GARDENING TALK: "Gardening for the Planet"

“Gardening for the Planet” with author, horticulturist and hands-on gardener Allison Houghton

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Lecture 7:00-approx. 8:30 PM, followed by Business Meeting for members

Elks Lodge, 1 Morrell St. at Spring St., West Roxbury

Non-member admission $5.00

Learn how to make your garden “greener” and more resilient and sustainable. Speaker Allison Houghton currently teaches horticulture classes at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and also works with The Food Project as one of their growers and is CSA Manager on their 31-acre vegetable farm in Lincoln. Previously she was horticultural director for Green City Growers, installing and maintaining garden beds throughout the Greater Boston area for residences, schools, businesses, etc. She is the author of a book, “The Urban Bounty: Growing Your Own Fresh Produce Anywhere.”

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