May 21, 2019, 7 to 8:30 pm Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda
Meet Alameda County Master Gardeners Sam Foushee and David Blood to discuss planting your summer vegetable garden.
Here in the Bay Area we can garden all year long but it requires a bit of planning. We’ll examine how to plan your garden so it’s always producing fresh vegetables no matter the season. We’ll look at what grows best in each season and how to plan your garden so that when one plant is done another is ready to take its place.
About the Speakers: Sam Foushee and David Blood met in the Master Gardener class in 2001, and have been colleagues and friends since.David Blood has been a master gardener since 2001. He, along with Sam Foushee, has been in charge of the Lake Merritt Trials Garden since 2008. He has a BS in Chemical Engineering and a Masters in Modern Dance. After 18 years teaching Dance at City College of San Francisco he is retiring this year.
Sam Foushee started the MG tabling program at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market in 2001, and went on to assist in getting outreach started at numerous other venues. He was on the MG Board for a number of years, and served as President for much of that time. He and David developed the Trials Garden at Lake Merritt in 2007 after Sam was inspired by a visit to a demonstration garden of the Santa Clara County Master Gardeners. The Trials Garden has been his main focus in recent years. Sam is a retired public school kindergarten teacher. He has managed a community garden in Emeryville for the past 20 years and helped get a couple of others started. He enjoys tennis, bicycling and playing the guitar.