Neal Sanders – "Gardening Is Murder"

Why do gardeners turn to the

internet to find outrageous solutions to simple problems? Why does the

introduction of one plant into a garden start a game of musical chairs which

results in the displacement of at least two other plants? And why do we have

garden benches around our yards if no one ever sits on them?

These are the questions that

readers of author Neal Sanders’ popular blog, The Principal Undergardener, get to ponder. Sanders is no ordinary

gardener. He and his wife (Lifetime

Master Gardener, Betty Sanders) maintain a two-acre garden in Medfield

that has been part of the Garden Conservancy's Open Days program as well as

featured in the Wall Street Journal. Sanders

readily acknowledges that he is not the ‘head gardener’ at home; rather, he is

the Principal Undergardener, which lends its name to Sanders’ blog. Adaptations

of his essays appear monthly in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Leaflet magazine. 

His humorous talk, ‘Gardening Is

Murder’, is drawn from those essays. 

Sanders is also the author of

eight mystery novels and, in the course of his talk, he’ll tell where he gets

his ideas for his stories, many of which center on garden clubs, why his wife

no longer comes in the door saying, “you wouldn’t believe what happened to me

today”, and why neither of them is any longer privy to garden club gossip.

An enjoyable evening is

guaranteed for gardening and mystery novel fans.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Milford Town Library, this event is free

and open to the public.