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  • Thursday, February 6, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – A Rose is a Rose: The Art of Botanical Prose

    Attention gardeners, readers, and writers! Come in from the cold on Thursday, February 6 from 2 – 3:30 at the Hunnewell Building at the Arnold Arboretum for an afternoon as delightful as a spring garden. Jonathan Damery, the associate editor for Arnoldia, will provide an enlivening and breathtaking tour of the artistry found in horticultural and botanical reference books. Bask in the profound eloquence of even the most exhaustive of botanical descriptions. Often cloaked in scholarly tomes, these compositions boast opinion, passion, simply gorgeous wordsmithing, and even intrigue, in some cases. Fee $5 Arboretum member, $10 nonmember Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.

  • Tuesday, June 25, 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – The Art of Botanical Prose

    All writers must contend with translation. A poet translates the movement of a dancing figure into a brief couplet, and an essayist translates the noise and commotion of the city where she/he lives into a single paragraph. The three-dimensional world filters into text, and when done especially well, the realm of literature and art readers often forget that translation has even occurred.

    In this June 25 Arnold Arboretum talk, beginning at 7 p in the Hunnewell Building, Jonathan Damery, the associate editor for Arnoldia, will provide a readerly tour through horticultural and botanical reference books, encouraging readers to see the artistic endeavor within even the most exhaustive of botanical descriptions.

    $5 for Arboretum members, $10 for nonmembers. Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.