Annual Literature Award >> Winners and Nominees >> 2023 Nominees
Nominees for the 2023 Annual Literature Award are:
[Current list]
Agaves: species, cultivars & hybrids
Spath, Jeremy and Jeff Moore.
[Self-published], 2021. 356 p.
ISBN 9780991584666
All about Flowers: James Vick’s Nineteenth-Century Seed Company
Thomas J. Mickey ; foreword by Charles A. Birnbaum.
Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 2021. xviii, 204 p.
ISBN 9780804012294
Arboretum
Kirkham, Tony and Kathie Scott. Big Picture Press, 2021. 112 p.
ISBN 9781800781375
Black Flora: profiles of inspiring Black flower farmers + florists
Speight, Teresa J.
Bloom Imprint, 2022. 143 p.
ISBN 9781736848135
Chasing Plants: journeys with a botanist through rainforests, swamps, and mountains
Thorogood, Chris.
The University of Chicago Press ; Kew Publishing, 2022. 288 p.
ISBN 9780226823539 / 9781842467640
Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts: 50 easy-to-grow plants for the organic home garden or landscape
Serrano, Scott and Allyson Levy.
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2022. 384 p.
ISBN 9781645020455
The Crevice Garden: How to make the perfect home for plants from rocky places
Seth, Kenton and Paul Spriggs.
Filbert Press, 2022. 224 p.
ISBN 9781739903909
Darwin & Hooker: a story of friendship, curiosity and discovery that changed the world
Stewart, Alexandra; Joe Todd-Stanton, illustrator.
Bloomsbury, in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2022. 80 p.
ISBN 9781526613998.
Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees
Farmer, Jared. Basic Books,
Hachette Book Group, 2022. vii, 432 p.
ISBN 9780465097845.
Fen, Bog, and Swamp: a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis
Proulx, Annie.
Scribner, 2022. 196 p.
ISBN 9781982173357.
Flora’s fieldworkers: women and botany in nineteenth-century Canada
Shteir, Ann, editor.
McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022. 488 p.
ISBN 9780228011125.
Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee: creating habitat for native pollinators, Ontario and Great Lakes edition
Johnson, Lorraine and Sheila Colla; Ann Sanderson, illustrator.
Douglas & McIntyre, 2022. 256 p.
ISBN 9781771623230.
Gardening for Acidic Soils: working with nature to create a beautiful landscape
Boland, Todd and Jamie Ellison.
Boulder Books, 2022. 240 p.
ISBN 9781989417492.
Grow
Reyes, Riz; Sara Boccaccini Meadows, illustrator.
Magic Cat Publishing, 2022. 61 p.
ISBN 9781419756658.
A Herbal of Iraq: A herbal inspired by the work of Abdul Jaleel Ibrahim Al-Quragheely, the doctor of Al-Ashab
Ghazanfar, Shahina A. and Chris J. Thorogood; Rana Ibrahim, Arabic editor.
Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2022. xv, 134 p.
ISBN 9781419756658.
How to grow: nurture your garden, nurture yourself
Bridgewater, Marcus.
Harper One / Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. 272 p.
ISBN 9780063141445.
Humongous Fungus
Lynne Boddy; Wenjia Tang, illustrator.
DK Children, 2021. 64 p. (Underground and All Around)
ISBN 9780744033335.
An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts: the US Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection
Gollner, Adam; (et al).
Atelier Éditions, 2021. 384 p.
ISBN 9781733622042.
Let’s Grow
Foster, Jane.
Bonnier Books, 2021. 1 vol. n.p.
ISBN 9781787418103.
Little Life Cycles: Pip
Li, Maggie.
Bonnier Books, 2022. 1 vol. n.p.
ISBN 9781787418462.
Luschiim’s plants: traditional indigenous foods, materials, and medicines
Charlie, Luschiim Arvid and Nancy J. Turner.
Harbour Publishing, 2021. 288 p.
ISBN 9781550179453.
My Father is the Gardener: devotions in botany and gardening of the Bible
Cramm, Shelley S.; Layla Luna, illustrator; Foreword by Lytton John Musselman.
Botanical Research Institute of Texas Press, 2022. 272 p.
ISBN 9781889878690.
Mycelium wassonii
Blomerth, Brian.
Anthology Editions, 2021. 192 p.
ISBN 9781944860417.
Napoleon’s Garden Island: lost and old gardens of St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean
McCracken, Donal P.
Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2021. 392 p.
ISBN 9781944860417.
Orchid Muse: A history of obsession in fifteen flowers
Hannickel, Erica M.
W. W. Norton & Company, 2022. 320 p.
ISBN 9780393867282.
Ordering the myriad things: from traditional knowledge to scientific botany in China
Menzies, Nicholas K.; Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan.
University of Washington Press, 2021. 312 p.
ISBN 9780295749464.
Plants in the Civil War: a botanical history
Sumner, Judith.
McFarland, 2022. 201 p.
ISBN 9781476691312.
Plants on the move
Vast, Émilie; Julie Cormier, translator.
Charlesbridge, 2021. 1 vol. n.p.
ISBN 9781623541484.
Rose Atlas: World of Roses
Cairns, Tommy and Luis Desamero.
Beverly Hills Rose Society of California, 2022. xii, 388 p
ISBN 9781685244422.
Trees of the West: an artist’s guide
Hashimoto, Molly.
Skipstone, 2022. 190 p
ISBN 9781680513387.
The View from Federal Twist: a new way of thinking about gardens, nature and ourselves
Golden, James.
Filbert Press, 2022. 224 p
ISBN 9781999734572.
What Do You See When You Look At A Tree?
Carlisle, Emma.
Templar Publishing in association with RBG Kew, 2022. 1 vol. n.p.
ISBN 9781536226669.
When Plants Took Over the Planet: the amazing story of plant evolution
Thorogood, Chris; Amy Grimes, illustrator.
QEB Publishing, 2022. 64 p.
ISBN 9780711261280.
When the Sahara Was Green: how our greatest desert came to be
Williams, Martin.
Princeton University Press, 2021. 272 p
ISBN 9780691201627.
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