Meetings details: Guest Speaker, Master Gardeners (available for questions)

Speaker: Lianne Harris

Topic: Blooms of Power: The Untold History of Flowers

From the sacred lotus of ancient Egypt to the tulip mania of the Dutch Golden Age, the story of human civilization is rooted in the soil. Blooms of Power reveals how flowers have influenced empires, religions, trade, and revolutions.

Let Lianne Harris lead you down the garden path for 1-hour exploring flowers as symbols of power that reflect cultural values, scientific discovery, and even political intrigue. After this, you'll no longer be a stranger in paradise!

BIO:

Lianne Harris was a former Social Studies/History Resource Specialist Consultant with the Toronto District School Board and curriculum advisor for Upper Canada College, having taught over 100,000 teachers and students. 

Some of her initiatives have been indexing the Freedman Bureau Records for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and curriculum development and business start-ups in India. 

In 2003, she was selected by W.O.M.A.D. as one of Toronto’s Women of Influence and in 2009 was invited to be a contributing author of the Canadian best-seller business/self-help book, 'The Power of Women United'.