If you're looking for some inspiration to get ready for fall, consider a weekend of fun lectures at Green Spring Gardens. Next Saturday, the 19th of October is the "Landscape Rejuvenation" symposium, myself and 2 other fabulous speakers will be here to deliver some humor and horticultural tips when it comes to landscape do and don'ts. I will follow many of Bonnie Appleton's guidelines, one of which suggests that your landscape needs rejuvenated every 15 years.
Holly Scoggin's lecture is titled "Beginning Anew" and in true Holly style, it will be funny (no doubt her chickens will play a starring role), and revealing. Holly is a professor at Virginia Tech and the Director of the Han Horticulture Center. Jessica Walliser will discuss your garden and your personality, joined together in the creation of your garden space. Jessica is a contributing editor to Organic Gardening and Fine Gardening magazines. She also teaches at the Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After all three lectures there will be a speaker's panel and you can ask about problem spots in your garden, challenges you might face with a difficult site, etc. Bring in digital photos in .jpg format and we can openly discuss ways to improve your garden space. The symposium runs from 9:00 am to 3:00 with a break for lunch, which is included in the fee.
Sunday, the 20th brings Amy Stewart to Green Spring, one of 4 stops in the D.C. metropolitan area before she heads to Georgia. This is part of her book tour, promoting "The Drunken Botanist", which has been a resounding success! I bought my copy along time ago but will be getting another for my local ABC store. Hello!, they've never heard of it. And if you haven't, well it's based on the principal of liquor and plants, every bottle of booze is plant based. Amy talks about the agave plant for tequila, the history of burnt barrels for flavoring and how so many of our garden plants play a part in alcohol. Lemon balm, Filipendula ulmaria, violets and eucalyptus are all in her book. Use this link to register and finish up a grand weekend of horticulture.
See you there!
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