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Published November 2nd, 2016

Montelindo Garden Club Enjoys the Bounty of our 'Founding Gardeners'

By Kara Navolio

Author Andrea Wulf signs book for club member Susan Dalcamo Photo Kara Navolio

The Montelindo Garden Club hosted five-time author Andrea Wulf on Oct. 21 for a discussion of her 2011 book "Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature and the Shaping of the American Nation." The book, a winner of the American Horticulture Society Book Award, is a flawlessly researched book about the gardens and farms of George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and the interconnection between these men's love of nature and their political lives. In 2011 it reached 32 on the New York Times Best Seller List for Non-Fiction.

As Wulf says, "All four of these men believed that agriculture was the basis of the American economy and important for the country's independence from Europe." While all four were avid gardeners themselves and combined the useful with the beautiful at their estates, it was James Madison who was America's first environmentalist. Readers will likely be surprised to learn that American environmentalism has its roots in a speech Madison delivered in 1818 in which he condemns Americans for the destruction of the environment and deforestation.

Wulf's book, as well as her newly published "Invention of Nature," are available at Orinda Books.

The Montelindo Garden Club, whose mission is to support the love of gardening and nature by providing practical information about plants and to support civic gardening and conservation programs, meets on the third Friday of the month from September to May at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Orinda. Meetings start at 9 a.m. and are open to visitors.

"We are open to new members and welcome all who are interested," said club President Joan Reid. The club has 115 members, many from the Lamorinda area, but also from as far as Oakland and San Ramon.

The club often features guest speakers such as Wulf, hosts plant sales, garden tours, and participates in civic beautification. It's a place to learn more about gardening and nature topics as well as enjoy social activities. For more information, visit their website: www.montelindogarden.com.

Other Local Garden Clubs:

Lafayette Garden Club

Meets Second Thursday of the month at 9:30 a.m.

Veteran's Memorial Bldg., Lafayette

www.lafayettegardenclub.com

Moraga Garden Club

Meets third Thursday of the month at 9:30 a.m.

Holy Trinity Cultural Center, Moraga

www.moragacitizensnetwork.org

Orinda Garden Club

Meets third Thursday of the month at 10 a.m.

Orinda Country Club

www.orindagc.org



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