Ken Foster
Owner, Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
What do you do for a living?
Ecological landscaping.
What would you be doing if you weren’t doing that?
Organic gardening and riding my bike.
What do you do in your free time?
Hang out with Jillian.
What brought you to Santa Cruz?
My mom and dad.
What’s your favorite street?
Miles Street, where my parents bought a house in 1958. We want to change the name from Miles Street, which stands for Military Esplanade, to Peace Promenade.
Name something you’re excited about.
Transition Santa Cruz.
Name a pet peeve
Two-stroke leaf blowers.
What are you reading?
Navigating The Coming Chaos: A Handbook For Inner Transition by Carolyn Baker and Urban Homesteading by Rachel Kaplan.
What’s the most important thing you’ve learned in the last three years?
That planning is best done in advance.
Secret star crush?
Mandy Moore
