Vegetables, beautiful vegetables

David Cavagnaro,  world renown horticultural photographer, gardener and author, is the featured speaker this Sunday, March 13, at the Project Green 2nd Sunday Garden Forum.  Project Green 2nd Sunday Garden forums are always wonderful programs with excellent speakers  who make you want to get out in the garden or yard asap.

I was fortunate enough to hear  recent Iowa Public Radio Talk of Iowa program with Charity Nebbe when David Cavagnaro was her guest. David Cavagnaro, born and raised in California, began taking pictures of insects and plants in his early teens when he become fascinated with what he calls "the land of the small."  Throughout his life, he has used this love of plants to push hard to save our agricultural diversity. Cavagnaro is a former long-time Manager for Seed Savers Preservation Gardens in Decorah and is currently president of the Pepperwood Project.  The Pepperwood Project, a founded in 2008, is 55 acres in rural Decorah where people can experience good food and how to grow it.

I hope to see you this Sunday at 2 pm in Meeting Room A to learn more about David Cavagnaro's work in preserving our plant and seed diversity.