Tara Austen Weaver - Orchard House

Award-winning author Tara Austen Weaver’s rich memoir Orchard House explores the nourishing, complicated, and sometimes painful facets of the mother-daughter bond, set in the most surprising of places—an overgrown backyard garden.

For many people, the Seattle real-estate listing would have sent them running in the other direction. But for Weaver, the neglected property, eventually purchased by her mother, is a second chance—not only for the edible bounty the garden could yield for her family, but for the personal renewal she and her mother might reap along the way.

Tara Austen Weaver is the author of the memoir The Butcher and the Vegetarian, and also writes the award-winning blog Tea & Cookies. Her writing on food, travel, culture, and the environment has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, and on Chow.com. Weaver is a master gardener and certified permaculture designer. She lives and grows things in Seattle, where she is the editor of Edible Seattle.

Location: 

51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA 94925