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| | Tuesday, January 13, 2009 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Evening Book Reading: Vanished Gardens by Sharon White
Presented by Sharon White
Open to the public and members
New to living and gardening in Philadelphia, Sharon White begins a journey through the landscape of the city, past and present, in Vanished Gardens. She explores Philadelphia's gardens as a part of the city’s ecosystem and animates the lives of individual gardeners and naturalists working in the area around her home. In one section of the book, White tours the gardens of colonial botanist John Bartram; his wife, Ann; and their son, writer and naturalist William. Other chapters focus on Deborah Logan, who kept a record of her life on a large farm in the late eighteenth century, and Mary Gibson Henry, twentieth-century botanist and plant collector.
Sharon White is the author of a collection of poetry, Bone House. Her memoir, Field Notes, A Geography of Mourning, received the Julia Ward Howe Prize, Honorable Mention, from the Boston Author’s Club. Some of her other awards include a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction, the Leeway Foundation Award for Achievement, a Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her poems, essays, and articles have appeared in many magazines and journals including Isotope, House Beautiful, Appalachia, Kalliope, and North American Review. She teaches writing at Temple University in Philadelphia.
The McLean Library will be open until 5:45 this evening. The reading will be followed by a book signing and light refreshments and wine.
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
100 North 20th Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
Get directions from Mapquest™ | | Fees: | | | Members: | | $10 | | Non Members: | | $20 |
| Advance Registration Required
Click here to register
For more information, contact:
Carol Dutill
programreg@pennhort.org
215-988-8869
| Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be received at least 5 business days before the event. (No refund if less than 5 days.) The following fees will apply if your request is received 5 days in advance: bus trips $5, all other events $3. |
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