"Waking Up in Eden" Garden Launch Party

June 22, 2009: Lucinda Fleeson does the gardening in the Capitol Hill townhouse where she is a tenant. It was the perfect spot for the launch party for her book, "Waking Up in Eden." Lucinda left a career as a journalist for the Philadelphia Inquirer to move to the island of Kauia (Hawaii) to develop fundraising for the National Tropical Botanic Garden. Her book discusses her experiences, the NTBG and the work of botanists trying to preserve native Hawaiian plants from extinction. In March, she spoke about her experience to a meeting of District 1, National Capitol Area Garden Clubs.

Louise Smith introduces Lucinda; Kramerbooks sold first editions: