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

2026 dates & books:

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

2027 dates & books:

* Featured Author or editor scheduled to join virtually for Q&A

Jan 25 The Botanist’s Assistant, by Peggy Townsend*

Feb 22 A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars edited by Erin Sharkey*

Mar 29 Greenwood by Michael Christie*

Apr 26 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

May 24 Marginlands: A Journey into India’s Vanishing Landscapes by Arati Kumar-Rao

June 28 The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston

July 26 Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie by Dave Hage, Josephine Marcotty

Aug 30 The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

Sept 27 The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food by John Wyndham

Oct 25 Man-Eater by Ally Wilkes*

Nov 29 The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See*

Dec 13 The Spirits by Bonnie Jo Campbell*