The Latest Export From China - Garden Plants

Category(-ies): Botanical Garden News , In the Media , Interviews

“Western explorers to China's remote regions form a pantheon of horticultural Indiana Joneses.”

So writes Andrew Higgins in a July 14, 2005 Washington Post article entitled “The Latest Export From China - Garden Plants” (registration required). The subject of the article is a review of UBC Botanical Garden's recently-released book, “The Jade Garden”. Written by three of UBC Botanical Garden's experienced horticulturists, the book illustrates one hundred and fifty little-known, ornamental trees, shrubs, and perennials from Asia that ought to receive a more-prominent place in today's gardens.

The Jade Garden is available from the Shop in the Garden and other fine bookstores.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:12 AM on July 14, 2005

The Jade Garden - An Interview with the Authors

Category(-ies): Botanical Garden News , Interviews , Local Interest

This is the first of a new occasional feature on the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research web site – interviews with notable botanists, horticulturists and other people with an interest in plants. It seemed appropriate that the first interview be with UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research's very own Douglas Justice, Peter Wharton and Brent Hine, in celebration of the publication of “The Jade Garden – New and Notable Plants from Asia”.

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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 12:00 AM on June 21, 2005