Georgia writer Lynn Coulter, author of “Gardening with Heirloom Seeds,” will appear at the Fayette County Public Library on Saturday, May 16 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. She will talk about her book, answer audience questions, and sign copies of “Gardening with Heirloom Seeds,” which will be available for sale at the event. The program, sponsored by the Friends of the Fayette County Public Library, is free and open to the public. Sales of the book benefit the Friends of the Fayette County Public Library.

Heirloom seeds offer more than the promise of next summer’s crookneck squash or jewel-colored zinnias. They are living antiques handed down from one generation to the next, a rich inheritance of flavor and beauty from long ago and, often, far away. Antique flowers are wonderful to grow for their rich, deep perfumes, while old-fashioned vegetable varieties often taste better and keep longer than newer varieties.

“Gardening with Heirloom Seeds” serves as a resource for gardeners, cooks, and plant lovers of all levels of expertise who want to know more about finding, sharing, and propagating the seeds of heirloom flowers, fruits, and vegetables. The book describes fifty treasured heirloom species, from Frenchman’s Darling, a flowering herb whose seeds were pocketed by Napoleon Bonaparte when he invaded Egypt in 1798, to Snow White beets, an old Dutch favorite that will not stain the cook’s fingers red.

Lynn Coulter is a native Southerner, and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Georgia State University. A freelance journalist since the early 1990s, she has written for “Sky,” “Family Circle,” The Weather Channel, “Southern Living,” “Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles,” Lionel Trains, Georgia Wildlife Federation, “Easy Gardening,” the “Atlanta Journal-Constitution,” and many others. Her topics include travel, homes and gardens, spirituality, books and their authors, parenting and the family, health, humor, and nature and the environment. She is also the author of “Mustard Seeds: Thoughts on the Nature of God and Faith.”

The Fayette County Public Library is located behind the Fayette County administrative complex in downtown Fayetteville, at the southwest corner of Highways #85 and #54. For additional information, please contact the library at 770-461-8841.