Garden author to speak at Derby Public Library

DERBY - The Derby Public Library welcomes back popular garden author, lecturer, instructor, and coach Colleen Plimpton at 6:30 p.m. April 21.

The topic of the evening will beHello My Garden.
This is a show ‘n tell presentation with visuals of tools, and equipment used to start things up in your garden this spring. 

Pruning, mulching, fertilizing, planning for succession of bloom, annuals, and more will be discussed.  

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 how-tos of gardening. 

She runs a garden coaching business, teaches gardening at the New York Botanical Garden, and works with many local garden clubs and non-profit groups. 

Plimpton is also the author of Mentors in the Garden of Life.   

Registration is requested. 
For more information, stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1418 or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org. 

This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.