November/December 2009 - Volume 88, Number 6

The following is a table of contents of the articles that appear in the November/December 2009 issue of The American Gardener.  Links have been established to each article.  However, many articles are only accessible to American Horticultural Society (AHS) members . When you click on these links, a challenge will appear for a username (ahs) and password that AHS members can use to view these articles. Non-members are encouraged to join AHS to be able to enjoy each of these articles and the many other benefits of AHS membership.

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Features

• America’s Evergreen Hollies by Gil Nelson
  From leaves and bark to berries, these native evergreens offer four seasons of landscape appeal.
   
• Gardens for Recovery by Doreen G. Howard*
  Gardens can be therapeutic sanctuaries that heal the body and mind and comfort the soul.
  
  Web special: How Plants Heal
  Web special: Create Your Own Healing Garden
   
• A “Look-Into” Garden by Carole Ottesen*
  An often neglected aspect of garden design is how the landscape looks when observed from indoors. Here are tips for making a garden look spectacular from the inside out.
   
• Allen Bush by Bob Hill
  While staying out of the limelight, this plantsman has quietly left his mark on the perennial plant industry in North America.
   
• English Ivy: Paragon or Pariah? By Lisa Albert
  Long considered a classic garden plant, English ivy’s tendency to escape gardens in many regions of North America has gardeners rethinking its place in the landscape.
  
  Web special: Ivy Alternatives

• Notes from River Farm*
  Insights and updates about American horticulture and the AHS from Board of Directors Chair Susie Usrey and Executive Director Tom Underwood.
   
• Members’ Forum*
  Reader letters to the editor.
   
• News from AHS*
  Updates on American Horticultural Society programs and events. In this issue: AHS Executive Director Tom Underwood serves as judge for community garden grant, AHS supports Boston garden contest, new members to join AHS Board of Directors, AHS webinar on gardening for wildlife concludes 2009 series.
   
• Appreciation: John L. Creech*
  The legacy of a great American plant explorer.

Web special: The Article that Launched Creech’s Career
Web special: Creech’s Career Timeline
Web special: Creech’s Plant Explorations (article from the December 1991 issue of American Horticulturist, precursor to The American Gardener).

• AHS News Special: America in Bloom Winners*
  Communities that received the 2009 AIB awards.
   
• Homegrown Harvest
  Vegetables, herbs, and other plants that can be grown for fresh food in the home garden. In this issue: Alpine strawberries.
   
• One on One With…
  Interviews with today’s leaders and trendsetters in gardening and horticulture. This issue: John Greenlee, meadow landscaper.
   
• Green Garage*
  A series focusing on the AHS’s latest initiative to promote environmentally responsible gardening tools, supplies, and techniques. In this issue: Our expert’s picks of useful tools and supplies.
   
• Gardener’s Notebook*
  Short, newsworthy articles on horticultural topics. This issue: Graham Thomas® rose voted world’s favorite, First Lady Michelle Obama receives APGA commendation, flower pots made from poultry feathers, new group forms to promote changes in American lawn practices, Philadelphia Flower Show is renamed.
   
• Gifts for the Gardener*
  Our annual year-end look at garden-related ideas for holiday gift-giving.
   
• Book Reviews*
  Featured: Out Life in Gardens, Understanding Perennials, and The American Meadow Garden. Special focus: Staff picks of books you might have missed
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• Regional Happenings*
  Listings of lectures, flower shows, and other gardening events across the country. Featured: Holiday light displays at public gardens.
   
• 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.
   
• 2009 Magazine Index*
   
• Plant in the Spotlight
  A closer look at selected plants. This issue: Variegated potato vine (Solanum laxum ‘Aurea’).

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