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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. A recording is on the library's YouTube channel.
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. REGISTER
This program will be recorded and available through December 1, 2024.
Marta's bio can be found at https://www.martamcdowell.com/about
This event was made possible in partnership with the following Illinois public libraries: Plainfield, Fossil Ridge, Wauconda, Crystal Lake, Morton Grove, Schaumburg Township, Naperville, Winnetka-Northfield, Lake Villa, Palatine, Grayslake, Fox River Valley, Vernon, Cook Memorial, Elmhurst, Clarendon Hills, St. Charles, Thomas Ford, Gail Borden, Des Plaines, Town and Country, Algonquin, and Palos Heights.
An email with a link to the webinar will be emailed to you after registration.
A reminder email will be sent to you one day before the virtual event.
St. Charles Public Library serves the residents of the Fox River Valley community of St. Charles, Illinois, 35 miles west of Chicago. The Library, with a total collection of approximately 400,000 items, offers a wide variety of information and recreational reading to meet the expectations of both the general public and local businesses.
One South Sixth Ave.
St. Charles, IL 60174
