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Camphill Village Kimberton Hills and Sankanac CSA Welcome NPR’s Mike McGrath

Reader Bernadette Kovaleski wrote in to tell me about an event that Camphill Village Kimberton Hills will be hosting next month.

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Camphill Village Kimberton Hills and Sankanac CSA Welcome NPR’s Mike McGrath

Bring your gardening questions to Camphill Village Kimberton Hills when NPR's Mike McGrath, host of "You Bet Your Garden," presents a discussion on The Role of Beneficial Insects and Critters in Organic Gardening.

The presentation will be Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in Rose Hall, 1601 Pughtown Road , Kimberton , Pa. Suggested donation is $5. The Camphill Café, adjacent to Rose Hall, will be open from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for coffee, tea and dessert.

The event is offered through the Sankanac CSA (a community-supported organic and biodynamic garden). For more information, call 610-495-7295.

Mike McGrath was editor-in-chief of Organic Gardening magazine from 1991 through 1997. He is the author of several books, including Kitchen Garden A to Z and You Bet Your Tomatoes. He is also the Garden Editor for WTOP News Radio in Washington , D.C., and his "You Bet Your Garden" column appears in every issue of Greenprints. McGrath was the garden expert for the Saturday edition of The Today Show from 1993 through 1997, and chaired major exhibits that won four consecutive "Best of Show" awards at the Philadelphia Flower Show. His radio program is broadcast on WHYY 91 FM weekly.
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For more information about Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, please visit their website at www.camphillkimberton.org.
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