The Annual Meeting and Fall Luncheon of The Boston Committee of the GCA will take place Thursday, November 18 at The Country Club, 191 Clyde Street, Brookline. Registration will begin at 10:30 am, with the meeting and lecture beginning at 11:00 am, followed by luncheon in the dining room.

This year’s guest speaker is Dominique Browning. For over a decade, Dominique Browning brought gardening expertise to readers around the country as editor-in-chief of House & Garden magazine. But one Monday morning in 2007, the magazine folded and she was told to pack up her office. She also packed up the house where she had raised two children and had lovingly tended her own garden. After losing the job that defined her and the garden that inspired her, Browning started to cultivate a new garden, beginning a journey of self-discovery and reinvention. Join Browning, author of Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas, and Found Happiness, as she shares how the spirit of a new garden helped her to love the unexpected, unanticipated life.  The book will be available for purchase for $23 by pre-order only, with proceeds benefiting The Blossom Fund.  Lecture and Luncheon: $45, Lecture only: $20.  To register, make checks payable to The Boston Committee of the GCA and mail to Mrs. William U. Shipley, 40 Dunster Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 no later than November 12.  Reservations will be held at the door.  Please indicate the name of your Garden Club on your check.