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Gardening
This list was created to accompany The Gendered Garden , a community lecture presented by The University of Oregon Center for the Study of Women in Society Road Scholar program . The Gendered Garden is an image-centered presentation that looks at the aesthetic, cultural, class, political and gender implications of the garden.
Women and Gardening
- Bennett, Sue
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(2000)635.082 B472f 2000
- Brown, Jane, 1938-
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(1985)712.0942 S123b
- Creasy, Rosalind
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(1993)635 C912o 1993
- Cuthbertson, Yvonne
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(1998)635.082 C988w 1998
- Eddison, Sydney
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(2002)635.9671 Y22c 2002
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(1980)712.6 E585
- Feeney, Stephanie
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(2002)635.0294 F295n 2002
- Goodwin, Nancy (Nancy Sanders)
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(2001)635.9 G657y 2001
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1995, 1997712.6 I29 1997
- Jekyll, Gertrude
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(1937)635.9 J47gt 1937
- Jekyll, Gertrude
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(1937)635.9 J47gt 1937
- Kincaid, Jamaica.
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(1999)635 K51m 1999
- Lisle, Laurie
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(2005)B-Li689f 2005
- McDowell, Marta
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(2005)811.4 D553mc 2005
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(1998)635 M995 1998
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(1988)712.6 N532
- Ogeden, Ellen
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(2003)641.5 O34f 2003">
- Ogeden, Ellen
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(2003)641.5 O34f 2003
- Plumptre, George
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(1998)712.6 P736c 1998
- Sheldon, Elisabeth
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(2003)635.9 S544t 2003
- Verey, Rosemary
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(2004)635.092 S541g 2004
- Verey, Rosemary
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(1994)712.6 V492s
- White, Katharine Sergeant Angell
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(2002)635.9092 W585t 2002
- Wilson, Emily Herring
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(2004)B-La435w 2004
- Yang, Linda
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(2002)635.9671 Y22c 2002
Men and Gardening
- Charlesworth, Geoffrey B
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(1994)635.9672 C477g 1994
- Connon, Bryan
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(2000)716.08 N61c 2000
- Cooper, Guy, 1934-
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(2001)712.6 C776c 2001
- Eddison, Sydney
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(2003)635.968 E21g 2003
- Elliott, Charles Newton, 1906-
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(1998)635.0942 E46g 1998
- Elliott, Charles
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(2002)635 E46p 2002
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(2003)635.903 F6321 2003 v.1 & 2
- Hill, May Brawley
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(2005)712.0973 H647o 2005
- Hinkley, Daniel J.
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(1999)635.932 H663e 1999
- Klindienst, Patricia.
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(2006)635.092 K65e2006
- Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006
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(2005)811.5 K964w 2005
- Lacy, Allen,
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(1992)635 L152g
- Leapman, Michael, 1938-
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(2001)635.092 F165L 2001
- Lloyd, Christopher, 1921-
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(2001)635.968 L793c 2001
- Lowenfels, Jeff
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(2006)631.4 L917t 2006
- Martin, Peter, 1940-
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(1984)712.0942 M382p
- McNeilan, Jan
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(1997)635.9 M169p 1997
- Nichols, Beverley, 1899-
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(2005)716.08 N61d 2005
- Ockenga, Starr
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(2001)712.6 O16e 2001
- Olwell, Carol
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(1990)635 O52g
- Plumptre, George
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(1993)712.0942 P736g
- Pollan, Michael
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(1991)635.9 P771s
- Schultz, Warren
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(2000)635 S387m 2001
- Sheehan, Larry
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(2004)635.092 S541g 2004
- Shulman, Nicola
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(2004)B-Fa248s 2004
- Thomas, Graham Stuart
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(2003)635.09 T456r 2003
- Traeger, Tessa
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(2003)635.9092 T764g 2003
- Verey, Rosemary
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(1990)712.6 V492am
- Wilson, Andrew, 1959-
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(2002)712.092 W746i 2002
Gardening in Fiction
All titles shelved in Fiction collection, except as noted: M=mystery; SF=science fiction; y=teen; j=children's.
Anthologies
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(2005)SS
General Fiction
- Albert, Susan Wittig
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MTexas lawyer-turned-herbalist China Bayles digs into murders, past and present.
- Alison, Jane
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(2005)This multi-generational story follows the experiences of a nineteenth-century Scottish gardener and his descendants.
- Arkell, Reginald
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(2003, originally published in 1950)Sprinkled with nuggets of gardening wisdom, Old Herbaceous is a witty comic portrait of the most archetypal and crotchety head gardener ever to plant a row of bulbs at a British country house.
