My friend Jennifer Jewell—author of the hugely successful The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants and the creator/host of the Cultivating Place podcast—has a new book out...
...and she's coming to town! Jennifer will be at Powell's Books Cedar Hills this Thursday October 19th to discuss her new book What We Sow, and guess what? I get to be the one in conversation with her!
Seriously. How lucky am I? This is going to be so much fun. If you're local please join us. There will be seedy talk, there will be books for sale. If you were in the audience when Jennifer spoke to the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon (who is co-sponsoring this event) back in January of 2020 you know just want a great communicator and ambassador for gardening she is.
If you can't make this event I encourage you to seek out her book, it's really good. Curious? I'm linking to a story on Jennifer and her book from the New York Times: A Quest Inspired by the Pandemic Seed Shortage and a ‘Primal Fear’. I've "gifted" it so you shouldn't have any issues with the paywall.
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I read a Garden Rant post on the book just before reaching yours and was thinking I should put it on my Christmas list. Have a great time at the bookstore talk!
ReplyDeleteI read that same review, it's a good one!
DeleteI really liked the Welsh proverb: “A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible.”
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the upcoming conversation.
Chavli
Thanks Chavli!
DeleteShould be a fun event just sorry it won't be online as well. Good luck with it.
ReplyDeleteThere was talk of recording it for the HPSO membership, I'm not sure where that stands.
DeleteHow fun. I wish I lived closer, because I'd stop on by. I'll check into the book. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIt would have been lovely to see your friendly face in the audience!
DeleteYou'll be great--have fun!
ReplyDeleteI did have lots of fun!
DeleteSeeds are great! I've got bags of them to plant this weekend before careening off to Minnesota for a few days. Seeds are always a little bit like gambling for me. I end up spending more $ than I thought I would to get them, then hope I have enough luck on my side to get them to germinate and reach adulthood. It's also a gamble whether or not the seeds are labeled correctly or even alive. Still, the thrill when you finally get something cool in the garden that you grew from seed!
ReplyDeleteExcellent comparison! Gambling for hort people!
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