The Sinister Side of Gardeing, with Marta MacDowell, Author of “Gardening Can be Murder”
The Garden Club of Old Greenwich and the Perrot Memorial Library invite you to “The Sinister Side of Gardening,” an evening with Marta MacDowell, on Wednesday, October 23, at 7 pm, in the Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library.
With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder. Marta McDowell, a writer and gardener, illuminates the many ways in which our greatest mystery writers, from Edgar Allen Poe to Agatha Christie to modern bestselling authors, have found inspiration in the sinister side of gardens.
Marta McDowell teaches landscape design history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and is a popular lecturer and writer. Her garden writing has appeared in popular publications, including Woman’s Day, Country Gardening, and The New York Times. Marta’s work typically follows the relationship between the pen and the trowel, that is, authors and their gardens.
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For more information, please contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or at judys@perrotlibrary.org.
Perrot P.I.s: October Meeting – “The Alienist”
Join us on Monday, October 21st, at 7 pm, for a discussion of The Alienist, by Caleb Carr. This program will take place in our Program Room, Radcliffe Building. All are welcome.
When a madman begins stalking victims on the streets of 1896 New York, a team of investigators is forced to apply radical and untested techniques that include fingerprinting and the controversial science of psychology.
Reserve a copy of the book from our catalog.
Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
For more information, contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or at lending@perrotlibrary.org.
“The Decorated Bird,” a Watercolor Workshop
Join us for a fall watercolor workshop, “The Decorated Bird,” with Hazel Jarvis on Monday, October 21, 1-3 pm in our Program Room, Radcliffe Building, Perrot Memorial Library.
While primarily a watercolor workshop, this program will include an option to add additional collage details. The finished design could be fairly simple, or it could be slightly more complicated, with a series of small birds. Both designs are very festive and lend themselves to multiple interpretations.
All students should wear old clothes and bring a pair of scissors.
Ms. Jarvis received a BA in History and Theory of Art from Sussex University in England. Upon moving to the United States, she studied botanical illustration in New York and, during a five-year residency in Tokyo in the 1990s, studied traditional Japanese painting.
Ms. Jarvis lives and teaches in Greenwich, Connecticut. For more information, visit her web site, and for an up-to-date view of her artwork, follow her on instagram @hazeljarvisstudio.
Click here to register for this workshop.
For more information, please contact Judy Sgammato at 203-637-1066 x15 or at judys@perrotlibrary.org.
