The Friends of Madison Library and the Madison Garden Club are cosponsoring a film and filmmaker event on Tuesday, April 22 at 7 pm, in the John F. Chick meeting room. Photographer Peter E. Randall, who has recently completed the film Celia Thaxter’s Island Garden, will show his film and describe the making of it.
Funded in part by a Kickstarter campaign, Randall’s film gives a virtual tour of the garden on Appledore Island (one of the Isles of Shoals), a history of Thaxter’s life on the island in the late 1800s with her artist and writer friends, and interviews with landscape and garden experts, including John Kingsbury, the gardener who recreated the present-day garden.
All are welcome, and refreshments will be served. Peter Randall will have books and videos available for sale after the presentation.