2011 Sustainable Gardening Lecture Series
| Where: | San Mateo Garden Center |
| Time: | 7:00 - 9:00 PM |
| Who: | Open to the Public. No advance reservations necessary. |
| Cost: | Free |
| More Info: | Call 650-599-1498 |
| Directions: | ( see below ) |
Whether you garden for beauty or for food production, these season-appropriate lectures will guide you through the steps of getting a garden started and maintaining it in an organic and sustainable manner. Learn the basics of gardening without harmful pesticides or chemical fertilizers that pollute our surrounding land and waterways, and expose all of us including our children to toxic residues.
This lecture series is offered to further our goals of promoting composting and organic and sustainable methods of caring for your home and garden. Please join us to hear these informational and inspiring speakers.
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Master Composter Program Instructor Professional Organic Gardener & Sustainable Landscape Consultant Certified Advisor, Soil Foodweb, Inc. 
Alane Weber brings 35 + years of professional horticulture and agriculture experience to this important topic of sustainable gardening. She currently teaches composting and sustainable gardening for the Master Composter Program, lectures throughout the Bay Area and the State, and on radio and TV. |
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Wednesday
November 16 |
Greywater Re-use and Rainwater Capture with DEVA LUNA
Greywater is the water you have already used from your washing machine, sinks and showers. Deva is a certified Greywater installer and Bay Friendly Designer. She will discuss the different uses, costs, benefits and problems with both greywater and rainwater catchment and irrigation with facts, figures and pictures. Bring your water bills from winter and summer months to figure out your irrigation needs and potential greywater amounts.
Deva combines her passion for plants with a desire to enhance the environment. She is a gardening instructor and coordinator for the Santa Clara Teaching Garden and a Landscape Designer/Horticulturist for EarthCare Landscaping. She has a degree in "Plants and Art" from UC Davis. |
San Mateo Garden Center (in Beresford Park)
605 Parkside Way
San Mateo
Located just off Alameda de las Pulgas, 4 blocks south of Hwy 92.
For more information about San Mateo County's Master Composting Program , click here .
