Take Control of Your Food Supply!
Learn How to Grow the Most Food in the Smallest Space All Year Round!
WHEN: Sunday, April 27th, 2025, 3pm-5pm
WHERE: Live on Zoom
There are so many reasons to grow more food yourself – increasing costs, decreasing your reliance on imported foods and climate change are all making it harder to rely on grocery stores for fresh produce.
If you live along the West Coast, you now have a special opportunity to learn hands-on skills from renowned gardening expert Linda Gilkeson who will help you harvest over 30 kinds of fresh vegetables all year round!
Learn how to plant at the right time, protect crops from extreme weather and extend your harvest through every season.
What You’ll Learn:
- Preparing your soil and garden beds for maximum fertility
- When and how to plant for year-round harvesting
- Intensive planting for maximum yields
- The best winter-hardy vegetables for our coastal climate
- Simple, effective cold and heat protection techniques
About Linda A. Gilkeson, Ph.D.
Linda earned a Ph.D. in Entomology from McGill University in 1986, then moved to British Columbia to work for Applied Bio-Nomics Ltd., a company that produces biological controls. From 1991 to 2002, she worked for the provincial government, promoting programs to reduce and eliminate pesticide use.
She was head of the provincial State of Environment Reporting Unit for the next six years, then the Executive Director of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy until 2011. Linda now devotes her time to writing, teaching and consulting.
Linda’s comprehensive gardening book, “Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest,” is a BC bestseller. She has co-authored pest management training manuals for the provincial government and organic gardening books for Rodale Press and now focuses on publishing books for local gardeners.
As a private consultant, Linda is a regular instructor in the Master Gardener programs in BC and is busy year-round giving workshops on pest management and organic gardening.
Linda has served as President of the Entomological Society of Canada, the Professional Pest Management Association of BC, the Entomological Society of BC and the Salt Spring Island Garden Club. She was awarded a Queen’s Jubilee medal in 2003 and an outstanding achievement award from the Professional Pest Management Association of BC in 2005.