SPARKLE: Gardening with Climate Change Hosted by Author Mike Tidwell

Name: SPARKLE: Gardening with Climate Change Hosted by Author Mike Tidwell
Start: 2025-09-17T14:00:00-04:00
Location: Koiner Farm

Schedule

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Koiner Farm | Silver Spring, MD

From scorching summers to surprise frosts, climate change is rewriting the gardener’s rulebook. Join Mike Tidwell—climate advocate, author, and passionate gardener—for an inspiring talk on how to keep your garden thriving while making it part of the climate solution. Discover resilient plant choices, water-wise techniques, and creative ways to adapt so your garden blooms no matter what the forecast brings.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Mike Tidwell is a journalist, author, and climate activist living in Takoma Park, MD. His most recent book is an exploration of global warming’s impact in his own front yard, called The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street (St. Martin’s Press, March 2025). Publisher’s Weekly gave the book a coveted starred review. Mike’s previous six books include Bayou Farewell (2003) about the disappearing wetlands of south Louisiana and The Ponds of Kalambayi (1990), a Peace Corps memoir. As a past contributing writer for The Washington Post, he won four Lowell Thomas Awards, the highest prize in American travel journalism. He is a former National Endowment for the Arts fellow whose work has been published in Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Orion, Washingtonian, and elsewhere. A passionate conservationist, he founded the Chesapeake Climate Action Network in 2002, where he has led local and national campaigns for clean energy. He lives on Willow Avenue in Takoma Park, MD with his wife Beth and their cat Macy Gray.
Mike will have copies of his new book The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate & Hope on One American Street available for purchase and signing.
Pre-order a signed copy now with proceeds going to the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.