DERBY — Garden author, lecturer and instructor Colleen Plimpton will speak at 6:30 p.m. Monday, September 16, at the Derby Library, 313 Elizabeth St.
Good Night My Garden is a show-and-tell using visuals of tools and equipment used to put gardens to bed.
Ms. Plimpton will discuss bulb planting, what to leave up and what to cut down, composting, lawn care and bird feeding.
Ms. Plimpton’s award-winning, one-acre ornamental garden has been on numerous tours and serves as a living classroom laboratory where she teaches composition, color, composting and other gardening how-to’s.
She also runs a garden coaching business, teaches gardening at the New York Botanical Garden and works with numerous local garden clubs and non-profit groups.
This program is free and open to the public although registration is requested.
Those seeking registration or additional information may call 203-736-1418 or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org.
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