Waterford Public Library: Garden Tourism

Press release from the Waterford Public Library:

March 31, 2021

Wednesday evening, April 14th at 6:30 p.m.  Gardening is the preeminent outdoor activity in America today and visitation to gardens amongst the most popular tourist activities in the world. Dr. Richard Benfield will explore the worlds of floriculture, gardens in art, garden visitation, garden festivals and the weird and wonderful world of gardens.  Dr. Benfield has studied gardens, flowers and festivals around the world for over 25 years and throughout 119 countries and is considered by many to be the number one authority on visitation to gardens.

This is a zoom event. Please click here to pre-register.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Our speaker is Dr. Richard Benfield, professor of geography at Central CT State University (retired).

Thank you for Zooming with Waterford Public Library!

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