Events and Meetings

Fri Feb 10 2012, 09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Green your Home Winter Plant Sale
Feb 10, 2012 - Feb 12, 2012

Keep your home green through the winter months. Choose from a beautiful selection of house plants, custom potting by Rick Pudwell (your pot or ours), and specialty garden gift items.

Garden staff and Master Gardeners available to assist with plant care tips and purchases.

Free to the Public.

Friday & Saturday, 9am-5pm/Sunday, 11am-4pm. For information call 901-636-4100

Fri Feb 17 2012

Great Backyard Bird Count at the Garden
Feb 17, 2012 - Feb 20, 2012

Memphis Botanic Garden will host a series of bird count programs in conjunction with The National Audubon Society’s nationwide event.

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent.

Spend as little as 15 minutes on one day, or count for as long as you like, each day of the event. Visit http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc for more information and resource materials.

Pick up an information packet any time during regular hours and do your own bird count at home or at the Garden, or join us for one of our group programs. See links below for daily events:
February 17th: Bird ID Brown Bag
February 18th: Early Bird Hike
February 19th: Bring the Flock Day
February 20th: My Big Backyard Bird Count

All GBBC programs at MBG are free with Garden admission.

Sat Feb 18 2012, 09:00 am - 12:00 noon

The Dream Team Steps up to Curb Appeal
Feb 18, 2012
(9:00 AM - 12:00 PM)


(Doors open 8:30 a.m.)

Does your front entry need sprucing up? Wondering how to achieve the best view, both from the street and out your window? Getting your house ready to rent or sell? The Dream Team has the solutions!

Join designers & stagers Patty Rainey and Tommie Criswell-Jones for “Making the First Impression,” landscapers Mary Iberg and John Payne for “Achieving the Look,” and horticulturist Rick Pudwell for “Dressing It Up.”

Presented by The Memphis Area Master Gardeners and Memphis Botanic Garden.
MBG members $3/non-members $8.

Call Caroline Forster, 901-384-8979, or MAMG office, 901-752-1207, for more information.

Sun Feb 19 2012, 4:00 pm

Great Gardens of the World: Hestercombe
Feb 19, 2012
(4:00 PM)

Join Master Gardener Linda Lanier for this virtual tour of Hestercombe in Somerset England.

Light snacks provided. $5 members $10 non-members

Hestercombe is a unique combination of three period gardens - the LANDSCAPE GARDEN was created in the 1750s by soldier and artist, Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, renowned as having "the finest taste for laying out ground of any man in England". Bampfylde's vision was complemented with the addition of a VICTORIAN TERRACE and SHRUBBERY in the 1870s and followed by the creation of the beautiful EDWARDIAN GARDENS designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll between 1904 and 1908. The fifty acres of lakes, temples, cascades, woodland walks, formal terraces, vivid colors and views are visited by over 70,000 people each year.

Wed Feb 22 2012, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

Brown Bag Lunch & Learn. Camellias for the Mid-South by Dabney Turley
Feb 22, 2012
(12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)

Join us for an “encore performance” of this popular talk about planting and caring for camellias.

Dabney Turley, of The Dabney Nursery, is a foundation of the Memphis horticultural community and a knowledgeable speaker.

Bring a sack lunch or order a box lunch from Fratelli’s Café.

Free to members or with Garden admission. No reservations required. Call 636-4100 for information.

Wed Feb 22 2012, 12:00 noon

Munch and Learn: Winter-Flowering Plants with Dale Skaggs

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 12 pm

The winter landscape, normally thought of as bleak and dreary, will come alive for you as Dale describes the many winter-blooming plants that can grace your garden.

Thu Feb 23 2012, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon

Cherry Tree Grafting Workshop
Feb 23, 2012
(10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

2012 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Cherry Tree Planting in Washington, DC. In celebration of this historic gift from the Japanese people, we are offering an opportunity to plant your own tree grafted from the much-loved Yoshinos that line Cherry Road.

Join Dr. Russ James as he takes you step-by-step through the bench grafting process to attach a bud branch to rootstock.

Participants will graft their own cherry tree to take home and plant.

MBG members $10/non-members $15.

Reservations are required. Call 636-4130 to register.

Thu Mar 01 2012, 7:30 pm

Rhodes College presents “The Future of Plants: Diversity, Conservation and Sustainability" by Sir Peter Crane
Mar 1, 2012
(7:30 PM)

Rhodes College will host Sir Peter Crane as this year’s Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. Dr. Crane will be discussing “The Future of Plants: Diversity, Conservation and Sustainability.” His lecture will take place at 7:30pm in Hardie Auditorium-Rhodes College (2000 N. Parkway), and will be free and open to the public.

For more information, visit: http://www.rhodes.edu/phibetakappa or contact Dr. Scott L. Newstok at newstokS@rhodes.edu.

According to Crane, plants are indispensible to human survival and provide us with food, medicines, and a variety of raw materials. Plants are also important regulators of ecological processes at global to local scales. However, relatively little attention is paid to how these crucial global resources, accumulated over more than 450 million years of evolution, will be managed for the future. Crane’s lecture will explore the current status of plant diversity and consider some of the challenges in conserving and managing plants in sustainable ways for human benefit.

