EVENT: Secret Garden Tour/READ: "A Memory of Violets" by Hazel Gaynor

Let's go tiptoe through the tulips (or violets if we can find them).

The Gardens de Grace Club invites you to the 19th Annual Secret Garden Tour of Havre de Grace. This self-guided tour in historic Havre de Grace showcases a variety of amazing private secret gardens.
Tickets are limited and can be purchased at the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, Havre de Grace Visitor’s Center or online: Buy Tickets
The Tour starts at the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum. On the day of the Tour, register at the Museum to receive the program featuring the locations of the Secret Gardens.
In addition to the Tour, visit the FREE Garden Mart & Plant Sale featuring the Chesapeake Festival & Green Expo from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with native plants, nature inspired vendors, and environmental educators. Master Gardeners will be available to answer your questions. Admission to the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum will also be FREE during this event.

We'll meet at Tidewater Grille for lunch at 12:00 where we'll discuss May's novel. Then we can either walk or drive to the Maritime Museum for the self-guided tour. We will pick up the addresses of the gardens at the visitor center.

LUNCH: Tidewater Grille, 300 Franklin Street, Havre de Grace
TIME: 12:00 MENU

EVENT: Secret Garden Tour, Maritime Museum, 100 Lafayette Street, Havre de Grace
TIME: 1:30
If you are not joining us for lunch, meet at the museum at 1:30.

PLEASE DON'T RSVP UNTIL YOU HAVE PURCHASED YOUR TICKET

NOVEL: A Memory of Violets by Hazel Gaynor
FROM GOODREADS: In 1912, twenty-year-old Tilly Harper leaves the peace and beauty of her native Lake District for London, to become assistant housemother at Mr. Shaw’s Home for Watercress and Flower Girls. For years, the home has cared for London’s flower girls—orphaned and crippled children living on the grimy streets and selling posies of violets and watercress to survive.

Soon after she arrives, Tilly discovers a diary written by an orphan named Florrie—a young Irish flower girl who died of a broken heart after she and her sister, Rosie, were separated. Moved by Florrie’s pain and all she endured in her brief life, Tilly sets out to discover what happened to Rosie. But the search will not be easy. Full of twists and surprises, it leads the caring and determined young woman into unexpected places, including the depths of her own heart.

Happy Reading,

Diane