Garden poetry reading at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Much like reading a good poem, caring for plants brings comfort, solace and joy to many. The Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes poets Tess Taylor, Danusha Laméris and Ellen Bass at 7 p.m. Aug. 31 at the store,1520 Pacific Ave. Santa Cruz for a reading of their beautiful anthology “Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands that Tend Them.” The book contains an inviting selection of poems from a wide range of voices that speak to the collective urge to grow, tend, and heal, and celebrate our connection to the green world.