Destination: Books

April Scorecard

Tomorrow (April 29th) we wrap up our busiest pop-up month ever at Destination Books with a much awaited (by us) return to the Freedom Farmers Market at the Carter Center. We say "much awaited" because we were rained out twice earlier this year. The forecast for Saturday is sunny and clear.

We also endured a muddy (or lush) Wylde Center Plant Festival in mid-April and our first pop-up in a wind tunnel at the Avondale Estates Earth Day celebration.  But in reality, popup booksellers complaining about weather is like plumbers complaining about shit. We know it goes with the territory. 

Still, we managed to sell some books on gardening and sustainability, but we also enjoy the interesting exchanges with those who stop by. There is nothing like a variety of books ranging from pawpaws to Timothy Snyder's pocket-sized book On Tyranny—which in a broad sense is a guide to sustainability—to stimulate conversation.

See you soon.

Urban Earth Day

I recently returned from my third trip to Berlin to visit my older daughter, which always includes a tour of Prinzessinnengarten or Princess Garden.  In 2009,  a community garden was started in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, reclaimed from an industrial, wasteland area that had been unused and abused for half a century.  Not only has the city turned a brown space to green, but Prinzessinnengarten has become a center for community education about gardening and sustainability and a melting pot for Berlin's diverse population. A second location has been added in Neuköln district--a converted cemetery, which I wrote about here in April, 2021.

In the spirit of community gardens, Destination: Books will be at the Wylde Center Edgewood Community Garden as part of the celebration of Earth Day Festival  on Friday, April 21st from 4 to 7 p.m.  This is our second visit to Edgewood and we'll have a mix of children's books, how-to gardening books and a few inspirational offerings as well. The Edgewood garden has a mellow urban vibe.

Avondale Estates Earth Day

We don't even bother to unpack before heading over  on Saturday, April 22nd to Avondale Estates for their Earth Day festivities. This will be held on their new Village Green which has really transformed that area. We will be there from 2 to 5 p.m. along with a host of gardening vendors, clubs, etc. and later in the day-- music and food. 

 

 

Destination Books' Wylde Weekend

This weekend Friday, April 15, 2023, and Saturday, April 16, 2023, Destination Books will at the Wylde Center Plant Festival with its broad selection of books on gardening, sustainability, and children's books similarly themed.  This year, Destination Books is a 2023 vendor sponsor in support of the Wylde Center which makes perfect sense because books and the educational mission of the Wylde Center go hand in hand. 

Friday's event is from 4 to 7 p.m. and it's a preview of the plant sale, but it is easy to join ahead (details here). Weather may be a factor for Friday's book sale, but the event itself which includes live music, food, and drinks and that is rain or shine.

The weather for the Saturday event from 9 to 3 p.m. calls for perfect weather for the plant sale that is open to the public. (We are not scheduled for Sunday.)

 

Rained Out Again But More Events Ahead

Destination: Books was rained and "winded "out today at the Carter Center Freedom Farmers Market, though some vendors were still braving the elements. (This is a photo from my Book Selling Deluge Archive circa 2021. You know it's bad when you think your table might float away.)

Yet, we have other events planned for April:

Saturday, April 15 at the Wylde Center Plant Sale in Oakhurst (we will also be at the Members Only event on late Friday afternoon April 14th,

Friday, April 21 at the Wylde Center Edgewood Gardens Earth Day celebration.

Saturday, April 22 at the Avondale Estates, Earth Day festival.

Saturday, April 29 returning to the Freedom Farmers' Market at the Carter Center.

More details later as we near those dates.