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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. Flora and horticulture have had an outsize influence on the genre: motive, means, opportunity, victims, villains, and detectives.

Join writer, gardener, educator, and avid mystery reader Marta McDowell as she presents her latest publication, Gardening Can Be Murder. Together, you'll explore 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.

Copies of McDowell's book will be available for purchase. Book signing to follow the presentation.

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Schedule:	Thursday, October 24, 2024
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Times:	10:30am-11:30am EDT
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Meeting Date Start Time End Time Thursday, October 24, 2024 10:30am 11:30am Meeting Date Start Time End Time Thursday, October 24, 2024 10:30am 11:30am
Speaker:	Marta McDowell Marta McDowell Marta McDowell Marta McDowell holds a Certificate in Landscape Design from the Botanical Garden. She is a writer, lecturer, and garden designer. Her garden writing has appeared in popular publications such as 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. In addition to her latest publication, she has also published Unearthing The Secret Garden, Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life, The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder, New York Times-bestselling All the Presidents' Gardens, and Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life, now in its ninth printing. Marta is active in the Chatham Community Garden and is on the board of the NJ Historical Foundation at the Cross Estate in Bernardsville. www.martamcdowell.com
Location:	Mertz Library, 6th Floor- Mertz Library 2900 Southern Blvd Bronx, NY 10458
Session Number:	252GAR828

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Thursday, October 24, 2024
10:30am-11:30am EDT
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