Co-editors of new book on Saint John’s Abbey Arboretum to sign copies of guidebook Sept. 12

The Saint John's University Bookstore will host a book signing from 10:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 12, in the campus bookstore as part of Family Weekend.

Jennifer Kutter and Larry Haeg will be signing copies of the recently published "The Nature of Saint John's: A Guide to the Landscape and Spirituality of Saint John's Abbey Arboretum." Kutter, a 2003 graduate of the College of Saint Benedict, is the department coordinator for Saint John's Outdoor University, the Abbey Arboretum and the CSB/SJU environmental studies department. Haeg, a 1967 graduate of Saint John's University, is a retired executive vice president of Wells Fargo & Company.

"The Nature of Saint John's" is the first comprehensive field guide to the natural and human history of the Saint John's Abbey Arboretum.  The book includes maps and descriptions of a number of the hiking trails, along with color photographs of the vegetation and wildlife found on the trails. Brief sketches of some of the Benedictines who had a hand in planting, growing and preserving the environment add interesting details to the book.

The book signing will take place in the SJU Bookstore, which is located in Sexton Commons, on the SJU campus in Collegeville. For more information, contact Ann Jonas at 320-363-3081, 1-800-420-4509.