# Event Details - **Event Name**: Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl | The Weedy Garden (STORYTIME) - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 10:30 am – Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am - **Event Description**: Observe and wonder about the various inhabitants in the vibrant ecosystem of a wildlife-friendly backyard gardenAbout this EventABOUT THE EVENTAuthor Margaret Renkl and illustrator Billy Renkl join us for Saturday Morning Storytime! Books will be available for purchase at the reading.ABOUT THE BOOKThis debut picture book from acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author Margaret Renkl—with collage illustrations by her brother, fine artist Billy Renkl—invites readers to observe and wonder about the various inhabitants in the vibrant ecosystem of a wildlife-friendly backyard garden. Features backmatter.If you were hungry squirrel in the weedy garden, where would you find an acorn? If you were a cottontail rabbit, where would you hide your bunnies? And if you were a child, sitting still and listening, what would the weedy garden say to you?Margaret Renkl, a beloved regular contributor to The New York Times and two-time recipient of the Southern Book Prize, writes beautifully about our changing natural world. In her debut picture book, she asks questions that draw young readers deeper and deeper into the garden, inviting observation and conversation along the way. Each page turn introduces a new plant or animal friend, buzzing and dancing with quiet wonder. The fine artist Billy Renkl, Margaret Renkl’s brother and frequent collaborator, brings the weedy garden to life through his signature mixed-media collages. Includes backmatter with more information about the residents of the garden, eco-friendly gardening tips, and instructions on how to make your own collage art project at home or in school.With evergreen themes of patience and respect for the natural world, The Weedy Garden will appeal to readers of Plant the Tiny Seed, On Meadowview Street, and Peter Brown’s The Curious Garden.ABOUT THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATORMARGARET RENKL is the author of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, which won a 2024 Southern Book Prize and was a New York Times bestseller as well as Reese’s Book Club’s 100th pick. Her earlier titles are Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss (2019), which won the Reed Environmental Writing Award in 2020; and Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South (2021), which won both the Southern Book Prize and the PEN/Diamonstein–Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay in 2022. Since 2017, Renkl has served as a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, where her essays appear on Mondays. The founding editor of Chapter 16, a daily literary publication of Humanities Tennessee, and a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina, she lives in Nashville.BILLY RENKL is the illustrator of the picture book When You Breathe, by Diana Farid, and he contributed extensive artwork to two books by his sister, Margaret Renkl: Late Migrations and The Comfort of Crows. He teaches both drawing and illustration at Austin Peay State University. His work as a fine artist has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions, including solo shows in New York, Nashville, Birmingham, and New Orleans. He lives in Clarksville, Tennessee. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/raleigh/margaret-renkl-and-billy-renkl-|-the-weedy-garden-storytime/100001976497893405 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, exhibitions, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Raleigh - **state**: NC - **country**: United States - **location**: Quail Ridge Books - **lat**: 35.8385833 - **long**: -78.6448083 - **full address**: Quail Ridge Books, 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl | The Weedy Garden (STORYTIME) - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/ec305ebc3cf1ad58c3043b760e32d381592ec7ef4b25b521bc35db02ac0f860f-rimg-w1200-h600-dc186458-gmir.jpg?v=1764868640 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl | The Weedy Garden (STORYTIME) being held? - **A:** Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl | The Weedy Garden (STORYTIME) takes place on Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 10:30 am to Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am at Quail Ridge Books, 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl | The Weedy Garden (STORYTIME)? - **A:** Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl | The Weedy Garden (STORYTIME) is organized by Quail Ridge Books. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl | The Weedy Garden (STORYTIME)", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/ec305ebc3cf1ad58c3043b760e32d381592ec7ef4b25b521bc35db02ac0f860f-rimg-w1200-h600-dc186458-gmir.jpg?v=1764868640", "startDate": "2026-02-21", "endDate": "2026-02-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/raleigh/margaret-renkl-and-billy-renkl-|-the-weedy-garden-storytime/100001976497893405", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Quail Ridge Books", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road", "postalCode": "27609", "addressLocality": "Raleigh", "addressRegion": "NC", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "35.8385833", "longitude": "-78.6448083" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Observe and wonder about the various inhabitants in the vibrant ecosystem of a wildlife-friendly backyard garden", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-21", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/raleigh/margaret-renkl-and-billy-renkl-|-the-weedy-garden-storytime/100001976497893405" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/raleigh/margaret-renkl-and-billy-renkl-|-the-weedy-garden-storytime/100001976497893405", "price": 0, "name": "RSVP" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Quail Ridge Books", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/quail-ridge-books/22618905", "description": "Quail Ridge Books is an award-winning, independent bookstore serving Raleigh, North Carolina for 34 years. 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