Gardening Events

One of the world's leading authorities on boxwood will be our speaker on July 7. Lynn Batdorf, retired Curator for the National Boxwood Collection at the U.S. National Arboretum and author of numerous authoritative texts on boxwood, will discuss the "Culture, Pests and Diseases of Boxwood". Grown for centuries, boxwood is a familiar shrub in many […]

Lynn Batdorf, Author and Retired Curator of the National Boxwood Collection, U.S. National Arboretum "As the Official Registrar for Buxus Cultivars from his base at the U.S National Arboretum, Washington, DC, Lynn Batdorf steadily worked through the increasing numbers of old and new Buxus cultivars which required botanical clarification and descriptive citation before official Registration. […]

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 […]

WEDNESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 9-0CTOBER 14 (6 SESSIONS), 9 AM-1 PMCLASS FEE: $120CLASS LOCATION: MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN Investigate and learn about our urban forest. Instruction and outdoor learning will cover treeanatomy and physiology, the history of urban forestry, environmental factors affecting trees, treespecies identification, tree planting and care, tree selection, tree pruning, tree problems anddiagnosis, invasive species […]