Peter Crane has been Carl W. Knobloch Jr. Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale since 2009. His work focuses on the diversity of plant life; its origin and fossil history, its current status, and its
conservation and use. He is the coauthor of The Origin and Diversification of
Land Plants and most recently Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution (August 2011). From 1992 to 1999 he was Director of the Field Museum in Chicago. In 1999 he was appointed Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where, along with other programs on conserving and understanding plant diversity, he worked on the initial establishment of the Millennium Seed Bank. He returned to the U.S. in 2006 as the Johan and Marion Sullivan University Professor at the University of Chicago. Elected to the Royal Society in 1998, he was knighted in the United Kingdom in 2004. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences, a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and a member of the German
Academy Leopoldina.

For more information, see the website: http://www.rhodes.edu/phibetakappa

Sat Mar 10 2012, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon

Rose Seminar

Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 10 am - 12 pm

Calling all rose enthusiasts for a morning of instruction from Jimmy Moser and members of the Memphis & Dixie Rose Society, experts in rose culture in the Mid-South. State of the art information will benefit seasoned rosarians as well as beginners. You won’t want to miss this morning of “Roses 101”: Everything you need to know to grow prize roses. Topics will include building your beds, selecting your roses, and all aspects of rose care. We will have door prizes and refreshments for you to enjoy!

No reservation required. Free for members; $10 for non-members.

Wed Mar 28 2012, 12:00 noon

Munch and Learn : Wildflower Plant Sale Preview with Ellen LeBlond

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 12 pm

Ellen will discuss—as no one else can—some of the many offerings available in our April Plant Sale. You won’t want to miss learning about new selections, as well as tried and true favorites that you’ll want for your own garden.

Fri Apr 13 2012

Spring’s Best Plant Sale
Apr 13, 2012 - Apr 15, 2012

Tue May 01 2012

The 2012 Southern Region Master Gardener Conference is hosted in partnership between the Mississippi Master Gardener Association and the Mississippi State University Extension Service.

The Mississippi Master Gardener Association and Mississippi State University Extension Service are honored to be selected as the hosts for this prestigious conference in our great state.

This event will bring together master gardeners, vendors, horticulture professionals and others with a common interest in all aspects of gardening, the environment and plant sciences.

The 2012 Conference Committee is grateful to all who have made this conference possible through sponsorships, in-kind gifts and hundreds of volunteer hours from our members.

You’re invited to join us in beautiful Natchez for the 2012 Southern Region Master Gardener Conference, May 1-4 at the Natchez Convention Center. (Informational Flyer for Printing)

It will be spring in this historic river town. The air will be filled with the fragrances of confederate jasmine, banana shrub, and heirloom roses—the perfect atmosphere for Southern Master Gardeners to gather and explore.

The days and evenings will offer opportunities for guided tours, educational sessions, shopping with vendors (or shopping on your own at local businesses!) and networking with gardening friends throughout the South. Oh, and don’t forget to stay fortified by indulging in our great Southern cuisine.

Natchez—what you love about the South

Natchez is the oldest city on the Mississippi river (1716). We invite you to experience our history firsthand as you explore some of the most well-preserved and architecturally stunning homes in the American South. With more than 500 antebellum structures, Natchez has more pre-1860s buildings than any other city.

Natchez offers many interesting things to do, places to see and good foods to eat. Sit along the bluff and watch the mighty Mississippi River, take a carriage ride, or ride along the Natchez Trace. In Natchez you will find "What you love about the South.”

Day by day summary of what’s in store for you:

Tuesday, May 1

The first day of the conference is reserved for you. On Tuesday afternoon you will have the opportunity to tour city attractions, either through two pre-arranged bus excursions or self-guided sightseeing. And, as a registered conference attendee, this is the day that the trade show, with all of its shopping opportunities, is exclusively reserved for you.

Wednesday – Thursday, May 2-3

Wednesday morning ushers in two days of a jam packed program. Join our speakers as they share their enthusiasm and expertise. Keynote topics range from gestalt gardening and the showcasing of new plants to landscaping ideas and sustainability methods.

With 35 workshops offered, you can easily choose topics that match your particular gardening interest or need. There’s even a workshop you can use to share your gardening successes online – how to write a blog!

Other options include trade show browsing and silent auctions. And, don’t forget the four Natchez walking tours! You are invited to share in our private gardens, our historic sites and our newly opened Natchez Bluff Trail.

The meals schedule includes both onsite and offsite dining opportunities. Natchez’s overlay of history and cultures have produced a unique cuisine well worth sampling.

Friday, May 4

On the last day you get to choose among several different bus and driving tours. Each will offer you a selection of outstanding site and historic attractions. Or, you might want to walk a nature trail maintained by the area’s Master Gardeners.

Natchez, a city famous for its history and gardens beckons to you. Come and enjoy our hospitality!

Sat Jun 09 2012, 09:00 am - 4:00 pm

The Herb Symposium at Memphis Botanic Garden

Saturday, June 9th
9am-4pm
Opening reception Friday, June 8th

To celebrate the first season of the MBG Herb Garden, join us for a day full of herbal wisdom and lore.
Nationally-known herb speakers including Richo Cech, Steven Foster, and Susan Bellsinger, will lead a variety of tours, talks, culinary demos and hands-on workshops.

$125 ($100 for MBG or MHS members)
Early bird discount…take off $20
if registering before April 9th.
For more information, call 636-4128.

in partnership with Memphis Herb Society
www.memphisbotanicgarden.com