By Julie Chai, Sunset associate editor

Jill Nokes, Austin landscape designer and the author of Yard Art and Handmade Places: Extraordinary Expressions of Home, will be talking about her new book at Flora Grubb Gardens in Bayview on Thursday, May 15.  The talk is co-sponsored by The Garden Conservancy.

In her book Nokes profiles twenty homemakers who have turned their yards into oases of art and personal expression and describe what this transformation has meant to them and their communities. 

Wine and hors d'oeuvres start at 5:30 pm; the talk begins at 6:15 pm.  Cost is $25 if you register before May 8; $30 thereafter.  To register or for more information, call (415) 561-7895 or visit the Conservancy website.

If you've never been to Flora Grubb Gardens before, we suggest you go early.  There's a lot to see in this hip new nursery.  Take a peek at the story we wrote about the nursery awhile back.