Living an Edible Landscape Life
Date: Thursday, Feb. 2
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Scottsdale Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road (northwest corner of McDowell and Granite Reef, behind the convenience store)
Join urban gardeners as they share the benefits and how-to’s of growing your own healthy food, herbs, edible flowers and fruit trees in our desert environment. Learn about our planting and harvesting seasons. Find out about the wide range of community gardens available for you to participate in and how school gardens provide students with valuable skills.
Joan Baron, Environmental Artist, urban garden educator, tile maker and desert explorer:
Joan Baron received her BFA from Washington University in St Louis and MFA from the Chicago Art Institute. Her socially engaged art practice addresses sustainable living in the desert, growing one’s own food, food & social justice, and place-making with an emphasis on bringing attention to Nature & our role as a partner in her/our survival.
Joan’s studio/home sets the stage for implementation of multiple sustainable practices, including water harvesting and swales, edible landscapes, pollination gardening, raising chickens, trees for shade and food production, rooftop solar, solar hot water and grey water system. Educating others through site visits to students and garden groups is part of her commitment to sustainable design.
www.joanbaron.com and www.facebook.com/joanebaron
Admission: The lecture series is sponsored by the Scottsdale Green Building Program. The lectures are free and open to the public; no reservations are needed.
Contact: Anthony Floyd, green building program manager, city of Scottsdale, [email protected],
480-312-4202.
