Volume 89, Number 6- November/December 2010

Features

• Edible Landscaping for Small Spaces by Rosalind Creasy
  With some know-how, you can grow all sorts of vegetables, fruits, and herbs in small spaces.
   
• Carefree Moss by Carole Ottesen
  Looking for an attractive substitute for grass in a shady spot? Try moss; it’ll grow on you.
   
• Outstanding Conifers by Rita Pelczar
  This group of trees and shrubs is beautiful year round, but shines brightest in winter.
   
• Garden Cleanup, Reconsidered by Kris Wetherbee
  What you do - and don’t do - in your garden now can help plants prepare for winter and preserve habitat for wildlife.
   
• Winter Stalwarts by Karen Bussolini
  When designing a four-season landscape, include these tough herbaceous perennials that continue to provide interest in the colder months when their counterparts have gone dormant.

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: Boston’s garden contest grows to record size, 2011 AHS President’s Council trip planned for Houston, Gala highlights, rave reviews for Armitage webinar in October, author of article for The American Gardener receives garden-writing award, new butterfly-themed children’s garden installed at River Farm.
   
• News from AHS Special: 2010 America in Bloom Award Winners
  Twelve cities are recognized for their community beautification efforts.

To view the first winner of AIB’s YouTube Award - Click here

• One on One With…
  Interviews with today’s leaders and trendsetters in gardening and horticulture. This issue: David Karp: Fruit detective.
   
• Homegrown Harvest
  Vegetables, herbs, and other plants that can be grown for fresh food in the home garden. In this issue: The pleasures of popcorn.
   
• Gardener’s Notebook
  Short, newsworthy articles on horticultural topics. This issue: Replacing pavement with plants in San Francisco, soil bacterium may boost cognitive function, study finds fewer plant species on earth now than before, a fungus-and-virus combination may cause honeybee colony collapse disorder, USDA funds school garden program, Park Seed sold, Rudbeckia Denver Daisy™ wins grand prize in American Garden Award Contest.
   
• Green Garage
  A series focusing on the AHS’s latest initiative to promote environmentally responsible gardening tools, supplies, and techniques. In this issue: Miscellaneous useful garden products.
   
• Gifts for Gardeners
  Annual year-end guide of garden-themed ideas for holiday gift-giving.
   
• Book Reviews
  Featured: From Art to Landscape, Gardening for a Lifetime, The World of Trees, and Bark.
   
• 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.
   
• 2010 Magazine Index
   
• Plant in the Spotlight
  A closer look at selected plants. This issue: Chilean winterberry (Gaultheria mucronata).

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