What is better than books and botany? Each month January through June, read a book with us about or involving plants. Escape the Iowa weather and join other botanical book lovers for discussions and refreshments while immersed in the beauty and warmth of the Garden.
Registration includes onsite book club meetings in the lush conservatory and refreshments. Registration does not include books.
We encourage participants can purchase books from local bookstores:
- Beaverdale Books
- Racoon River Press
- Reading in Public Bookstore + Cafe
- Storyhouse Bookpub
January 29
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
by Melissa Sevigny
February 19
Soil: The Story of a Black Mothers Garden
By Camille T. Dungey
March 25
The Seed Keeper
By Diane Wilson
April 29
The Botany of Desire: A Plants Eye View of the World
by Michael Pollan
May 20
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
June 24
Gardening Can Be Murder
by Marta McDowell
