Paper Valley Garden Club
Encouraging interest in all phases of home gardening and promoting better horticultural practices, civic beauty, and conservation of natural resources
Theme of the Month - December 2021
Gardening Memories
“The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. ”
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) British horticulturalist and garden designer
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) British horticulturalist and garden designer
Photo courtesy of the Appleton Public Library
Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was born in Kalamazoo, MI, she moved to Appleton at the age of 12, where she graduated from high school and briefly attended Lawrence University. After leaving Lawrence, she took a job as a reporter for the Appleton Daily Crescent and eventually moved on to the Milwaukee Journal.
Her first novel was published in 1912 and she went on to write 13 novels, 9 plays, 2 autobiographies, and 10 short stories collections. She is best known for her novels Show Boat , Cimarron , Giant and Pulitzer Prize winning So Big (1924).
Her first novel was published in 1912 and she went on to write 13 novels, 9 plays, 2 autobiographies, and 10 short stories collections. She is best known for her novels Show Boat , Cimarron , Giant and Pulitzer Prize winning So Big (1924).
