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Fertile Minds
HPGC Book Club

The HPGC Book CLub "Fertile Minds" was started in 2019 by member Carolyn Bennett to read non-fiction, fiction, and memoir relating to horticulture and gardening. Since its origin the book club has read a variety of titles which you may see by scrolling through the posts below. Consider joining - it's a wonderful way to explore literature and one another. Contact Carolyn Bennett if you're interested in joining us.

Genius of Place

Carolyn Bennett

Genius of Place

Ladies, for our next read, we have selected Genius of Place, The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. I'm told it's equally nice to listen to....

The Garden of Evening Mists

Carolyn Bennett

The Garden of Evening Mists

The Fertile Minds Book Club will meet via Zoom on Tuesday, May 18 at 4pm to discuss The Garden of Evening Mists. Contact Carolyn Bennett...

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Carolyn Bennett

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

The Fertile Minds Book Club will meet via Zoom on Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 at 4pm to discuss Rachel Carson's, "Silent Spring" which...

Braiding Sweetgrass

Carolyn Bennett

Braiding Sweetgrass

Reminder: the Fertile Minds book group will meet on Zoom at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12 for a discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass by...

The Art of the Commonplace

Carolyn Bennett

The Art of the Commonplace

Many of our HPGC members participate in the "Fertile Minds" book club which reads and discusses a garden-related book every other month. ...

Mary Oliver's Poetry

Carolyn Bennett

Mary Oliver's Poetry

Ladies, we missed those of you who couldn't join us last month. We thought we'd do something a little 'lighter' this month . . . so, find...

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Carolyn Bennett

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Next month we've selected Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard which won the Pulitzer in 1975...available at bookstores and libraries...

Late Migrations

Carolyn Bennett

Late Migrations

Ladies, I need to postpone our Zoom meeting for one week...let's meet at 4pm Monday July 20th...so sorry about the late notice! I'll...

Sand County Almanac

Carolyn Bennett

Sand County Almanac

In A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold’s “The Land Ethic” essay is an appeal for moral responsibility to the natural world. Ethics direct...

Overstory

Carolyn Bennett

Overstory

Fertile Minded Ladies, we had lovely evening discussing "The Roots of my Obsession" last night...all of the essays triggered happy...

The Roots of My Obsession

Carolyn Bennett

The Roots of My Obsession

We'll meet at my apartment in Country Club Manor 316 North Rossmore, #606 7:00 for 7:30 pm Please carpool or Uber, as there is limited...

The Secret Garden

Carolyn Bennett

The Secret Garden

For our next book, we will be returning to our childhood and reading The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Monday, November 11,...

Founding Gardeners

Carolyn Bennett

Founding Gardeners

Ladies...how about that...in one meeting we picked our next book, selected the date, location and "facilitator" and came to a loose...