, Culture, by Michael Balick and Paul Cox
Underground, by Yvonne Baskin
Book of Bees, by Sue Hubbell
Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv
Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin
Suburban Safari, by Hannah Holmes
Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
2007
Winter World, by Bernd Heinrich
Light on Snow, by Anita Shreve
Gaia’s Garden, Home Scale Permaculture, by Toby Hemenway
Beautiful Swimmers, by William Warner
Teaching the Trees, by Joan Maloof
Cloudspotters Guide, by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Second Nature, by Michael Pollan
Song of the Meadowlark: Exploring Values for a Sustainable Future, by James Eggert
A Forest Journey, Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization, by John Perlin
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, by Janisse Ray
There’s a Hair in My Dirt, by Gary Larson
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