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Go to Brookside Gardens on Feb 26, 2010 for a full day of speakers focused on the topic of food. Hear from experts on gardening, edible landscapes, community gardens, and more.

From their website:

The Green Matters Symposium concentrates attention on environmental issues with which we are currently faced and over which we have some control. Environmental stewardship is a core value of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), Brookside Gardens’ parent organization. As such, we strive to provide timely information and viable solutions to environmental challenges, because we feel strongly that green does matter.

Held annually on the last Friday in February, Green Matters is meant to educate professional and amateur gardeners, community leaders, nursery and landscape professionals, garden designers, municipal, county, state parks personnel, environmental educators, extension agents, and others about the importance of sustainability to the green industry. Previous Green Matters have focused on topics such as invasive plants, water-wise landscapes, and sustainable landscapes.

Feb 26, 2010
8:30am - 4:00pm

To register, click here.

Featured Speakers:

• Anna Lappé – Author, Diet for a Hot Planet and Cofounder, Small Planet Institute, Brooklyn, NY
• Mark Highland, “The Organic Mechanic” – Founder and President, Organic Mechanics Soil Company, LLC.
• Jon Traunfeld – State Master Gardener Coordinator and Director of the “Grow It Eat It” Campaign
• Ann Mattingly – Community Gardens Manager, Delaware Center for Horticulture
• David Vismara – Chief of Horticultural Services, Montgomery County Parks
• Jennifer Bartley – Landscape Architect and Author of Designing the New Kitchen Garden: An American Potager Handbook
• Nora Pouillon – Pioneer and Champion of Organic, Environmentally Conscious Cuisine & Chef/Owner, Restaurant Nora, the Nation’s 1st Certified Organic Restaurant
• Woody Woodroof – Founder & Executive Director, Red Wiggler Community Farm