Take Back Your Power: The "Smart Meter" Agenda Unveiled

05-16-2013 - 05-16-2013

 

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Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento employees are now ready to grow, thanks to a newly designed employee garden at the medical center.

Staff had the opportunity to apply for a plot in the garden, one where they can grow their own fruits, vegetables and herbs.

At an Earth Day event, Patricia Rodriguez, Senior Vice President and Area Manager, said, “We had an overwhelming response. More than 90 physicians and employees were interested in maintaining their own plot in the garden.”

Employees who were awarded plots will reap the rewards of what their gardens grow. They just commit to tend to plant and maintain their plot at the medical center as if it was at their own home.

This isn’t the only way Kaiser Permanente in the south area has gone green, and those efforts are getting some national recognition.

The award-winning Sacramento Historic Rose Garden will host its annual Open Garden with sales of rare old roses and rose merchandise, tours, and a Silent Auction. Thousands of old-fashioned, fragrant roses will be in bloom amidst beautiful Victorian monuments and statues in the Historic City Cemetery. Native plant and perennial gardens will also be on display, and a history tour is scheduled.