Flowers: How They Changed The World

Please join us on Sunday, October 27, at 2 pm in the Community Room of the LaGrange Park Library (555 N LaGrange Rd.) to hear Dr. William Burger, curator emeritus of the Field Museum’s Botany Department (and frequent visitor to Wolf Road Prairie), speak about the role of flowers in the development of the natural world.

Burger's BookHis popular book, Flowers: How They Changed The World  is now used as a text book in many universities.  Although his book is based on scientific research, it is written in a language accessible to the layman.  For information on this great work, check out the books official website here.

 

 

 

Please stay after this informative lecture for a lively discussion with Dr. Burger while enjoying a cup of coffee.

 

This is a free event.