Resilient Gardens for a Changing Climate with Linda Gilkeson
Channel: West Vancouver Memorial Library
Date: 27/06/2022

Recorded on June 23, 2022.

Our regional climate is changing as the global climate changes, with extreme weather events reaching record levels last year. What does this mean for our food gardens and landscape plants? Join Linda Gilkeson to learn how extreme weather affects trees and plants, how to design resilient food and ornamental gardens, and how to help plants survive extreme weather. You will also learn the role gardeners can have in mitigating climate change, including designing landscapes to capture carbon.

Linda Gilkeson earned a Ph.D. in Entomology from McGill University in 1986, then moved to British Columbia to work for Applied Bio-Nomics Ltd., a company that produces biological controls. From 1991 to 2002 she worked for the provincial government, promoting programs to reduce and eliminate pesticide use. She was head of the provincial State of Environment Reporting Unit for the next six years, then the Executive Director of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy until the end of 2011. Linda now devotes her time to writing, teaching, and consulting.

Linda’s comprehensive gardening book, Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest, is a BC best seller. She has co-authored pest management training manuals for the provincial government and organic gardening books for Rodale Press and now focuses on publishing books for local gardeners. As a private consultant, Linda is a regular instructor in the Master Gardener programs in BC and is busy year around giving workshops on pest management and organic gardening. Linda has served as President of the Entomological Society of Canada, the Professional Pest Management Association of BC, the Entomological Society of BC, and the Salt Spring Island Garden Club. She was awarded a Queen’s Jubilee medal in 2003 and an outstanding achievement award from the Professional Pest Management Association of BC in 2005.

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