1:30 p.m., King Library
Join author Dr. Amanda Pike for an engaging talk on Florida’s Food Forest Cookbook, a companion to Transforming Florida Yards. Featuring over 400 simple recipes and 20 seasonal menus, the book highlights healthy, zero-waste meals using easy-to-grow Florida plants. Discover how transforming backyards into thriving food forests can promote wellness, sustainability, and community—one meal at a time.
Biography: Amanda Pike, PhD, ATR-BC, is a board-certified art therapist, educator, and Florida-certified educational leader. A lifelong gardener, she spent summers exploring her grandparents’ farm and several years living in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she worked with a holistic wellness company and learned to grow and use plants for health and beauty.
Dr. Pike currently manages a two-acre permaculture food forest in Jupiter, Florida, where she offers tours and hosts youth 4-H groups. Her previous books include Eco-Art Therapy in Practice (Routledge, 2022) and Transforming Florida Yards (2023). Florida’s Food Forest Cookbook continues her mission to empower Floridians to live healthier, more sustainable lives through mindful growing and eating.
Florida Voices is generously supported by the Fred J. Brotherton Endowment for Literature, established at The Four Arts by the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation. Fred Brotherton, who died in 2003, was for many years a Benefactor of The Four Arts and a strong supporter of its programs. Florida Voices, featuring the state that was Mr. Brotherton’s winter home, serves as a continuing memorial to this much-respected member of The Four Arts.