Maria Shriver announces plan for garden – from the Los Angeles Times

Maria Shriver announces plan for garden | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times

Just days after Michelle Obama broke ground for a vegetable garden on the White House lawn, California’s first lady announced that Sacramento is getting a public edible garden too.

Maria Shriver announced Monday that a garden will be planted in May in a flower bed on the east end of Capitol Park in Sacramento.

“This new garden will bring awareness to children, students and visitors about the important role of food, where it comes from, nutritional value, how it is grown and harvested and ultimately how it reaches the tables of those who need it most,” she said in a statement.

OK, the does it – Camarillo MUST have its own garden!

What We Do | Bountiful Backyards

Here is a very cool site I ran across – “Bountiful Backyards” – a gardening-for-you- service. They offer packages of gardens for a fixed price of materials and labor.

From their web site:
“We are a worker-owned collective and green enterprise with a mission-based approach to edible landscaping and sustainable food production in residential backyards, neighborhood commons and community gardens.

“Its our strong belief that we should all grow some of our own food, becoming producers as opposed to simply consumers dependent on outside sources that may not always be there.

“Through attainable steps we can engage the social and biological elements that truly sustain us. These simple but thoughtful actions allow us to better understand the value of other workers and farmers also growing food while reducing our ecological impact locally and globally.”

To vist their site, click the link…

What We Do | Bountiful Backyards