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Lecture Series Presentations
Free admission to all lectures presented on the day of ticket purchase
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"Dig It Up and Throw It Away" is the title of Irish garden expert Helen Dillon’s lecture to be presented on Saturday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m. and again on Sunday, March 2, at 12 noon. Dillon’s lecture will be about having the courage to rethink your garden. She will explain her philosophy of being a creator rather than a curator of her one-acre private garden, which surrounds an Irish Georgian house in the city of Dublin She will also discuss how much fun it is to reinvent both planting and design in the garden. | |
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Barry Glick's Sunshine Farm & Gardens, in Renick, West Virginia, is home to more than 10,000 plants, trees and shrubs, many unknown to cultivation. The main focus of Glick’s plant breeding is Hellebores; he grows virtually every species within the genus. During his lectures on Friday, February 29, at 11:00 a.m. and on Saturday, March 1, at 2:00 p.m., he will discuss Hellebores, a hardy and colorful flowering plant that is often overlooked by gardeners.
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Thursday, February 28
11:00 am The Color Green
presented by Paula Peace, Peacescapes, Nashville, TN
12 noon Southern Select Sedums
presented by Paul Little, Little/Hill Nursery, Memphis, TN.
1:00 pm Perennials and Ornamental Grasses for Middle Tennessee
presented by Randy Smith, Mother Nature, Brentwood, TN
2:00 pm Native Plants that Thrive in Drought
presented by Andy Sudbrock, Nashville Natives, Fairview, TN
www.nashvillenatives.com
3:00 pm Attracting Eastern Bluebirds and Other Cavity Nesters to Your Landscape for Natural/Organic Insect Control
presented by Kent Hiday, Wildbirds Unlimited, Hendersonville, TN
4:00 pm Wildflowers of Tennessee
presented by Jack Carmen, author "Wildflowers Of Tennessee"
6:30 pm Killowatt Ours - A Plan to Re-Energize America - Movie Presentation
presented by Jeff Barrie, Nashville, TN
Friday, February 29
11:00 am Woodland Wonders from the Wild
presented by Barry Glick, Sunshine Farms & Gardens, Renick, WV
www.sunfarm.com
12 noon Southern Select Sedums
presented by Paul Little, Little/Hill Nursery, Memphis, TN.
1:00 pm Native Evergreens
presented by Mike Berkley, GroWild Nursery, Fairview, TN
www.Growildnursery.com
2:00 pm Divine Plants Without a Diva Attitude
presented by Carol Reese, Jackson, TN
3:00 pm Stone Scaping
presented by Tim Ryan, Brasstown, NC
4:00 pm Greening from the Inside Out
presented by Scott Cobb, Horizon Landscaping/All Season Greenhouses, Nashville, TN
5:00 pm The Dirt on Composting
presented by Julie Berbiglia, Metro Beautification & Environment Commission, Nashville, TN
Saturday, March 1
11:00 am Edible Landscape Plants Growing for Our Senses
presented by Richard Moyer
12 noon Make a Living Roof!
presented by Christina Ott, Woodbury, TN
www.barefootbuilder.com
1:00 pm Water-wise Container Gardening
presented by Rita Randolph, Randolph Greenhouses, Jackson, TN
www.randolphgreenhouses.com
2:00 pm Destination Heleborus
presented by Barry Glick, Sunshine Farms & Gardens, Renick, WV
www.sunfarm.com
3:00 pm Tablescapes – A Spring Feast of Flower Flavors
presented by Richie Edwards, Gabriels Garden, Brentwood, TN
www.gabrielsgarden.com
4:00 pm Enviro Friendly Alternatives (Natural Paving)
presented by John Noel
www.energyandenvironment.com
6:30 pm Dig It Up and Throw It Away
presented by Helen Dillon, Dublin, Ireland
www.Dillongarden.com
Sunday, March 2
11:00 am It's Easy Growing Green(s)
presented by Jeff Poppen, Long Hungry Creek Farm, Red Boiling Springs, TN
www.barefootfarmer.com
It's Easy Eating Green(s)
presented by Laura Button, Journey To Bliss Raw Foods, Smyrna, TN
www.journeytobliss.net
12:00 pm Dig It Up and Throw It Away
presented by Helen Dillon, Dublin, Ireland
www.Dillongarden.com
1:00 pm Perennial Pleasures Old and New
presented by Troy Marden
2:00 pm Wildflowers of The Southeast Highlands
presented by Jack Carmen, author "Wildflowers of Tennessee"
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