*This event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Dear Friends, bring a friend and join us for our Annual Guest Speaker event and social. We haven’t seen you in a while and we can’t wait to catch up!

Date:

Friday, December 11

Location:

Columbia Cottage, Columbia Park: 4339 N Lombard St, Portland, OR 97203

Agenda:

9:00 am: Doors Open/Welcome Reception (snacks and drinks provided)

10:00 am: Featuring Guest Speaker, Veronica Martin

11:00 am: Close and Raffle

* BTW, we will have some beautiful notecards available for donation. Bring cash or check if interested.

Guest Speaker Topic: Veronica will share stories from her book-in-progress that has taken her down a winding path of discovery: from the rose testing fields in France, to the lost gardens of her competitive rose-growing great aunts in Portland, to the story of Madame Caroline Testout, the woman whose name graces Portland’s official rose. There is no charge for this event.  

About the Speaker: Veronica Martin: A Portland native, Veronica has most recently been an artist-in-residence at Oak Spring Garden Foundation in Virginia, doing research in their vast botanical library. She’s also taught creative writing and English, and has been published in numerous publications and journals.