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FROM: "Donna Jo Atwood" <atwoodd@JCL.LIB.KS.US>
REC'D: 1/6/00, 8:46 PM

>Our local garden club has asked us to do a book talk on gardens using both
fiction and non-fiction. The non-fiction is no problem, but we would
appreciate any fairly recent fiction titles the group can come up with.
I'll be glad to post the list later.

Thanks
Donna Jo Atwood
Olathe (KS) Public Library

FROM: "Jean Brown" <jeanie@mindspring.com>
REC'D: 1/6/00, 9:19 PM

Night Gardening by E.L. Swann
Susan Wittig Albert's China Bayles Mysteries the latest is Lavender Lies,
Thyme of Death is another

jeanie@mindspring.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Donna Jo Atwood <atwoodd@JCL.LIB.KS.US>
To: <fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 8:55 PM
Subject: Garden club book talks


>
>
> >Our local garden club has asked us to do a book talk on gardens using
both
> fiction and non-fiction. The non-fiction is no problem, but we would
> appreciate any fairly recent fiction titles the group can come up with.
> I'll be glad to post the list later.
>
> Thanks
> Donna Jo Atwood
> Olathe (KS) Public Library
>

FROM: "Jeffrey, Denise" <Denise.Jeffrey@Central.tased.edu.au>
REC'D: 1/6/00, 11:38 PM

Here is a list I compiled recently, hope it is useful.

Albert, Susan
China Bayles series
Ex-corporate lawyer turned
herbalist solves mystery and
murder
in Pecan Springs.
Atherton, Nancy
Aunt Dimity and the duke
Babson, Marion
Guilty party
Barrie, Anna
The Linden tree
Beaton, M. C.
Agatha Raisin and the potted
gardener
Borthwick, J.S.
The Garden plot
Buchan, Elizabeth
Consider the lily
Campbell, R.T.
Bodies in a bookshop
Campbell, R.T.
Unholy dying
Emerson, Kathy Lynn
Susanna Appleton series
Elizabethan sleuth and
herbalist
Lady Susanna Appleton
features in
historical whodunit series.
Enright, Rosemary
The Walled garden
Fforde, Katie
Wild designs
Fraser, Anthea
Six proud walkers
Freeman, Mary
Rachel O'Connor series
Featuring landscape gardener
and
sleuth rachel O'Connor.
Godden, Rumer
Episode of sparrows
Gregory, Philippa
Earthly joys
Hager, Jean
Blooming murder
Harrison, Janis
Roots of murder : a gardening
mystery
Hessayon, Joan
The Paradise garden
Michaels, Barbara
The Dancing floor
Michaels, Barbara
Vanish with the rose
Peters, Ellis
Brother Cadfael series
Twelfth century Benedictine
monk
and herbalist.
Ripley, Ann
Louise Eldridge gardening
series
Debut of organic gardener,
Louise
Eldridge.
Sherwood, John
Celia Grant botanical series
Featuring Celia Grant,
landscape
designer and garden
entrepreneur.
Titchmarsh, Alan
Mr. Macgregor
Tsukiyama,Gail
The Samurai's garden
Walpow, Nathan
The Cactus club killings : a
Joe
Portugal mystery
West, Jessamyn
Friendly persuasion
Wiggin, Helene
In the heart of the garden
A novel spanning a thousand
years
of English garden history and
the
story of the women who cared
for
the historic plot.

Denise

Denise Jeffrey,
Selection Librarian,
State Library of Tasmania,
91 Murray St.,
Hobart 7000

Phone 61 3 6233 7049
Fax 61 3 62337506
Email Denise.Jeffrey@central.tased.edu.au
<A HREF="http://www.tased.edu.au/library/readalik/index.htm">http://www.tased.edu.au/library/readalik/index.htm</A>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Jo Atwood [SMTP:atwoodd@JCL.LIB.KS.US]
> Sent: Friday, 7 January 2000 13:56
> To: fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Garden club book talks
>
>
>
> >Our local garden club has asked us to do a book talk on gardens using
> both
> fiction and non-fiction. The non-fiction is no problem, but we would
> appreciate any fairly recent fiction titles the group can come up with.
> I'll be glad to post the list later.
>
> Thanks
> Donna Jo Atwood
> Olathe (KS) Public Library

FROM: "Barry Trott" <btrott@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 7:44 AM

Donna,

You can find a list of gardening and gardeners in fiction at
<A HREF="http://www.wrl.org/REF/Booklists/garden.html">http://www.wrl.org/REF/Booklists/garden.html</A>. It has older and newer
titles, but one recent title you should consider is Philippa Gregory's
"Earthly Joys," an historical novel about the 17th century English
gardener John Tradescant.

Barry

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Barry Trott 7770 Croaker Rd.
Readers' Advisory Librarian Williamsburg VA 23188
Williamsburg Regional Library Phone: 757-259-4050 or
btrott@mail.wrl.org 757-259-7720
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Donna Jo Atwood wrote:

>
>
> >Our local garden club has asked us to do a book talk on gardens using both
> fiction and non-fiction. The non-fiction is no problem, but we would
> appreciate any fairly recent fiction titles the group can come up with.
> I'll be glad to post the list later.
>
> Thanks
> Donna Jo Atwood
> Olathe (KS) Public Library
>

FROM: "Viccy Kemp" <VKemp@ci.carrollton.tx.us>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 8:08 AM

