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Marin Master Gardeners – Fall to Winter Vegetable Gardening

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Fall to Winter Vegetable Gardening

Vegetable gardening in the fall has opportunities and challenges. Come and learn how to plan for your Thanksgiving and holiday dinners with vegetables from your own garden. Or, plan to plant a green mulch for the winter to build your soil for the spring. The information presented will be beneficial to both in ground and container gardeners.

Speaker, Joe Jennings is a Marin Master Gardener who grows vegetables year round in his Larkspur garden.

CE: 1 CE unit, UC sponsored

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Marin Master Gardeners – Keeping Varmints at Bay, Part 2

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Do you look out the window and find your roses beheaded?  Are your carefully cultivated fruits and vegetables partially eaten?  Or, have your plants disappeared in entirety?  It’s likely your garden is being appreciated by deer, squirrels, or rats.  Come and get information and techniques to help home gardeners cope with these pests.

Friday, October 27, 2pm – Part 2: Deer, Squirrels, and Rats

 

 

Speaker: Lois Stevens has been a UC Marin Master Gardener since 2008 and been gardening for nearly 50 years. She currently chairs the Marin Master Gardener Help Desk service, has been responsible for training new Master Gardeners, served on the Board of Directors, and makes presentations about the Master Gardener program and garden related topics at events such as this.

CE: 1 CE unit, UC sponsored

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Optimal Health in an Unhealthy World

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Join Dr. Sara for an ongoing series of health topic lectures.

We’ll be meeting every 4th Thursday evening of the month.

 

Each month Dr. Sara will address a different health issue.

July 27: Digestive Wellness and the Microbiome – Part 2

The Microbiome is a symbiotic community of good and bad bacteria located in the intestinal tract. It responds and adapts to everything you put into your body. The health of your Microbiome is the decisive factor in the health of your entire body.

Come and learn:

  • Things that hurt your gut bacteria
  • How the lining of the intestinal tract keeps you healthy.
  • How to maintain the health of your Microbiome.
  • The importance of the Gut/Brain connection
  • The four causes of inflammation in your gut.
  • What causes “Leaky Gut”, and how to repair it.

And more…

Attend this free lecture and receive a free Microbiome test!

Speaker: Dr. Sara Kendall Gordon, LAc DAOM specializes in Integrative and Functional Medicine and Body-Mind therapies. For more information visit her website.

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The Healthy Brain – Optimal Health in an Unhealthy World

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Join Dr. Sara for an ongoing series of health topic lectures.

We meet every 4th Thursday evening of the month.

 

Each month Dr. Sara will address a different health issue.

Thursday, August 24: The Healthy Brain

A healthy brain is essential to the health of the body. But how do you maintain your brain’s health?

Can injury or loss of brain function be reversed? What causes brain-fog, brain fatigue, memory problems, and other common brain issues? What about mood disorders?

Did you know that healing the gut can heal the brain? Are your genetics the determining factor in your brain’s health? How does diet, lifestyle and the environment affect your brain?

Come learn the answers to these and other questions. We’ll do some self-assessment exercises for your brain. Join me for this free lecture and bring your friends!

Speaker: Dr. Sara Kendall Gordon, LAc DAOM specializes in Integrative and Functional Medicine and Body-Mind therapies. For more information visit her website.

September 28 and October26 classes will be on Midlife Changes for Men and Women, covering Andropause and Menopause. More information to come.

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Healthy Aging – Optimal Health in an Unhealthy World

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Join Dr. Sara Kendall Gordon for an ongoing series of health lectures addressing
Optimal Health in an Unhealthy World

 

Healthy Aging – a two-part series

Thursdays:
September 28 – part one
October 26 – part two

6:30 – 7:30 pm in the library meeting room

Aging is not a disease. It is a process. Self-care the key to Healthy Aging. When our life is supported by intelligent self-care practices, our aging process slows down and we can experience a high quality of life at every age.

Part One: September 28

• The biological process and stages of aging for men and women
• The parallels and differences between Menopause and Andropause
• The losses and gifts of Menopause and Andropause
• Radical self-care
• The 4 strategies for Healthy Aging
• The choices you make that will positively or negatively impact your health and determine your quality of life in old age.

Part Two: October 26

Your healing nature is the most powerful medicine there is.
A healthy body and mind are your most valuable assets. And
your choices and actions enhance or diminish your health.
In this final lecture in the Optimal Health in an Unhealthy Worldlecture series you’ll learn:

• Why lifestyle trumps genetics in health and longevity.

• Healthy habits and fun activities to restore lost vitality and

health and slow down and even reverse the aging process.

• Ways to improve and maintain the health of your brain,

heart, digestion, emotions, and overall quality of life.

• And more…

In matters of health, knowledge is power. So come learn how your
bodily system works. Learn how you can activate your healing
nature to achieve and maintain optimal health at any age.

No classes in November and December. Dr. Sara will return in January 2018. Happy Holidays!

Speaker: Dr. Sara Kendall Gordon, LAc DAOM specializes in Integrative and Functional Medicine and Body-Mind therapies. For more information visit her website.

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Retirement: What’s Next? Essential Oils Workshop for Beginners

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Don’t you always feel better after a walk through a garden, or amongst beautiful strong trees? It’s healing to be in nature. Well, Essential Oils are a way to bring that connection and plant support from nature into your day to day life. In this beginner workshop you will be introduced to Essential Oils, quality standards, and how oils can be used to enhance your everyday life.  Yes, you will get to smell and experience some oils bring your nose and let’s play with nature’s oily gift.
Elizabeth Carol will be providing an additional class on August 22, 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Retirement: What’s Next? meets every 4th Friday of the month and presents various program topics for those contemplating or living in retirement.

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Jelly Jam Time

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Come to Jelly Jam Time, a jam-packed hour of movement, songs and puppets. This is an event for the whole family, especially for children ages 2-10.

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Joe Leon’s Caterpillar Puppets

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Don’t miss the latest bilingual theatre performance from Caterpillar Puppets. This event is for the whole family, especially for children from 2 to 10 years old.

This program is brought to you thanks to the support of The Friends of the Library.

No se pierda la más reciente representación teatral bilingüe de Caterpillar Puppets. Este evento es para toda la familia, especialmente para niños de 2 a 10 años.

Este programa se ofrece gracias al apoyo de Friends of the Library

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