 The history of William Shakespeare and the plants mentioned in his works were brought together today at the Brainerd Public Library. Gardening played an important role in Shakespeare's life and his writing as he named plants nearly 200 times in his writings. After participants learned the history of Shakespeare they were given some examples of specific plants important to him. Even hundreds of years later Shakespeare's gardening influence can be recognized. If you look at you know gardening and across time how people looked at gardens how they looked at even embroidery and how they featured plants and animals in some of the embroideries that they did it all kind of comes together so sometimes what's old is new again. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.