Welcome to Memphis Horticultural Society
The purpose of the Memphis Horticultural Society (MHS) shall be the study of plants and the exchange of information among the members on the care, cultivation and propagation of plants, their design in the garden, and their survival and protection in the environment.
It shall also be the purpose of the Society to serve as a source of information for and a link between the horticultural community and the media, the general public and future generations.
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Meeting Dates and Location
Unless prior notification is given in the Monthly newsletter, all MHS meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Goldsmith Civic Garden Center; located at the Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road, Memphis, Tennessee.
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Programs
The subject of the program and the speaker will be listed in the monthly newsletter mailed to every member. A tentative schedule of events is listed on the events calendar.
2013 Lineup
January - Suzy Askew ('Winter Gardens' - Tips to highlight the beauty and view of the winter garden using the tools of evergreen foliage, bare branches, berries, and sometimes even blossom)
February - Mariah Smith (''Gardening at Your Fingertips'' - How to make our home computer one of our
most used gardening tools)
March - Stanley Wise, Jr. ('Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, High Tunneling We Will Go' - County Extension Director Union County,
MS will teach us how to make a low-cost back yard high-tunnel unheated greenhouse to lengthen the
growing season.)
April - Dr. Frank A. Hale, Ph.D. ('It's a bug eat bug world' - Professor, Horticultural Crops Entomology Dept.
of Entomology and Plant Pathology UT Extension Soil, Plant and Pest Center will focus on how you can
maximize biological control in your landscape. He will also alert you to some of the new invasive
pests that are threatening plants in Tennessee landscapes, forests and crops.)
May - Christine Spindel, founding member of the Memphis horticultural Society, will speak on the history and her hopes for the future of the organization.
June - Annual Picnic and plant swap
July - TBA
September - TBA
October - Dr. John Giesemann ('Managing Your Digital Photos' - Computer Specialist, Miss. State University
Extension Service, will tell us how to use our garden photos. He will talk about always keeping the
original, about different programs for editing and resizing photos and about making CD/DVDs for
archiving your photos.)
November - TBA
December - - Christmas Party
2012 Lineup
January - Paul James (HGTV Gardener Guy)
February - Jimmy Williams (Perennials)
March - Cindy Shapton (The Cracked Pot Gardener – Herbs & Kitchen Edibles)
April - Kristin Lamberson (Attracting Butterflies and Hummingbirds)
May - Cindy Gilberg (Landscape Design – Rain Gardens)
June - - Annual Picnic
July - Rodney Burkley (Wormwise Vermicompost)
August - Chris Olsen (Nationally known garden guru, designer, author and TV personality – Creating the WOW factor and/or Jhemajang)
September - Dr. Gary Bachman (Fall and Winter Interest)
October - Ben West (Critter Control)
November - Carl Suk (Hollies)
December - - Christmas Party
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Current Officers and Board
Officers and Board of Directors
President - Barry McCalla
Vice President – Larry Griffin
Secretary - Barbara Wells
Treasurer - Bill Ferrell
Ways & Means - Jim Gafford
Membership Chair - Emelia Miekicki
Program Chair: Sherri McCalla
Immediate Past President - Ginny Fletcher
Committee Members
Ways & Means Committee - Jim Gafford, Bowman Reid & Paul Little
Membership Committee - Betty Griffith & Loretta McCallie
Newsletter Editor - Connie Shepherd
Newsletter Committee - Ginny Fletcher, Emelia Miekicki & Betty Griffith
Website Committee - Barry McCalla
Hospitality / Refreshments - Barbara Gavrock
Floral Arrangements - Donna Olswing
Plant Exchange - Tina McWhorter and Linda Pittman
Historian - Amy Berthouex
Urban Championship Trees - Laurie Williams
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