Camellia Culture and Care with Marilee Rossi

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Now that the blooms are gone, it is time to learn how to care for our camellias. Camellia culture, site placement, and renovation will be covered in Marilee Rossi’s talk in the Carriage House. Then she will take us out into Gamble’s camellia garden for a demonstration of pruning techniques.

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Marilee Rossi has been designing and planning landscapes professionally since 1983. Her knowledge of camellias earned her an appointment as a judge for American Camellia Society shows. Marilee was instrumental in the development of the camellia species collections at the San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum and at Stanford University.

A European Classic – Revisit a Garden from Spring Tour with Landscape Designer Betty Lee

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Renovating a garden is like remodeling a home – What stays? What goes? How do you marry the old and the new? Landscape designer Betty Lee will take us through this Spring Tour garden and show how she wove together classic European garden “rooms” with fresh modern touches to create a garden in harmony with a 1920’s Mediterranean home. We will meet at the Carriage House and walk or car pool to the garden.

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Betty Lee has a B.A. from Princeton University, where she studied History of Gardens, which sparked her interest in this area. As an avid traveler, she has always managed to visit gardens globally. After "retiring" from the business world, she has been designing gardens locally. Her interests range from classical European gardens to contemporary modern gardens.

Water Management with James Kern

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Although our rainfall remains in a fixed range, our demand for water continues to rise, and water management is an on-going challenge. James Kern will review our natural water cycle and explore the factors affecting our ecosystem (weather, rainfall, heat, wind) and our individual gardens’ well-being (soil type, health, mulching, plant type). There will be a hands-on demonstration of different types of watering systems and some steps we can take now toward more efficient water management.

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James Kern Kern is a Master Gardener, a member of the California Rare Fruit Growers Association, a landscape contractor, and a teacher in Ornamental Horticulture program at Foothill College.

Chocolate with Anni Golding

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Chocolate is our newest "in" food with more varieties available than ever before. Anni Golding, of Gateau et Ganache, will talk about different types of chocolate, where to buy them, and how to pair them with seasonal fruits and herbs from the garden. Participants will experience a chocolate tasting, use tempered chocolate to create decorations and dipped fruit, and learn how to create a flavored ganache. All participants will make and take home their own delicious chocolate treats (materials are included in the fee). Enrollment strictly limited. Bring an apron, as this is a participation class.

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Anni Golding, owner and operator of Gateau et Ganache Fine Chocolates and Confections, creates beautiful, luscious bonbons, truffles, and flavored marshmallows at her studio in Palo Alto.

Easy Elegant Appetizers for Summer Dining with Lou Pappas

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Enjoy an evening in the Carriage House preparing and savoring a variety of easy and elegant appetizers along with wine and a light dinner. Recipes include:

• Smoked Salmon Tartar
• Indonesian Chicken Sate
• Brie with Cranberry and Pecan Topping
• Mushrooms with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
• Endive with Smoked Trout
• Dill Dip with Vegetable Nosegay

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Lou Pappas has had a life long love affair with food. She is the author of over fifty cookbooks covering everything from appetizers to desserts.

A Stroll Through the Gamble Cutting Garden with Paul Althouse

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Our cutting garden is just now at the height of its beauty. Paul Althouse will walk through it with us and share his knowledge about planting and managing this glorious profusion of flowers. We will also visit the woodland garden and the shrubs outside the fence that the Flower Arranging Committee uses to create the beautiful arrangements inside Miss Gamble’s house.

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Paul Althouse, retired owner of the Redwood City Nursery, has been in the nursery business for 51 years. Shortly after coming to Gamble as a volunteer on the Garden Committee in 1993, he was asked to become a gardener to plant the flowers. The rest, as they say, is history.