Events
& Schedule
- 3-Acre Vegetable, Flower & Herb Garden
- 22 Garden Seminars Each Day (see schedule)
- Banana Trial
- Flower Trials
- HUGE Plant Sale
- Ornamental Grasses
- Guided Walking Tours
- Wagon Ride Tours
- Pond Management Workshop
- Ethnic Garden
- Hummingbird Garden
- Shade Garden
- Beekeeping Demonstration
- Climbing Vegetables & Flowers
- Compost Demonstration
- Butterfly Gardening
- All-America Selections Winners Garden
- Mississippi Medallion Winners Garden
- Master Gardener Programs
- Family & Consumer Science Exhibits
- The Corn Meal Man
- Backyard Wildlife Habitat
- Firewise Trailer
- AgrAbility Gardening Acessibility Exhibit
2009 Garden Seminar Schedule
Friday, October 16 - Seminar A (Conference Room)
Printable version: Friday only
10:15 to 10:45
Fun with Vegetables (Jason Behrends)
10:55 to 11:25
Cooking With Sweetpotatoes (Donna Speed)
11:35 to 12:05
Fruits & Vegetables: A Key to Improved Health (Jane Clary)
12:15 to 12:45
Roses & The MSU Rose Garden (Pam Collins)
12:55 to 1:25
Introduction to Nature Photography (Dr. Russell Christie)
1:35 to 2:00
Wildlife Food Plots (Bill Maily)
Friday, October 16 - Seminar B (Big Shop)
10:00 to 10:45
“Produce-ing” a Great Arrangement (Catherine Hanson Strange)
11:00 to 11:45
Sharp Knife, Fresh Seeds, & New Plants for You (Nellie Neal)
12:00 to 12:45 Cool Season Splendor and Summer Superlatives from Sakata (Jamie Kitz)
1:00 to 1:45 Hot New Plants (Norman Winter)
Friday, October 16 - Seminar C (Composting Center - outdoors)
10:15 to 10:45 Make Your Own Hypertufa Garden Stuff (Larry Strayer)
11:00 to 11:30 Permaculture (Peter Hercules)
11:45 to 12:15 Pond Management Workshop (Bill Maily, Shelby Bearden, Houston Therrell)
– moves from Seminar C to the POND
12:30 to 1:00 Making Living Wreaths (Yvette Cutrer)
1:00 to 1:30 Coneflowers for Mississippi (Gary Bachman)
Walking Tours & Workshops:
- Plant Disease Walking Tour (David Ingram) - meet at Info Tent at
10
- Vegetable Garden Walking Tour (Bill Evans) - meet at Info Tent
at 10:45
- Accessible Gardening Workshop (Emily Knight) - meet at AgrAbility
Tent 11:30
- Insect ID Walking Tour (Blake Layton) - meet at Info Tent at 12:00
- Flower Garden Walking Tour (Jamie Kitz) - meet at flower mound
at 1:00
- High Tunnels and Season Extension Workshop (Mengmeng Gu, Bill Evans,
and Guihong Bi) - meet at Info Tent at 1:30
Saturday, October 17 - Seminar A (Conference Room)
Printable version: Saturday only
10:15 to 10:45 Fun with Vegetables (Jason Behrends)
10:55 to 11:25 Cooking With Sweetpotatoes (Donna Speed)
11:35 to 12:05
Fruits & Vegetables: A Key to Improved Health (Jane Clary)
12:15 to 12:45
Roses & The MSU Rose Garden (Pam Collins)
12:55 to 1:25 Introduction to Nature Photography (Dr. Russell Christie)
1:35 to 2:00 Wildlife Food Plots (Bill Maily)
Saturday, October 17 - Seminar B (Big Shop)
10:00 to 10:45
“Produce-ing” a Great Arrangement (Catherine Hanson Strange)
11:00 to 11:45 Cool Season Splendor and Summer Superlatives from Sakata (Jamie Kitz)
12:00 to 12:45
Sharp Knife, Fresh Seeds, & New Plants for You (Nellie Neal)
1:00 to 1:45 Hot New Plants (Norman Winter)
Saturday, October 17 - Seminar C (Composting Center - outdoors)
10:15 to 10:45 Coneflowers for Mississippi (Gary Bachman)
11:00 to 11:30 Make Your Own Hypertufa Garden Stuff (Larry Strayer)
11:45 to 12:15 Pond Management Workshop (Bill Maily, Shelby Bearden, Houston Therrell)
– moves from Seminar C to the POND
12:30 to 1:00 Making Living Wreaths (Yvette Cutrer)
1:00 to 1:30
Permaculture (Peter Hercules)
Walking Tours & Workshops:
- Plant Disease Walking Tour (David Ingram) - meet at Info Tent at
10
- Vegetable Garden Walking Tour (Bill Evans) - meet at Info Tent
at 10:45
- Accessible Gardening Workshop (Emily Knight) - meet at AgrAbility
Tent 11:30
- Flower Garden Walking Tour (Jamie Kitz) - meet at flower mound
at 12:00
- Insect ID Walking Tour (Blake Layton) - meet at Info Tent at 1:00
- High Tunnels and Season Extension Workshop (Mengmeng Gu, Bill Evans,
and Guihong Bi) - meet at Info Tent at 1:30
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