Author, Neal Sanders, Returns to the Jenks Center with 'Gardening is Murder'

Why is much gardening information on the internet so awful?  Why is it impossible to do just one thing in the garden?  Why should you never compute the value of your labor when you garden?

These are the questions that keep author Neal Sanders awake at night.  As the spouse of an avid gardener with no 'real' responsibilities other than to dig holes and move rocks, Neal has lots of time to observe gardeners and their foibles.  He weaves those observations into Gardening is Murder, an illustrated talk that is humorous, informative, and poignant.

Neal will offer more than a humorous take on gardening in the course of his talk.  In the process of writing his most recent mystery, Deadly Deeds, Neal delved very deeply into the finances of nursing homes and the professional services firms that offer to 'protect your assets' from nursing homes.  He'll share that research as part of his talk and tell how it is woven into his story.

About the Speaker:    Neal Sanders is the author of seven mysteries, several of which use garden club settings.  He writes the popular The Principal Undergardener blog, which addresses gardening as a non-gardener who loves gardens.  His talk is adapted from those essays.  He and his wife, Betty, maintain a two-acre garden in Medfield, Massachusetts that has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and included in the Garden Conservancy's Open Days program.

These programs are presented by the Education Committee of the Winchester Seniors Association and are supported by a grant from the John and Mary Murphy  Educational Foundation.  Coffee and cookies will be available at 10:00 a.m.