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Home Grown Veggies for Flavor & Nutrition

Wednesday February 3rd at 5:15 pm
Rainer Room

Wouldn't you love to walk out the door to your patio or deck and pick fresh produce and herbs to compliment your family dinners?  Seed expert Renee Shepherd shows you how to start seeds and grow a seasonal vegetable garden in pots, window boxes and containers.  She will emphasize varieties best for the Northwest and how to grow a diversity of vegetables and herbs for both flavor and nutrition.

Speaker

Renee Shepherd

Owner, Renee's Garden & author, Kitchen Garden

Renee Shepherd is widely regarded as a pioneering innovator in introducing international specialty vegetables and herbs for home gardeners and gourmet restaurants. After receiving her Ph.D. from the UC Santa Cruz and teaching in the Environmental Studies department there, she founded Shepherd's Garden Seed in 1985 and ran it until 1996.  In 1997 she founded Renee's Garden, offering her selected choices of seeds for both exciting new and time-tested heirloom varieties of gourmet vegetables, culinary herbs and fragrant and cutting flowers. Renee's Garden seeds are available directly through the company's website, and offered through garden centers and nurseries nationwide.  Renee regularly writes articles and creates recipes for their monthly e-newsletter, which reaches 35,000 gardeners.  She writes the copy on seed packets, chooses seed varieties, manages marketing activities, and directs and enjoys the company's large trial gardens.  Renee's articles appear frequently in Sunset, Fine Cooking, Organic Gardening, The Gardener, Fine Gardening, and Country Living. She has authored two kitchen garden cookbooks, Recipes from a Kitchen Garden (Ten Speed Press, 1993) and More Recipes From a Kitchen Garden (Ten Speed Press, 1995) and is putting the finishing touches on a third cookbook.  Renee lectures widely at national and regional garden shows and is a featured speaker at numerous gardening conferences.  Renee is a long-term board member of the National Gardening Association and Home Garden Seed Association. Website: www.reneesgarden.com and blog: www.reneesgardenseeds.blogspot.com

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