GROTON — Join artist, writer and organic apple orchardist Linda Hoffman and fine art photographer Ellen Harasimowicz for a book discussion and slide presentation about their new collaborative book, “Overheard in the Orchard” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, at Groton Public Library, 99 Main St.
Hoffman created a series of imagined conversations between a golden delicious apple tree and its orchardist at Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard, while Harasimowicz visited the orchard throughout the year to photograph the tree, the orchardist at work and the surrounding wildlife — including a wounded Cecropia moth, red-humped caterpillars, birds and other creatures across all four seasons.
In his novel “North Woods,” Daniel Mason writes, “one might subtract all matter but the apple tree and still see, in what remained, the contours of the world.”
After spending the evening with Hoffman and Harasimowicz, audiences may better understand why Mason’s words ring so true.
Apples have been deeply connected to human history for millennia.
The Sufi poet Hafiz once wrote of apple trees, “They can speak trees, they can say the sweetest things.” Come and hear what they have to say.
This program is made possible by the Groton Public Library Endowment Trust.
For more information, or to register, visit the Groton Public Library’s calendar at website gpl.org.
For more information on Linda Hoffman, visit her website at lindahoffman.com. For more information on Ellen Harasimowicz, visit her website at ellenharasimowicz.com.
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