Easiest Houseplants Ever, with Style
Join Horticulturist, Author, and Lecturer Tovah Martin for “Easiest Houseplants Ever, with Style,” on Wednesday, January 14th at 7 pm via Zoom.
A horticulturist and organic gardening specialist, Ms. Martin is accredited with the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) as an Organic Land Care Professional. She is the former houseplant curator at Logee’s Greenhouses, where she worked for 25 years, and later a White Flower Farm. Tovah owns and maintains a seven-acre garden near her home in Roxbury, Conn.
Ms. Martin has co-authored over 15 books on houseplants, terrariums, heirloom gardening, and sensory gardening. Her more recent titles include The Indestructible Houseplant, The Unexpected Houseplant, The New Terrarium, and The Garden in Every Sense and Season, for which she won the gold medal from Garden Communicators International.
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For more information, contact us at 203-637-1066 or email adultprogramming@perrotlibrary.org.
New Year, New You! with Life Coach Diane Lang
Start the new year off right with “New Year, New You!” a presentation by Life Coach Diane Lang on Wednesday, January 7, from 7 to 8 pm on Zoom. Ms. Lang will discuss ways to achieve health and wellness in 2026.
Diane Lang holds a master’s degree in counseling and has been a college-level educator for 25 years. She is the author of four books, including Creating Balance & Finding Happiness, Baby Steps: The Path from Motherhood to Career, and Mindfully Happy: Waking Up to Life.
Her most recent book, Worthy, explores the hidden causes of unworthiness, its deeper implications, and its connection to perfectionism and control. Drawing on decades of counseling experience, Lang empowers readers to confront feelings of inadequacy and find their inherent value.
As a coach, educator, and Positive Living Expert, Lang has dedicated her career to helping individuals transform their lives. Her mission is to help people cultivate a sustainable positive attitude, turning them into true optimists.
Lang speaks on a wide range of mental and emotional health topics, including happiness, resiliency, stress management, parenting, positive aging, anxiety, and depression in both teens and adults. She specializes in Positive Psychology, Positive Education, and Positive Parenting, offering practical tools and insights to improve well-being.
A sought-after media expert, Diane has been featured in The Daily Record, Family Circle, Family Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, and the New York Post. She has appeared on NJ12 TV, Good Day Connecticut, CBS News, Good Morning Mid-Michigan, Good Morning Detroit, DC News Focus Atlanta, Arc Seattle, and Fox & Friends.
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For more information, contact us at 203-637-1066 or email adultprogramming@perrotlibrary.org.
Qigong Class @ the Library
Donna Bunte of Donna Bunte Whole Health will teach a qigong class at Perrot Library on Monday, December 15th, from 9:15 to 10:15 am in the Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library.
Qigong is a form of meditation in motion that is at least 2,000 years old. It is a very calming routine used to increase mindfulness, and it is also used for building strength, balance, flexibility, and resiliency. The practice of qigong can be done standing or sitting and can be practiced by almost anyone young or old.
Donna has been practicing Chinese medicine since 1996 when she graduated from Chinese medical school in New York City and became a licensed acupuncturist in New York and Connecticut. Qigong and tai chi were her first introduction to Chinese medicine and energy exercises in 1980 in New York City, years before she studied Chinese medicine. Donna has studied with a variety of teachers, including Robert Peng and Daisy Lee, and began teaching qigong in Greenwich in 2017. She has taught classes locally since then, as well as online during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Registration is required. To register, click here.
For more information, contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or judys@perrotlibrary.org.