Event Schedule:
Doors Open at 7 p.m.
Presentation Begins Promptly at 7:30 p.m.
Reception and book signing follows at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets:
GHF Member Single Tickets: $30 each
Non-Member Single Tickets: $35 each

To order, click on register now below, call (925) 947-1678 or send an email to reservations@gardenshf.org.

AMY STEWART
Thursday, February 23 • 7 p.m.

As an award-winning author of five books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, including three New York Times bestsellers, Wicked Bugs, Wicked Plants and Flower Confidential, Stewart is a sought-after public speaker. Her spirited lectures and appearances at hundreds of radio and television programs have inspired and entertained audiences nationally. She has written for the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and every national garden magazine, including Fine Gardening, where she is a contributing editor. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, the American Horticulture Society's Book Award, and a California Horticultural Society Writer's Award.

CLARE COOPER MARCUS
Thursday, March 22 • 7 p.m.

Clare Cooper Marcus is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley and a partner in the firm Healing Landscapes, a consulting firm specializing in user-needs analysis related to the programming, design and evaluation of outdoor spaces in health care settings. She is internationally recognized for her pioneering research on the psychological and sociological aspects of architecture, land-use planning and landscape design – particularly in urban open space. As an author, her books include: Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations, House As a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home and Iona Dreaming: The Healing Power of Place. She will present Healing Gardens: How the design of green space in healthcare is restorative to the human spirit.