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The Seattle Garden Club, a member of The Garden Club of America since 1917, is dedicated to stimulating the knowledge and the love of gardening, to aid in the protection of the quality of the environment, to encourage and assist in civic beautification, and to aid and carry on charitable, scientific and educational activities in all of the said fields.

Seattle Garden Club Presents the 2012 Pamela Green Horticulture Speaker

In a rare West Coast appearance,

Andrea Wulf

Bestselling author of Founding Gardeners

A fascinating look at our founding fathers from the unique perspective of their lives as gardeners, plantsmen and farmers.

7 pm - Thursday, March 1, 2012

Museum of History and Industry

Tickets:  $20.00       Students:  $10.00

Visit the newly updated website of The Garden Club of Americahttp://www2.gcamerica.org/
Click here to purchase tickets. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/220136
...lively and deeply researched history...Wulf ingeniously connects that highbrow political philosophy with the founding father’s personal passion for horticulture...thoughtful account.” Washington Post Click here for full reviewhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/andrea-wulfs-founding-gardeners/2011/03/11/AFt6NWkD_story.html
...illuminating and engrossing...Wulf has written an ecological and historical narrative, revisionist in the best sense, combining the suspense of war with an intimate view of the private lives devoted to the natural science...throughout the narrative Wulf squarely faces the institution of slavery.” New York Times Sunday Book Review Click here for full reviewhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/books/review/book-review-founding-gardeners-by-andrea-wulf.html
andreawulf.comhttp://www.andreawulf.com/

Books will be available for purchase the night of the event. Ms. Wulf will be available for book signing.

Click for link to directionshttp://www.seattlehistory.org/visit_us/directions_hours_and_fees.php