Northwest Flower & Garden Show

Amy Stewart

Amy Stewart is the author of From the Ground up: The Story of a First Garden (Algonquin Books, 2001) and The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms (Algonquin Books, 2004). She lives in Eureka, California where she is the garden columnist and book critic for the North Coast Journal. She writes about gardening for Organic Gardening, Bird Watcher’s Digest, the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Diego Union-Tribune.  She also teaches worm composting workshops and lectures on a variety of topics relating to organic gardening. The Earth Moved has received rave reviews from dozens of newspapers and magazines, and has been chosen for the Discovery Channel Book Club, and recently received the California Horticulture Society’s 2004 Writer’s Award.  Website – www.amystewart.com

The Secret Life of Worms

Saturday, February 11 at 12:00 pm on the Sprouts Stage

Sunday, February 12 at 3:00 pm on the Sprouts Stage

Hey Kids!  Here’s your chance to see worms up close and hear an entertaining talk about how the hard-working worm benefits the earth.  What do they eat?  Do they sleep?  How can you keep your own worms?  Find out how much fun it is to have your own worm bin and how learn all about recycling and earth science through the wonder of worms!  A book signing will immediately follow this seminar.

Composting with Earthworms

Sunday, February 12 at 11:00 am on the Monrovia Stage

Find out about the care and feeding of earthworms, and learn more about the extraordinary role that these creatures play in the soil. Thousands of earthworms can live in a small worm bin and consume all your kitchen scraps, creating earthworm castings that are rich in soil microbes and help produce healthy, disease-free plants. Worm composting is also a fun project for parents and kids to do together, allowing kids to learn firsthand about recycling and earth science.  A book signing will immediately follow this seminar.