BRENDAN LINNANE will be the speaker for the October Garden Club presentation. He operates a small family mushroom farm. He grew up here in beautiful Placer County, surrounded by some of California's most pristine landscapes. He pursued a degree in Horticulture and began his career as a landscaper. "I was always fascinated by gnarly old trees, out of this world looking flowers, and of course the most mysterious of them all...mushrooms" Linnane further states "My true passion for growing mushrooms spawned while reading Mycelium Running, by Paul Stamets - a book about mushrooms saving the world. Mushrooms not only have beneficial nutrients that our bodies need, but they are actively engaging our environment, and play a key role in our ecosystems."