Maria Shriver, California’s First Lady, has announced her plans to have a Kitchen Garden planted on the Capitol Park grounds in Sacramento.  Definitely following in the footsteps of First Lady Michelle Obama.

“Details are still being worked put but the 800-square-foot “demonstration garden” will be on the east side of the Capitol building and will be planted in May. It will replace an existing flower bed;” according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

“This new garden will bring awareness to children, students and visitors about the important role of food, where it comes from, nutritional value, how it is grown and harvested and ultimately how it reaches the tables of those who need it most,” Shriver said in a released statement.”

In October of 2006, Shriver launched the state’s inaugural California School Garden Week, where schools all over California raised shrub-pulling awareness.