This is the third and final installment in a short series of profiles of candidates nominated for positions in D.C. Urban Gardeners. There are a total of six positions open: president, treasurer, secretary and three vice-presidents. Members may cast one vote each for president, treasurer and secretary, and three votes for different vice-president nominees. Once elected, these officers will serve one-year terms and constitute the Executive Committee, which establishes policy and sets the agenda for the organization. Please feel free to leave any thoughts you might have in the comments section.
To cast your votes, send an e-mail to our secretary, Susan Harris, at harristakoma@erols.com. Voting will remain open for the month of October.
Nominee for secretary (vote for one): Susan Harris
Susan co-founded the D.C. Urban Gardeners organization after completing the D.C. Master Gardener program in 2006. Susan has been active in local gardening circles for many years from her home in Takoma Park, MD. She is a gardening coach--as seen in the New York Times and on CBS "Sunday Morning"--and one of four co-writers of the extremely popular blog, Garden Rant. Susan also writes her own gardening blog, has recently unveiled a Sustainable Gardening website and is our own webmaster as well.
Nominee for president (vote for one): Ed Bruske
A former newspaper reporter and personal chef, Ed co-founded the D.C. Urban Gardeners group after completing the D.C. Master Gardener program last year. Cooking inspired Ed to turn his front yard in the Columbia Heights neighborhood into a kitchen garden, or what his wife hopes will someday be an actual "edible landscape." Last year he also built a large container garden at the Children's Studio School in Northwest D.C. He is a chef-in-residence at the Washington Youth Garden, National Arboretum, and lectures on composting and sustainable gardening. His daily musings on food can be found at The Slow Cook blog. His work also appears in Edible Chesapeake magazine.
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