A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 17, in Portola Valley for Laurel E. Crittenden, who grew up in Portola Valley, taught in Portola Valley schools as a substitute teacher, and helped design gardens there from her outpost at the Ladera Garden Center, where she worked for about 10 years.
Ms. Crittenden died March 18 at her home in Washington state. She was 58.
The memorial service will start at 3:30 p.m. at the Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Portola Road in Portola Valley.
An obituary will be published in a future issue of the Almanac.
