Gardening Events

Join us at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens on Tuesday, September 1 when Sabrina Childs with Ball Horticultural will be our speaker. Sabrina will highlight some of the best annuals and perennials already available as well as new ones she's found this year. Sabrina Childs has been a Sales Representative for Ball Horticultural since 2005. She resides […]

Sabrina Childs has been a Sales Representative for Ball Horticultural since 2005. She resides in Ripley, Mississippi and her sales area covers North Mississippi, North Louisiana, Arkansas, Eastern Oklahoma, and West Tennessee.  She began her horticulture career at a large wholesale nursery in Mississippi where she spent 3 years as propagation manager and 4 years as […]

Join us as Julie Lewter and Susan Cook Ragsdale take us on the road to see their favorite hostas! Susan Ragsdale has been raising hostas in Petersburg, TN for almost 10 years. Her Critterhaven Gardens 1-acre property is now home to almost 1,000 different varieties of hosta and other perennial plants. Julie Lewter loves all […]

Why hostas are the number one perennial sold in the US and why gardeners love them! Susan Ragsdale has been raising hostas in Petersburg TN for almost 10 years. Her Critterhaven Gardens 1-acre property is now home to almost 1,000 different varieties of hosta and other perennial plants. Julie Lewter loves all things green and […]

The Mid-South is blessed with a plethora of broad-leaved evergreens, but there are a fair number of lesser-known cone-bearing plants that we can grow.  Conifers are growing in popularity in the southeastern United States. They provide contrast both to each other and to our well-known evergreens.  They also make striking specimens to take your garden […]