Yvonne Savio
The Pasadena Public Library will feature Pasadena-based Master Gardener Yvonne Savio as she discusses and showcases edible and ornamental plants that can be planted and enjoyed in spring and summer during a webinar at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 3, as part of the Library’s Pasadena Grows series.
Yvonne Savio grew up in Pasadena and lives on a hillside city lot where she grows fruits, vegetables, and flowers year-round. Her gardens are manure- and compost-amended, and she is passionate about the benefits of growing your own.
Savio has journalism, English literature, art and photography degrees from CSU at Los Angeles and Sacramento; she also has a horticulture degree from American River College.
She worked in the Botany and Vegetable Crops Cooperative Extension Departments at UC Davis for about 15 years and has conferred with other specialists throughout the state about cultural and postharvest handling techniques. She helped initiate and develop the Master Gardener Program in Yolo County in the early 1980s.
Aside from her Pasadena garden, Savio maintains demo and trial gardens, where she specializes in drought-tolerant techniques for growing vegetables, fruits, perennials, roses, and succulents, according to her blog, Gardening in LA. She documents the creative fun stuff of repurposed tools and garden art.
Pasadena Grows will be on Zoom. To get your link to the free webinar, visit https://pasadena.evanced.info/
For more information, call the Pasadena Public Library at (626) 744-4066 or visit www.cityofpasadena.net/
Pasadena Grows is recommended for adults ages 18 and up.
