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Thursday, March 9th, 2023
SCHS Monthly Meeting:
Renee Shepherd
Photo provided by speaker
On March 9, the SCHS is excited to host Renee Shepherd, founder of the well-respected and hugely popular Renee’s Garden website (www.reneesgarden.com), which sells seeds and dispenses invaluable advice on “growing your own” veggies, herbs and ornamentals. This program will be oriented especially to those beginning “Foodie” gardeners who want to cook a wide range of fresh, seasonal meals from their own garden.
Shepherd will be sharing how to plan and enjoy a bountiful, colorful and delicious kitchen garden throughout the seasons featuring vegetables and herbs chosen for fabulous flavor, easy growing, productivity, and top nutrition. She will include specific varietal suggestions, information on how and where to find seeds of many cultures and countries, as well as preparation and cooking ideas for using your harvests for satisfying everyday meals.
After receiving a PhD from UC Santa Cruz and teaching in its Environmental Studies department, Shepherd founded Renee’s Garden to offer her selected choices of seeds sourced from seed growers both large and small around the world. In addition to sourcing the seeds she offers for sale, Shepherd also writes the descriptions and growing information for all the company’s seed packets, writes gardening articles and creates recipes, and has published three kitchen garden cookbooks: Recipes from a Kitchen Garden, More Recipes From a Kitchen Garden and her newest: Renee’s Garden Cookbook.
We are pleased to offer this program featuring Shepherd, a pioneering innovator in her field who lectures widely at national and regional garden shows, just ahead of spring and prime-growing season. In addition to bringing us her expert knowledge, Shepherd will also provide free seed packets as give-aways for the first 75 people to arrive for the live program.
We’re sure you won’t want to miss the opportunity to hear this popular speaker in-person or online. We hope you will join us for the evening!
Held in-person at the Friendship Auditorium
*** We are still having technical difficulties with our live/Zoom presentations. We will start the March meeting on Zoom, but if we have not solved the feedback and video feed issues, we will stop the livestream. We will record the presentation and it will be made available within a week to everyone who signs up to view it on Zoom.***
Visit our Past Meetings page to re-watch previously recorded in-person meetings and webinars, download each meeting write-up, and reference any materials provided by our speakers.
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Other Events and News
Saturday, March 18:
2023 Horticultural Yard Sale at Baker's Acres in Tarzana. Vendors will have a seasonal selection of plants and garden items for sale at this FREE event. Plants from Baker's Acres incredible collection will also be for sale. 10am - 1pm, 18552 Erwin Street in Tarzana
Thursday, March 9:
Renee Shepherd, founder of Renee's Garden seed company, will speak on "Garden to Table from Seed" (Live and Online)
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