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| Corinne Stephens and Albert Arevalo with new garden book donations at the Brookside Gardens Library. |
Washington Gardener
staff stopped by Brookside
Gardens in Wheaton, MD, last Friday to drop off a donation of books that
will be added to the Horticultural Reference Library.
Editor and publisher Kathy Jentz has featured reviews of
several of the books in previous editions of the magazine. The books cover a
wide range of horticultural topics, such as growing succulents, creating fairy
gardens, and urban garden design.
The value of this batch of 15 donated books is about
$415, which, added to previous donations, adds to a total of about $6,971 worth
of books donated to the Horticultural Reference Library in the past six
years. The magazine’s largest yearly donation was its first one in 2013, with
$3,070.94 worth of books donated.
The mission of the Horticultural Reference Library at
Brookside Gardens is to be a resource for Brookside Gardens and Montgomery
County Parks staff, the citizens of Montgomery County, MD, and any other
individual interested in learning about the science and art of
Horticulture. Volunteer librarians are there and ready to help you
find answers to your plant questions; they are available Monday through Friday
at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or by appointment.
About the Author:
Alexandra Marquez is a rising junior journalism and anthropology major at the University of Maryland. She is an editorial intern at Washington Gardener this summer.
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