- Blunt, Wilfrid
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(2006, originally published in 1963)This beloved classic, written in the form of chatty letters from a doting godfather to his goddaughter, is as endearing as it is instructive.
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson
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(various editions, originally published in 1909)jTen-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
- Eglin, Anthony
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MRetired botany professor Lawrence Kingston mixes horticulture with crime.
- Elizabeth
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(2000, originally published in 1898)Elizabeth's witty pen records each season in her beloved garden, where she escapes from the stifling routine of indoors: from servants, meals, domestic routine — and the presence of her overbearing husband.
- Fleischman, Paul
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(1999)jWesley's garden produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life.
- Gleeson, Janet
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(2005)MEighteenth-century portraitist Joshua Pope, in residence at the London estate of Herbert Bentnick, discovers a corpse in a conservatory of cultivated pineapples.
- Gregory, Philippa
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(1998)Whether he is nurturing a single rare seedling into a blossoming tree or planning acres of exquisitely conceived royal gardens, John Tradescant's fame and skill as a gardener are unsurpassed in seventeenth-century England. But it is Tradescant's clear-sighted honesty and loyalty that make him an invaluable servant, and in his role as informal confidant during garden strolls with Sir Robert Cecil, adviser to King James I, he witnesses the making of history, from the Gunpowder Plot to the accession of King Charles I and the growing animosity between Parliament and court.
- Harrison, Janis
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MRiver City, Missouri, flower shop owner Bretta Solomon balances gardening and murder in this cozy mystery series.
- Herman, Julie Wray
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MKorine, Amilou and Janey, owners of the Three Dirty Women landscaping company, unearth more than they bargain for in their work.
- Hirahara, Naomi
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MMas Arai — Hiroshima survivor, part-time Los Angeles gardener and reluctant detective — struggles to rebuild his relationship with his daughter.
- Hoffman, Alice
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(1995)Orphaned Sally and Gillian Owens, raised by their spinster aunts in a spooky old house, possess a blood-deep knowledge of the supernatural power of plants, animals, and storms — and a pronounced sensitivity to love and evil.
- Holm, Pamela
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(2005)In her first novel since her memoir, The Toaster Broke, So We're Getting Married, Holm delivers a poignant and funny story about monogamy, motherhood and the wonders of gardening.
- Humphreys, Helen
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(2002)Leaving London for the Land Army to grow food for the war effort, a young woman discovers a mysterious lost garden and the story of a love that becomes her own.
- Le Carre, John
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(2001)A master chronicler of the betrayals of ordinary people caught in political conflict, John le Carre tells a compelling, complex story of a man elevated through tragedy, as Justin Quayle — amateur gardener, aging widower and ineffectual bureaucrat — discovers his own natural resources and the extraordinary courage of the woman he barely had time to love.
- Leith, Prue
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(2004)Lotte Warren is on unfamiliar territory: after a painful divorce and a period of soul-searching, she's abandoned her successful architectural career to get a degree in garden history, then uprooted her three children to take a job as head gardener on the estate of a dot-com billionaire.
- Martin, Lee
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(2001)Based on actual historical events, Quakertown tells the story of a flourishing black community in 1920's Texas that was segregated from its white neighbors, and of the remarkable gardener, Little Washington Jones, who was asked to make a heartbreaking choice.
- McKillip, Patricia A.
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(2005)SFUnknown to the rulers of Numis, gardener Brenden Vetch is far more than he seems — and his presence just may tip the balance of power back into the hands of the wizard community.
- Pim, Sheila
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MWhether she's holding forth on beekeeping lore or explaining the traits of mineral ore, Pim educates as much as she entertains in this series originally published in the 1950's.
- Riggs, Cynthia
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MPlucky 92-year-old Victoria Trumbull plays amateur sleuth in this series filled with island flora, fauna, landmarks, habits, quirks and quaint local accents.
- Ripley, Ann
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MPlant lovers will enjoy the gardening tips and lore scattered throughout the adventures of PBS garden show host Louise Eldridge.
- Sleator, William
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(2005)yTwo siblings venture daily into the tangled, sprawling garden planted by their late uncle, which holds at its heart a hedge maze that hides a quantum secret.
- Swann, E. L.
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(1999)While recovering from a stroke, Maggie rediscovers passion and romance when she meets Tristan, a landscape architect who is working on her neglected garden.
- Tsukiyama, Gail
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(1995)On the eve of World War II, a young Chinese man is sent to his family's summer home in Japan to recover from tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight.