"How Sweet It Is: Fragrance in the Garden" Talk by the Silver Spring Garden Club

The Silver Spring Garden Club invites you to a talk on "How Sweet It Is: Fragrance in the Garden"

Wouldn’t a fragrance-washed terrace entice you to relax outdoors as spring gives way to summer? Come learn the best plants to add sweet scents to your garden.

Our speaker, Ruth Rogers Clausen, trained in horticulture in England. She has been in the field in the U.S. for many years. Over her long career she has taught and lectured widely. Former Horticulture Editor for Country Living Gardener, she has written several books including Perennials for American Gardens, co-authored by the late Nicolas H. Ekstrom. Other titles include Dreamscaping (Hearst) and 50 Beautiful Deer Resistant Plants (Timber Press), plus Essential Perennials (Timber Press) which was co-authored by Thomas Christopher

WHEN: Monday, May 16, 8:00pm
Doors open at 7:30pm

WHERE: Brookside Gardens
Visitors Center/Education Building
1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland

REFRESHMENTS will be provided after the talk by the following Silver Spring Garden Club members: Justin Eldred, Sue Smith, and Margaret Dohmen.

MEETING etiquette
Please turn off or silence your cell phones during our meetings out of courtesy to our guest speakers and your fellow club members. If you must take a call, please proceed outside the room and turn left and proceed down the hallway or go outside the building.

BONUS PLANT SALE:

We will have several flats of tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and other edibles for sale at our meeting this Monday, May 16.

They will be $2 each or 6 for $10 (12 for $20).

PLEASE bring cash or checks.

Let your gardening friends know too!

Also, our guest speaker, the legendary Ruth Rogers Clausen, will be signing and selling her books -- so definitely come prepared to buy some of her great gardening titles!

See: https://www.timberpress.com/speakers/author.php?id=1548