“Sustainability and a sense of place weave through this essential guidebook on native plants of the Sierra Nevada,” states the back of “Living Wild,” a new book by Nevada County residents Alicia Funk and Karin Kaufman. “This eco-friendly reference, beautifully illustrated with color photographs, offers gardening advice for over 90 plant species, 70 gourmet food recipes using local leaves, nuts and berries and plant medicine remedies for common health conditions.”
As if owning this beautiful, valuable tome on local plants, etc. wasn’t enough, Alica Funk and other contributing authors will be at BriarPatch on April 19 and 20 from noon to 6:00 p.m. signing books and talking about native plants. After perusing “Living Wild,” head over to a demonstration of what can be done with native plants or go into the great outdoors for one of the native plant garden tours from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m.
