A recorded webinar with Linda Gilkeson, questions answered by Lynne Milnes

Our regional climate is transforming rapidly as the global climate changes, with extreme weather events setting records. What does this mean for our food gardens and landscapes? How can we tackle the challenge of increasing local food resilience and enhancing our landscapes ecologically to respond to our changing climate?  
Learn how extreme weather affects plants, including trees, and how to design resilient food and ornamental gardens that help plants survive our changing weather patterns. Discover the important role gardeners can play in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, including designing landscapes to capture carbon.
 

About Linda A. Gilkeson, Ph.D.

Linda earned a Ph.D. in Entomology from McGill University in 1986 and worked for the provincial government from 1991 to 2002, promoting programs to reduce pesticide use. She has also been head of the provincial State of Environment Reporting Unit and the Executive Director of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy. Linda is now a private consultant, instructor in the Master Gardener programs, and author of gardening books, including the BC bestseller Backyard Bounty and the newly revised and expanded 3rd edition of West Coast Gardening. Linda has served as President of multiple organizations and received a Queen’s Jubilee medal and an outstanding achievement award.

About Lynne Milnes, BSc, CFRE

Lynne Milnes, BSc, CFRE has lived and gardened in Oak Bay for over 40 years. She  is the author of “ In a Victoria Garden”, Orca Books and presently works for the Victoria Native Friendship Centre raising funds for affordable housing for youth “aging” out of care. She and her husband Joe Blake have a large vegetable garden that provides them with fresh produce and herbs year round. They also grow fruits and berries on their 50x 150 lot including apples, cherries, quince, rhubarb, strawberries, blackberries, marionberries, cascade berries, salal berries, huckleberries, plums and nectarines. “We are fortunate to live in a place that is able to provide organic food all year,” she says, “and we can do much to mitigate climate change by becoming more self sufficient growing food.”