Step into history and horticulture! Join the Arboretum and the Palmer Museum for the third installment of the Garden and Gallery Book Club. This summer, we are reading Andrea Wulf’s critically acclaimed Founding Gardeners. At the conclusion of the summer, we will enjoy a conversation about the book, guided by educators from the Arboretum and Palmer Museum.
About the Book
Founding Gardeners explores the Founding Fathers’ passion for plants. It offers a well-researched and thought-provoking interpretation of early American history, one that connects the founders’ zeal for agriculture and gardening to their thoughts on politics, independence, self-sufficiency, and patriotism. Discover how ideas fledged in the colonial period influence our landscapes to this very day!