I don't have access to the library's automated system right now, but Rebecca
Rothenberg (?) wrote three mysteries featuring an environmentalist in
California. One was "The Shy Tulip Murder." I believe they revolved around
environmental issue which would tie into your garden discussion. Also,
Charlotte MacLeod has a series featuring a horticulturalist, Peter Shandy,
who works at an agricultural college in New England. There is always some
discussion of horticulture and/or agronomy in these books.
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Jo Atwood [SMTP:atwoodd@JCL.LIB.KS.US]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 8:56 PM
> To: fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Garden club book talks
>
>
>
> >Our local garden club has asked us to do a book talk on gardens using
> both
> fiction and non-fiction. The non-fiction is no problem, but we would
> appreciate any fairly recent fiction titles the group can come up with.
> I'll be glad to post the list later.
>
> Thanks
> Donna Jo Atwood
> Olathe (KS) Public Library

FROM: "Therese Feicht" <4cty_therese@4cty.org>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 8:11 AM

How about An Ocean Apart by Robin Pilcher---widower "heals" by gardening.
therese feicht


At 08:55 PM 1/6/00 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
>>Our local garden club has asked us to do a book talk on gardens using both
>fiction and non-fiction. The non-fiction is no problem, but we would
>appreciate any fairly recent fiction titles the group can come up with.
>I'll be glad to post the list later.
>
>Thanks
>Donna Jo Atwood
>Olathe (KS) Public Library
>
>

FROM: "Annette Weiss" <weissann@metronet.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 8:30 AM

On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Donna Jo Atwood wrote:

>
>
> >Our local garden club has asked us to do a book talk on gardens using both
> fiction and non-fiction. The non-fiction is no problem, but we would
> appreciate any fairly recent fiction titles the group can come up with.
> I'll be glad to post the list later.
>
> Thanks
> Donna Jo Atwood
> Olathe (KS) Public Library
>
> Carol Shield's book Larry's Party deals with mazes made of hedges, which
I think is pretty close to the garden concept.

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So let me get this straight: You want information about why reference
librarians always answer a question with another question, right?

Annette Weiss Phone: (248) 553-0300
Adult Services Librarian Fax: (248) 553-3228
E-Mail: weissann@metronet.lib.mi.us
Farmington Community Library
32737 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
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FROM: "Ike Pulver" <ipulver@grapids.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 8:33 AM

Donna,
Check out this list from the Fiction_L archives:
<A HREF="http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklist6.html#garden">http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklist6.html#garden</A>

Ike

_______________________________________________
A. Issac Pulver
Specialist for Programs, Telephone Reference &
Information Desk Services
Grand Rapids Public Library
60 Library Plaza NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 456-3617
ipulver@grapids.lib.mi.us

FROM: "Anne Kabel" <kabelann@metronet.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 8:39 AM

Wild Design by Katie Fforde should work.

Anne Kabel
Adult Reading Librarian
Baldwin Public Library
300 W. Merrill
P.O. Box 3002
Birmingham MI 48012-3002
248- 647-1700

FROM: "Kathleen L Shannon" <kshannon@edmail.com>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 8:44 AM

--This one is really a YA title, but I liked it a lot and it's rather different:
Patricia Greene -- "The Sabbath Garden"
(1993)

It's about an old Jewish man and a young black girl who pull their changing NYC neighborhood together by starting a community garden.

Kathy Shannon
Thornwood H.S.
South Holland, IL

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FROM: "Madeline Guzman" <mguzman@capaccess.org>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 9:29 AM

I'd recommend The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson
Burnett even though it's a children's book. It's such a classic.
I read it as an adult to my two sons when they were young and
enjoyed reading it as much as they did hearing it.

Madeline

Madeline T. Guzman SqueakyChu@hotmail.com
Rockville, Maryland mguzman@capaccess.org
<A HREF="http://www.strictlyconcrete.com">http://www.strictlyconcrete.com</A> strictly@erols.com

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <lcolcord@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 9:42 AM

*Being There* by Jerzy Kosinski
(also made into a movie starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLain)

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, AZ

"The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time." -James Taylor

FROM: "Cynthia Grady" <cgrady@mailserv.mvlc.lib.ma.us>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 10:42 AM

Along these lines is Seedfolks by Paul Fleishcman. A lovely, short book with the same theme.

Kathleen L Shannon wrote:

>
> --This one is really a YA title, but I liked it a lot and it's rather different:
> Patricia Greene -- "The Sabbath Garden"
> (1993)
>
> It's about an old Jewish man and a young black girl who pull their changing NYC neighborhood together by starting a community garden.
>
> Kathy Shannon
> Thornwood H.S.
> South Holland, IL
>
> >
>
> Lightspan Ed-Mail: The free e-mail solution for your school and community.
> Join today at <A HREF="http://www.edmail.com">http://www.edmail.com</A>.

FROM: "Deb Warner" <dwarner@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 11:45 AM

FROM: "Rowena Burke" <rowenabe@lori.state.ri.us>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 2:54 PM

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman is a very good short children's/YA book about
a group of neighbors who transform an ugly city lot to a community garden.
-Rowena

FROM: "Benard-Handler" <sbenard@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 3:49 PM

A wonderful gardening fiction title would be Night Gardening by E.L. Swann.

FROM: "Jo Berkman" <joberkma@i-2000.com>
REC'D: 1/7/00, 4:23 PM

There'a a YA book called Seed Folks. This is a collection of short stories
about various people in an inner city neighborhood each of whom has a plot in
a community garden.
Jo Berkman
Freeport, New York


Donna Jo Atwood wrote:
>
> >Our local garden club has asked us to do a book talk on gardens using both
> fiction and non-fiction. The non-fiction is no problem, but we would
> appreciate any fairly recent fiction titles the group can come up with.
> I'll be glad to post the list later.
>
> Thanks
> Donna Jo Atwood
> Olathe (KS) Public Library

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