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Gardening Can Be Murder

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2024-10-21 19:00:00 2024-10-21 20:00:00 America/Chicago Gardening Can Be Murder With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for a murder mystery. Please Register for link to Zoom. Virtual -

Monday, October 21
7:00pm - 8:00pm

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With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for a murder mystery. Please Register for link to Zoom.

Join Marta McDowell, a writer, gardener, and avid mystery reader, in exploring the many ways in which writers—from Edgar Allen Poe and Wilkie Collins to Agatha Christie and some of today’s top crime fiction authors—have found inspiration in the sinister side of gardening. Marta McDowell teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and is a popular lecturer and writer.  Her latest book is Gardening Can Be Murder, about the horticultural connections to crime fiction.

Program provided in partnership with other area libraries.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Nature & Science | Adult Programs |

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Phone: 847-742-2411
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