Volume 89, Number 5- September/October 2010

Features

• Energizing the Learning Environment by Meredith Soeder
  Highlights from the AHS’s 2010 National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, held in July in Pasadena, California.

Web special: To listen to a short clip from high school senior Sam Levin’s keynote presentation, click here.

• Sizing Up Stonecrops by Richard Hawke
  Stonecrops (Sedum spp.) are among the showiest fall-blooming perennials. Discover some of the best cultivars available today.
   
• Prophet of the Prairie by Carole Ottesen
  Nurseryman Neil Diboll has spent a lifetime teaching gardeners and horticulturists to appreciate the beauty and sustainability of native prairie plants.

Web special: Watch an interview with Neil Diboll – click here.

• Fall-Blooming Shrubs by Andrew Bunting
  Late-flowering shrubs add a burst of color and offer delightful fragrance to the garden from autumn into winter.
   
• Inviting Nature into Your Garden by Duncan Brine
  If you’re starting a new garden or contemplating a redesign, consider a naturalistic approach, which has renewed relevance in today’s environment.

Departments

• Notes from River Farm
  Insights and updates about American horticulture and the AHS from Board of Directors Chair Harry Rissetto 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: Garden Centers of America and the AHS forge partnership, the AHS publishes new seasonal guide to growing edibles, 2010 Growing Good Kids book award winners, leadership scholarship awarded to AHS staff member, Armitage webinar on native perennials set for October, new library established at River Farm.
   
• One on One With…
  Interviews with today’s leaders and trendsetters in gardening and horticulture. This issue: Buddy Lee, Encore™ azalea breeder.
   
• Homegrown Harvest
  Vegetables, herbs, and other plants that can be grown for fresh food in the home garden. In this issue: Edible and ornamental persimmons.
   
• Gardener’s Notebook
  Short, newsworthy articles on horticultural topics. This issue: USDA research center turns 100, genetic testing resolves geranium name issue, Botanic Gardens Conservation International launches Plants for the Planet campaign, new garden speakers bureau created, clover’s four-leaf gene discovered, Missouri Botanic Garden President Peter Raven retires, urban tree champion George Ware dies.

Gardener’s Notebook Special: Campus food gardens.

• Appreciation
  Remembering Jim Wilson (1925-2010)
   
• Green Garage
  A series focusing on the AHS’s latest initiative to promote environmentally responsible gardening tools, supplies, and techniques. In this issue: Safe use and disposal of pesticides.
   
• Book Reviews
  Featured: Japanese Maples, Armitage’s Vines and Climbers, and How to Grow a School Garden.
   
• Regional Happenings
  Listings of lectures, flower shows, and other gardening events across the country.
   
• 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.
   
• Plant in the Spotlight
  A closer look at selected plants. This issue: Three-flower maple (Acer triflorum).

Letters to the editor should be emailed to: editor@ahs.org or mailed to:
Editor, AHS,
7931 East Boulevard Drive,
Alexandria VA 22308.