Events

Coming Interviews and Workshops:

More people than ever have been gardening since March 2020, especially food gardening. Seed sales were up 100-400% in 2021 and the trend is continuing.

Here are some events coming in the spring/summer:

On March 23rd at 10:00 in the morning, I will give a hands-on workshop on Plant Propagation at the Garden for the Environment, at 7th Avenue and Lawton. There is a small fee. Go to gardenfortheenvironment.org for more information. 

On April 9, at 7 in the evening, I will.give a talk at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA. 95060 • 831-423-0900. I'll talk about "Getting the Most From Your Small-Space Food Garden,"and show a slide show on the subject. There will be useful handouts too and I will sign books after the talk. It is free, but the book store asks that you register in advance at their website: bookkshopsantacruz.com.

On May 4th, at 10:30 AM, I will speak at the Burlingame Public Library on "Dining Gloriously From Your Small-Space Food Garden." There will be a PowerPoint slide show and handouts that include resipes. The presentation is free and Golden Gate Gardening 4th (30th Anniversary) edition will be avalable for purchase and signing after the talk. More information soon.

On August 10, at 10 AM, I will give a talk at Flowercraft Garden Center, 55o Bayshore Blvd. titled "Growing Food in the Secret Season: January Through March." Bring your winter gardening questions. 

The following events happened last Fall:

The Book Release Party for the 30th Anniversary (4th) edition of Golden Gate Gardening was  at the Garden for the Environment (GFE) on September 23, 2-4 There were light refreshments and a raffle of 3 free books..

On September 30 and October 1, I was in Monterey County. On September 30, 10-11:30, I spoke on Year-Round Food Gardening at the Monterey Public Library, at 626 Pacific St. in Monterey, on October 1, I spoke on the same topic at Riverhouse Books in Carmel, California.

On Thursday, October 5, at 7 PM, I answered garden questions at Bookshop West Portal, in San Francisco.

On Saturday, October 7, at 2 PM, I will speak on "Dining Gloriously from your Small-space Food Garden" at Annie's Annuals, 740 Market Avenue, Richmond, California. There will be a Powerpoint Slide show and handouts that include recipes. After her talk, there will be an East Bay Release party with refreshments, and I wlll sell and sign books. This event is free.

I will repeat the talk, with Powerpoint slide show and recipe handouts on Sunday, October 15, at the Bernal Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. This is a free talk after which I  will sell and sign books.

The same topic, slide show and handouts will also be presented for the SF Botanical Garden at 6 PM on October 29^th. This event is free, but a $5-$10 donation is suggested. It will be held in the County Fair Building Recreation Room. After the talk, the Bookstore Kiosk will sell books, which I will sign.

On November 12, 2-3, I will be at Book Passage, in San Francisco, at the Ferry Building, where I will answer gardening questions and sign copies of GGG (They postponed this till February 4, 2024 due to fears of traffic congestion during an international convention in November 2023.) 

On Tuesday, December 5, 12 noon to 1 PM, I will present a free Zoom talk “Getting the Most from your Small-space Food Garden,” for the SF Public Library. Get details and information about attending at the SFPL.org website events calendar.

I will add more talks and other events for spring 2024, as they are set up.

Links to Recent Zoom Lectures

On November 20, I gave a zoom lecture for Sloat Garden Centers on planting food crops in the Secret Season, January through March. Here is a link to the Sloat Garden Center talk:

https://www.sloatgardens.com/webinar-secret-season-edible-gardening-with-pam-peirce/

(Note that the power in my home went out in the middle of the November 20 talk, but it was restored very quickly, so I was able to go on after a brief interruption.)

 

I also gave a Zoom talk  for Sloat Garden Centers on February 26, 2022, which was on eating from a small food garden. Here is a link to that talk:

https://sloatgardens.com/webinar-eating-well-from-the-garden/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out my SF Chronicle column. 

My gardening column appears on one Sunday a month in the Food + Wine section. 

Web Site Link: 

If you haven't already done so, check out my web site: (pampeirce.com).

 

 

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Links to Podcasts of Radio Interviews:

You can hear me 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.

On June 1, 2014, I was interviewed for the KCBS program In Depth, a 30 minute show. The link to the podcast follows:

Link to KCBS Podcast--June 1, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://sloatgardens.com/webinar-eating-well-from-the-garden/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out my SF Chronicle column. 

My gardening column appears on one Sunday a month in the Food + Wine section. 

Web Site Link: 

If you haven't already done so, check out my web site: (pampeirce.com).

 

 

(This is not an active link. Paste it into your header to go to it.)

 

Links to Podcasts of Radio Interviews:

You can hear me 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.

On June 1, 2014, I was interviewed for the KCBS program In Depth, a 30 minute show. The link to the podcast follows:

Link to KCBS Podcast--June 1, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Web Site Link: 

If you haven't already done so, check out my web site: (pampeirce.com).