Edible Gardening in Challenging Spaces

The Silver Spring Garden Club invites you to our April 2016 meeting -

This talk is about getting the most production out of your space given it’s challenges. Covered will be basic vegetable garden set up and placement, gardening with low light levels, gardening in tiny spaces, and common pests and diseases in these conditions.

Our speaker, Meredith Sheperd, is inspired by her passion for the outdoors and a rural Vermont upbringing, Meredithhas been working in organic agriculture and environmental sustainability for over 15 years. Before founding Love & Carrots in 2011, she was the manager of Chaily Farm in Virginia, which produces organic herbs and vegetables for high-end DC restaurants, City Zen and The Sou’wester. Meredith received the 2013 DC Mayor’s Sustainability Award, 2014 Green America Award and the Business Insider’s Top 50 New Businesses in America.

WHEN: Monday, April 18, 8:00pm
Doors open at 7:30pm

WHERE: Brookside Gardens
Visitors Center/Education Building
1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland

This event is FREE and open to the public. NO RSVP required.