Recent Lectures
 
Guest Lecturer, "Spring Bulbs and Their Companions" Marin Art and Garden Center, San Rafael, California, class, , 2005
 
Guest Lecturer, Summer Winds/Woolworth’s Garden Center, annual series of quarterly workshops, Cupertino, California, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, and 2010
 
Guest Lecturer, Elizabeth Gamble Garden, classes on elements of landscape design, Palo Alto, California, 1999 and 2002

Guest Lecturer, Careers in Horticulture Class, Gardening and Horticulture Programs, University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, California, 2001

Invited Speaker, Garden Design Forum, Garden
Design and Landscape Architecture Programs, University of California Extension, Berkeley, California, 1999

Ergonomics Makes Gardening Accessible, presented at: Master Gardener International Conference, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, 1997 Older Adult Resource Center, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California, 1998
 
Adaptive Gardening: Design Techniques and Tools, presented as an invited speaker at: Menlo Park Library Seniors Outreach Program, Menlo Park, California, 1995 and 1997; Garden Club of Menlo Park, Menlo Park, California, 1996; AARP, Santa Cruz Chapter, Santa Cruz, California, 1995; Palo Alto Adult School, Palo Alto, California, 1995
 
The Historic Williams House and Garden: a New Home for the Museum of American Heritage, presented as an invited speaker at: Kiwanis International of Palo Alto, California, 1996 and 1999; Foothill Men’s Garden Club, Los Altos Hills, California, 1998; Palo Alto Bayshore Rotary Club, Palo Alto, California, 1996
 
Restorative Gardens: Their Role and Design, presented as an invited speaker at:
Seniors Care Providers Quarterly Symposium, Menlo Park, California, 1995

Teaching Gardening to the Blind as Therapy, "The Healing Dimensions of People Plant Relations, a Research Symposium", Department of Environmental Design and Environmental Horticulture, University of California Davis, Davis, California, 1994
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