Botany
Book Club

Welcome to the Botany Book Club! Join other botanical book lovers for discussions and delightful treats while immersed in the beauty of the Garden each month, or only as frequently as you like. Registration includes onsite book club meetings in the lush conservatory and refreshments. Registration does not include books.

Save on Botany Book Club books purchased at Beaverdale Books. See store for details.

5:30-7 pm last Monday of the month

2025 dates & books:

Dec 29 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, Ada Limon

2026 dates & books:

Jan 26 The Gardeners Plot, Deborah J. Benoit

Feb 23 When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy, Beronda L. Montgomery (Meet the Author in person on Jan 21, 6:30pm at the Botanical Garden, complimentary admission to the event)

Mar 30 Everything the Light Touches, Janice Pariat

Apr 27 Leaning Toward the Light: Poems for Gardens and the Hands that Tend Them, Tess Taylor, Aimee Nezhukumatahil

May 18 Send Flowers, Emily Buchanan

Jun 29 Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, Patricia Ononiwu Koshian

Jul 27 Witch of Wild Things, Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Aug 31 The Black Tulip, Alexandre Dumas

Sept 28 Wild Chocolate: Across the Americas in Search of Cacao’s Soul, Rowan Jacobsen

Oct 26 The Bog Wife, Kay Chromister

Nov 30 Fresh Banana Leaves, Jessica Hernandez

Dec 28 In Winter’s Kitchen, Beth Dooley