Silver Lake Farms AND Environmental Nature Center

For the sustainable you, two special guests aspiring to introduce more ways to make much more with less. First guest, Tara Kolla, owner of Silver Lake Farms (www.silverlakefarms.com), cultivates produce and flowers in her garden and others with surplus turf to meet the needs of Los Angeles households. The Food and Flowers Freedom Act, a breakthrough in legitimizing home produced goods in the market place, was one of her many victories over barriers she has experienced. Watch for her new product line, Seeds to Ceremony, where she locally cultivates flowers for brides to be. Second guest, Lori Whalen, Director of Education at the Environmental Nature Center in Newport Beach, joins her colleague Leslie Helliwell to talk about current and future activities and projects in which the public can partake, as the center celebrates its 40th anniversary. Recent events include the art of Furoshiki; Yoga in Nature; Full Moon Walks; Winter Camp; Little Naturalists; and the Science Nerd Series. www.encenter.org gets you more information and 1601 E. 16th Street, Newport Beach, gets you there.