Author Readings Wednesdays at The Garden of Ideas

The Garden of Ideas in Ridgefield will host Ridgefield author Linda Merlino as the next featured reader for their increasingly popular Garden Lunch to be held Wednesday, July 1 from 12:30 to 2pm.

Every Wednesday The Garden Lunch hosts a local author who will read from one of their works as well as speak about their writing process.  The Lunches are held in one of The Garden of Ideas lush settings or in inclement weather within their new Greenhouse.

Linda Merlino is the author of Room of Tears awarded the Connecticut Press Club’s 2014 prestigious Best Fiction Award. Room of Tears was also a Independent Publishers of New England Book Award Finalist and placed third in an award from the National Federation of Press Women in 2014. She is also the author of Hudson Catalina and Swan Boat Souvenir and a member of The Ridgefield Writer’s Guild.

Bring you own lunch or purchase a choice of salads and sandwiches made from the Garden’s own bounty by 109 Cheese of Ridgefield, as well as stroll through the meadows, marshes and woodland to enjoy some well deserved tranquility.

The Garden of Ideas is a non-profit garden sanctuary located 653 North Salem Road, Ridgefield CT. The gardens are open daily, 8am to dusk, to visit. There is no fee to tour the grounds. For more information please visit gardenofideas.com or call 203.431.9914.

Partial support for The Garden of Ideas comes from the Weeden Foundation, The Lewis Fund, MyJapaneseGardener LLC, Harold Spratt, Cecily F. Grand Inc. as well as Carole Mar.