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January/February 2008 - Volume 87, Number 1
The following is a table of contents of the articles that appear in the
January/February 2008 issue of
The American Gardener. Links have
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Features
Web special: Tomato Growing Tips
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Wonderful Walkways by Pam Baggett
Well designed beds complement your home’s front entrance.
Departments
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Notes from River Farm*
Insights and updates about American horticulture and the AHS from
President and CEO Deane Hundley.
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Members’ Forum*
Reader letters to the editor.
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News from AHS*
Updates on American Horticultural Society programs and events. In this
issue: Green Garage® on the National Mall, Lewis and Clark plant image
collection donated to AHS, new Garden Schools in Virginia and
Colorado, new Meadow Overlook at River Farm, 2008 AHS webinar
offerings, upcoming Travel Program destinations, author Amy Stewart to
lecture at River Farm, AHS award renamed.
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AHS Partners in Profile*
Chapel Valley Landscape Company
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One on One With…
Interviews with today’s leaders and trendsetters in gardening and
horticulture. This issue: Harold Koopowitz, conservation biologist.
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Green Garage*
A series focusing on the AHS’s latest initiative to promote
environmentally responsible gardening tools, supplies, and techniques.
In this issue: Recycling and reusing plant containers.
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Gardener’s Notebook*
Short, newsworthy articles on horticultural topics. This issue:
Mailorder Gardening Association’s 2008 Green Thumb Awards, USDA fines
Scotts for escaped GM grass, National Park Foundation launches new
program to connect kids with nature, research reveals how plants avoid
sunburn, Power Trees Project identifies urban-worthy selections, San
Francisco Botanical Garden welcomes new director, Ball acquires Darwin
Plants.
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Book Reviews*
Featured: Covering Ground, Bringing Nature Home, and
The Herb Society of America’s Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking
with Herbs.
Special focus: Succulents.
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Regional Happenings*
Listings of lectures, flower shows, and other gardening events across
the country.
Featured: the New Indoor Children’s Garden at Longwood and Liu Fang
Yuan: Calfornia’s First Chinese Garden
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Hardiness and Heat Zones
and Pronunciations*
A guide to USDA Plant Hardiness and AHS Plant Heat Zones for most of
the cultivated plants listed in each issue -= and a user-friendly
guide to pronouncing their botanical names.
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Plant in the Spotlight
A closer look at selected plants. This issue: Skunk cabbage.
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