Virtual Backyard Gardening, Museum Tour At Phoenixville Library

PHOENIXVILLE, PA — Backyard gardening, a tour of Philadelphia’s National Marian Anderson Museum, and the memoir of a wildlife ecologist are on deck next week at Phoenixville Public Library.

The library will host a virtual book discussion of Longwood Gardens’ Community Read book, The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, by J. Drew Lanham, on Monday, March 22 at 7 p.m. Mark Pinto, Adult Services Director, will lead the discussion.

Birds are a lifelong passion for Lanham, and in The Home Place, the author also examines his personal history and struggles. Readers follow his journey as a successful wildlife ecologist who along the way uncovers lessons about legacy and his own need to inject a deeper sense of human caring into his life and work. Author Helen MacDonald has called the book "a ground-breaking work about race and the American landscape."

More information on the Community Read can be found here.

Copies of the printed book may be reserved at https://catalog.ccls.org. eBook and eAudiobook copies are available at https://chester.overdrive.com. Attendees to the discussion will be automatically entered into a raffle drawing to receive a family pass to Longwood Gardens.

This Zoom event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and can be accessed here or by calling 610-933-3013 x132. Email mpinto@ccls.org for more information.

Virtual Tour of Philadelphia’s National Marian Anderson Museum

Phoenixville Public Library will host a virtual tour of Philadelphia’s National Marian Anderson Museum on Tuesday, March 23 at 7 p.m. Jillian Patricia Pirtle, CEO of the Museum, will be the presenter. The National Marian Anderson Museum tells the story of the renowned, Philadelphia-born, African American singer as an American artist and humanitarian. The virtual presentation includes a mini-documentary, audio recordings of Anderson from her career with RCA Victor, and a performance from the Marian Anderson Scholar Artist Program. A Q&A will follow the presentation.

This event is free and open to the public. Attendees are asked to consider making a donation to the Museum at http://marianandersonhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/donate--sponsor.html. Registration for this Zoom event is required and can be accessed here or by calling 610-933-3013 x132. Email mpinto@ccls.org for more information.

Backyard Gardening for the Complete Beginner

Phoenixville Public Library will host the next virtual presentation in their “Community Gardening around the Village” series on Thursday, March 25 at 7 p.m. Martha Napolitan Cownap, herb gardener at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, will present “Backyard Gardening for the Complete Beginner.”

The class is for anyone who'd like to start growing some of their own vegetables and herbs this year but isn't sure where to begin. Cownap will talk about how to find a suitable site, what tools are needed, how to make garden beds, and whether to start plants from seeds or buy young plants. She will take questions at the end of the presentation.

This Zoom event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and can be accessed here. or by calling 610-933-3013 x132. Email mpinto@ccls.org for more information.

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