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Local Clubs Manitou Springs Garden Club The Manitou Springs Garden Club proudly announce the availability of our new book... A Taste For Gardening This 150-page beautifully produced publication includes original local art throughout, gardening essays and tips, and an exciting assortment of culinary and herbal arts recipes. The full-color cover art is by nationally recognized film maker, photographer and watercolorist, Mary Helsaple. Text includes essays and tips by locally known Master Gardeners, including award-winning writers, Becky Elder (Springs Magazine, Manitou Magazine, Pikes Peak Bulletin) and Sandra Knauf (Springs Magazine, GreenPrints). The gardening wisdom of Kim Dorsch (garden designer for The Cliff House), and Cheryl Conklin (landscape design instructor at Pikes Peak Community College) is also featured. Recipes include member favorites, as well as selections from Manitou Springs' own Adam's Mountain Cafe, The Cliff House, The Briarhurst, The Craftwood Inn, and Organic Earth Cafe. This book sold out of its first print run and is now well on the way to selling out of the second print run! Get yours now! A Taste For Gardening is available via mail order for $12 each. Shipping & Handling charge for Mail Orders are $3 for the first book, $1 for each additional book in the same order. Make checks payable to Manitou Springs Garden Club. Mail your order with payment to: Manitou Springs Garden Club PO Box 21 Manitou Springs, CO 80829 To buy this book locally... The following extraordinary retailers have agreed to sell this great book (with no additional mark up). They are now available for $12 each at: Good Earth Garden Center 1330 N Walnut St, Colorado Springs, CO (719) 473-3399 Hillside Gardens & Nursery 1006 S Institute, Colorado Springs, CO (719) 520-9463 The Hub Car Wash & Diner 4460 Forest Hills Rd, Colorado Springs, CO (719) 535-0346 Red Rocks Garden Center 3178 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO (719) 635-4026 Rick's Garden Center 1827 W Uintah, Colorado Springs, CO (719) 632-8491 Rocky Mountain Natural Store 1502 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO (719) 329-0180 Sammy's Organics 1608 S 8th St, Colorado Springs, CO (719) 471-3348 Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce 354 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs, CO (719) 685-5089 Nature Station In downtown Woodland Park, CO (North side of Highway 24). Contact Trudie Layton at (719) 685-5743 (email Trudie at: laytonga at msn dot com) if you have additional questions.   Reviewers Are Talking... Kathryn Eastburn of The Colorado Springs Independent writes: "The Manitou Springs Garden Club has produced a gorgeous little spiral-bound paperback on the culinary and aesthetic gifts of the garden. Part cookbook, part compendium of gardening advice and lore, the book is tastefully illustrated with botanical drawings and paintings . . ." Jeanne D. Morgan of Pikes Peak Bulletin writes: "I love cookbooks, and I love gardening books. So I was delighted to find both folded into 'A Taste for Gardening,' with art, poetry and sage advice stirred in for good measure. The result is a feast for the eyes, the mind and the soul as well as the palate." Kass Johns, Professional writer, graphic designer and former cookbook designer for Current, Inc writes: "This book is gorgeous! I am so excited by the quality of design, writing, and production of this locally-produced book! There are great garden tips and articles. The recipes sound delightful! The Manitou Springs Garden Club did a great job on this book! Kudos to this group of creative folks!"   MANITOU SPRINGS GARDEN CLUB Meets: Second Tuesday evenings President: Becky Elder Phone: (719) 685-0290 to find out more about our club. We are located at the foot of Pikes Peak in picturesque Manitou Springs, Colorado.