Morris Library exhibition showcases gardening books

10:16 a.m., June 30, 2004--“Gardeners on Gardening,” the University of Delaware Library’s new exhibition on the first floor of Morris Library continues through Tuesday, Aug. 17.

The exhibit showcases a selection of books by gardeners who have written with passion about the art of gardening and horticulture. Gardening has inspired varied forms of nonfiction—advice books, diaries, magazine articles, newspaper columns, correspondence, memoirs, journals, poetry and seasonal notes.

Reflecting rich regional interest and UD’s strong horticultural programs, the University of Delaware Library holds a vast trove of works by famous and not-so-famous gardeners.

This exhibition, which includes books from the 19th through the 21st century, is organized into four categories: editors and writers; horticulturists and garden experts; amateurs and garden lovers; and, artists, historians and scientists. Well-known gardeners who have written about the subject include Thomas Jefferson, Celia Thaxter, Gertrude Jekyll, Beverly Nichols, Rosemary Verey, Vita Sackville-West, Michael Pollan, Tasha Tudor, Jamaica Kincaid, Louise Beebe Wilder, Allen Lacy, and Elizabeth Lawrence.

Whether for botanists, landscape architects, or backyard gardeners, the University of Delaware holds a wealth of sources in the Agricultural Library, in Special Collections, and in the general circulating collections.

Sally W. Donatello, library assistant, Special Collections, is curator of the exhibition. For more information about the exhibition, visit [www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/garden.htm].

For library hours, call (302) 831-BOOK or visit [www.lib.udel.edu].

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