2006 East Texas
Annual Fall Gardening Conference
and
Who: Sponsored by the Smith County Master Gardeners Association
What: Talks by recognized experts about fall gardening, particularly the selection, planting, and care for heirloom bulbs. An heirloom bulb sale will offer about 14,000 bulbs of over 70 varieties. Some of the bulbs to be offered include various varieties of daffodils, jonquils, narcissus, crinums, rain lilies, hardy amaryllis, oxblood lilies, snowflakes, species tulips, and red spider lilies. These bulbs will naturalize in Texas but are not often found in local nurseries.
When: Saturday, October 28, 2006, with conference being held from 8:30 a.m. unto 11:30 a.m. Bulb sale follows the conference at 11:45 a.m. and closes at 2:00 p.m. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. with free refreshments. Admission is free!
Where: The conference will be held in the Tyler Rose Garden Center at 400 Rose Park Drive in Tyler. [Rose Park Drive is located off the 2000 block of West Front Street (Highway 31 West)] The heirloom bulb sale will be held on the grounds of the Tyler Rose Garden.
Program: The conference will have three garden speakers with free program brochures. Door prizes will also be awarded.
- Julie Ryan, a horticulturist, garden designer-contractor, and author, will speak on “Perennials, Companions to Bulbs…Gardeners, Companions to the Earth”. Ms. Ryan is the author and photographer of Perennial Gardens for Texas and co-author of Landscaping with Texas Native Plants. She specializes in landscapes that thrive in Texas’ trying climates. Year round color, from simple to lavish, is a specialty of her company, Texana Landscapes.
- Celia Jones is the owner of Sister’s Bulb Farm, started in the 1930’s by her grandmother in Arcadia, Louisiana, to supplement her small butter and egg enterprise. The farm has been featured on HGTV, Southern Living, Fine Gardening and other gardening magazines, and is no longer commercial but is still maintained as a private garden. Celia will be joined in her presentation, “Down to Earth”, by Ben Arcuni, who is Vice President of the Southern Bulb Company in charge of the bulb farm operations. Mr. Arcuni will talk about the cultivation and propagation of bulbs for Texas and the South and Ms. Jones will provide practical advice on choosing bulbs which historically survive and thrive in local climates.
Contact: Texas Cooperative Extension - 903/535-0885 [Fax: 903/535-0884]
Back to Upcoming Programs in East Texas