margaret roach’s 2012 events calendar

THE 2012 EVENTS CALENDAR features more open garden days than ever (May, June and August); more workshops than before (including writing workshops with my sister, Marion!); lectures I’m co-organizing that feature garden-writing stars like Page Dickey and Ken Druse, and talks I’m giving as far afield as Maryland, Vermont and more. Hope to see you here, there and everywhere. The scoop:Notes:All lectures by me, except as noted, are on “Nonstop Plants: Making a 365-Day Garden.” Back this year: Container-garden workshops co-taught with Bob Hyland, here at the garden. New this year: I am helping organize some guest garden lectures locally—including by superstar garden authors Ken Druse (August 18; a lecture and workshop) and Page Dickey (March 17)—and those are listed in my calendar this year. I hope to see you at them! Also new: I will be co-hosting memoir-writing workshops with my sister, Marion Roach Smith, author of “The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life.” For anyone with a story to tell. First one: March 31. For garden clubs: There are a limited number of prime dates available for garden visits, and for group workshops; email awaytogarden [at] gmail [dot] com for availability, costs and other information for custom events. The Events:

FEBRUARYMonday, February 13, 11:30 AM: lecture for Farmington Garden Club Founders’ Fund Celebration meeting, at Hill-Stead Museum Makeshift Theater, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT; free admission.

Saturday, February 25, 1 PM: lecture for Germantown Public Library, Germantown, NY, at 31 Palatine Park Road.

MARCHThursday, March 1, 9:30 AM: lecture for Pleasantville Garden Club, in the social hall at Presbyterian Church, 400 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY.

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