Jami Scholl’s Gardening Book Club

Learn to create a beautiful ecological landscape or garden growing healthful foods across all four seasons. The club will meet weekly on Thursdays, beginning August 25 through Oct 27.

“Utilizing my knowledge of Health and Well-being coaching and Lifestyle Medicine, I’m aware that many are talking about calories only, and not which foods provide nutrients that will keep them healthy. Many Americans aren’t aware that foods can also help prevent diseases, presented in Dr. Li’s book. Also important are the recipes in two of the books to help bring awareness to eating in season, and that preparation methods can enhance or detract from nutrient bioavailability.”

THE BOOKS

* Four-Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman: This book informs the reader about how to grow organic vegetables all year long by one of the pioneers of organic agriculture and long standing organic farm located in Maine. [2 weeks]

* Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway: A good beginning to ecological gardening and design, an intro to permaculture, agroforestry, and urban and suburban growing. [3 weeks]

* A Kitchen Gardeners Handbook by Jennifer R. Bartley: This book includes kitchen garden/potager design, vegetable growing information, and recipes. [1 week]

* Eat to Beat Disease by Dr. William Li:
This book is about foods, some varieties and food preparation, that support the health defense systems to help attain optimal health and prevent diseases. [3 weeks]