New! With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make ideal scenes for a murder mystery. Flora and horticulture have had an outsize influence on the genre. Join avid mystery reader and author Marta McDowell as she presents her latest publication, Gardening Can Be Murder. Explore the many ways in which writers from Edgar Allan Poe to Agatha Christie have found inspiration in the sinister side of gardening. 

This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance. 

Marta McDowell, writer, gardener, and educator 
Online Course