Explore London's Kew Gardens with garden club Sept. 20

Posted August 28, 2016 11:00 pm

Elgin Garden Club

Join the Elgin Garden Club and Gail Borden Public Library for a program by Richard Deverell, director of England's Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

In celebration of Elgin Garden Club's 100th anniversary, Deverell will present a program on Kew Garden's mission of using the power of science and the rich diversity of gardens to provide knowledge, inspiration and understanding of why plants matter.

The program will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the library's Meadows Room, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.

There is no charge for the program but registration is required by calling the library at (847) 429-4597 or registering online at www.gailborden.info/register.

For more than 170 years, Kew has been one of the world's greatest gardens, famous for its Victorian greenhouses and its eye-catching array of trees and flowers. They have 1.5 million visitors a year touring the 326-acre property. Join them to hear Deverell's exciting plans for the future of Kew Gardens.

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