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Recent TalksFebruary 3, 2018 General Meeting
Speaker Elizabeth Dean shared observations and knowledge gained over the years with an eye to helping gardeners succeed and delight in their gardens. Elizabeth Dean and husband, Gene Griffith, started a specialty plant nursery, Wilkerson Mill Gardens, in 1990 in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. November 11, 2017 General Meeting
Avid hosta gardener and former Professor of Horticulture at Illinois Central College, Glenn Herold, guided us through the history of the scientific debate over the family kinship of the genus Hosta. September 16, 2017 Regional Meeting in Peachtree City, GA The Future of Hostas
Sales representative Mark Maher of Flowerwood Nursery treated the audience to an extensive show-and-tell presentation of plants for our zone and marketed under the Southern Living Plants label.
Georgia Hosta Society member Pat Brussack conducted this DIY-style session exploring the Japanese botanical art of kokedama — the practice of encasing the root ball of a plant in moisture-retentive soil, then wrapping the ball with soft green moss. The result is a living planter as well as a distinctive display piece. February 11, 2017 General Meeting
From Guntersville, Alabama, and one of the most beautiful gardens in the southeast, Mary Terrell shared her considerable knowledge of growing some 300 hosta varieties, including many small and mini hosta she arranges artistically and grows in containers. |