Golden Gate Gardener

Upcoming Events and Link to Web Site!

Links to Podcasts of Recent Events:

You can hear my appearance on KALW's Your Call Radio as a podcast at yourcallradio.com. Holly Kernan is the moderator and Daniel Miller, of Spiral Gardens in Oakland was also on the show.The date of the show was April 18th, 2012.

 My appearance on the Ronn Owens show (KGO 810 AM) did take place on March 19th, 2013, and you can listen to the podcast (ads and all) at:

Podcast of Ronn Owens Show--March 19th, 2013

Upcoming Events

The 2013 SF Flower and Garden Show is only a memory, but my talk on cooking from the garden was well attended. Some of the recipes I mentioned are in Golden Gate Gardening, but not all, so I posted a few that are not on the day of the talk (March 24, 2013). Plans are under way for me to repeat the subject of the talk: How to Dine Gloriously from a Small Food Garden twice in the coming year.

On June 15th, from 3-4 PM I will repeat the talk on eating from your small garden at the Ortega Branch of the SF Public Library. It will be free and my books will be available after the talk for sale and signing.

I will be giving a 2 hour class on the eating from a small garden on November 2 at the garden store Common Ground in Palo Alto. Details to follow soon. 

On July 10, I have scheduled a talk at the new garden store Pollinate Farm & Garden, in Oakland. The subject will be Planning for your Fall and Winter Food Garden. Details to follow.

On Saturday, August 10th, from 10-11 A.M. I will give a free talk, Getting the Most From Your Small-Space Food Garden, at 109 Civic Drive in Hercules, CA. The location is a community garden. There will be books available for purchase and signing after the event. For more information, call (510) 245-2420.

Check back for more on my summer and fall lecture schedule as it develops.

If you haven't already done so, check out my my website: (pampeirce.com). If you want to read my past columns from the SF Chronicle use the Quick Link in my website to see an archive (which will now end abruptly in mid-March, 2013, but still includes several years of column, so is worth checking out).

    

The reason for the abupt end of my column archive is a new development at the SF Chronicle. They have removed columns from the sfgate.com website. So my column, "Golden Gate Gardener," is now to appear only in the premium online edition, free to subscribers, not to nonsubscribers. To learn  more about the new subscription progrram, go to sfchronicle.com/ultimateaccess. 

 

You can still send messages or comments and ask gardening questions by using the email address home@sfchronicle.com. Or you can make comments and ask questions on this blog. (They may take a few days to appear, since I have to manage comments to remove spam.) You can also send me email through my website.

 

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Spring Gardening Classes

It’s December, with the holidays approaching, but it's not too soon to begin to think about gardening classes for spring. The spring City College Vegetable and Herb classes have been cut, due a serious budget shortfall (more of the squeeze higher education is suffering). However, there are many options for classes.

                One class that will last all spring, giving you a chance to follow the season in a garden is the Urban Gardening School that will be co-sponsored by the Garden for the Environment (7^th Avenue and Lawton) and 18 Reasons (3674 18^th St.) It will take place from January 18^th to June 23, on the one Wednesday and one Saturday each month. There will be twelve sessions total. In order to learn more about the class, you can call 18 Reasons at 568-2710, or you read about it and purchase tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/205766.

                In addition to this longer class, the Garden for the Environment continues to host short workshops (2-2 1/2 hours). Many of these are free. You can find out their schedule by calling them at ccc-cccc or at their web site, which is www.gardenfortheenvironment.org .

                Another place you can find gardening workshops in San Francisco is Sloat Garden Center, at 2700 Sloat Blvd, www.sloatgardens.com.

                The Urban Farmer Store hosts classes for professionals on drip irrigation, garden lighting, and related topics, but they also offer some classes for home gardeners, especially in the spring and summer. Right now they are collecting applicants for a pilot SF program to help you install a graywater system. It includes a workshop and a steep discount on material to build your system. You can read about it at www.urbanfarmerstore.com or call the Urban Farmer Store at (415) 661-2204.

Hear of any other classes? Let me know.