BELLOWS FALLS — The Parks Place Community Resource Center's 6th Annual Garden Event, “The Art of Growing Food,” featuring Ellen Ecker Ogden, will take place Sunday, April 10, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Alyson's Orchard in Walpole, N.H.
Ogden, author of The Complete Kitchen Garden and co-founder of The Cook's Garden seed catalog, will share her six steps to successful kitchen-garden design, with fresh ideas for ways to elevate a vegetable garden into a European-style potager, where plants are chosen as much for their color and form as for their functionality. Ogden's articles and garden designs have been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Eating Well, Horticulture, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Country Gardens, and Martha Stewart Living.
June Lupiani will demonstrate creative ways to prepare foods from your kitchen garden. Lupiani is a registered dietitian and co-owner of MKT Grafton, a modern general store and eatery in Grafton. Lupiani focuses on food that aligns with values of community, quality, and sustainability. She has coauthored two cookbooks and promotes health and wellness on Dr. Oz, and on ESPN and NBC. Her recipes can be found in publications such as Yoga Journal, Wine Enthusiast, Martha Stewart, Self, and Parenting.
Admission to the event is by donation. Silent auction items can be previewed at 1:30 p.m. the day of the event. Refreshments will be provided. All contributions go to support Parks Place.
Parks Place provides access to a wide array of health and human-service programs in the Greater Falls area. For more information about the event, call Parks Place at 802-463-9927 or visit the nonprofit's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ParksplaceVT.