Frieda Utermoehlen Carter Lecture Series

Join us in the Rock City Pavilion as we hear from some of the South's foremost horticultural experts.

Saturdays and Sundays at 1:00pm

 

Saturday, May 16, 1:00pm

Dr. Allan Armitage presents:
"Gardeners are a wee bit crazy...but don't  we love it!"

Dr. Armitage is well known as a writer, speaker and researcher throughout the world. He has evaluated garden plants in Montreal, Canada; East Lansing, Michigan; and now in Athens, Georgia and has gained appreciation of plant development in the North and South. He holds his B.Sc from MacDonald College, Quebec, M.Sc. from University of Guelph, Ontario and his Ph.D. from Michigan State.

He has written over 400 articles and papers in journals such as Horticulture Magazine, American Nurseryman Greenhouse Grower, Grower Talks, Plant Physiology and the journals of the American Society of Horticultural Science. He is also the author of 11 books. He is best known for his classroom and reference text, Herbaceous Garden Perennials, a Treatise of Identification, Culture and Garden Attributes. He has had well over 3000 photos published, in his own works and elsewhere. His photo site (www.armitageimages.net) serves as a global source for plant photos and is used by websites, plant label makers, and others interested in obtaining photos.

 

 

Sunday, May 17, 1:00pm

Walter Reeves presents:
"How to make your garden YOUR garden!"

Walter Reeves is retired from the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, where he worked for 29 years. He hosts a radio call-in show on NewsTalk 750 WSB-AM every Saturday morning from 6:00 to 10:00 am. "The Lawn and Garden Show with Walter Reeves" is among the most listened to radio shows in Atlanta, competing with 30 other radio stations. He also edits and publishes "The Georgia Gardener" e-mail newsletter for WSB radio, which has grown in three years to 25,000 subscribers. Walter has done radio gardening call-in for twenty years.

Walter also writes a weekly column of garden tips and questions & answers for the Thursday Living section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and has just completed his seventeenth year of this effort. In addition, he hosts "Gardening in Georgia" on Georgia Public Television. The weekly broadcast airs each year from April through October. This is the eighth year of the show. He is also the author of several publications including "501 Garden Questions and Answers for Georgia", "Month by Month Gardening in Georgia", "50 Best Flowering Plants for Georgia", "50 Best Trees for Georgia", "and "50 Best Shrubs for Georgia."

Saturday, May 23, 1:00pm

Sue Hamilton presents:
"Green Gardening"

Dr. Sue Hamilton is the director of the University of Tennessee Gardens where over 60,000 visitors enjoy their beauty and education each year. The UT Gardens are important "proving grounds" where each year hundreds of different cultivars of trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, and herbs are evaluated for their landscape performance in the Southeastern region of the United States. Dr. Hamilton is co-host of "The Garden Girls" talk radio show and has written a book "The Best Garden Plants for Tennessee." She also is an avid gardener and enjoys practicing what she teaches.

Dr. Hamilton has a Bachelor's of Science degree in Ornamental Horticulture from the University of Tennessee, 1980; a Master's degree in Horticulture from Ohio State University, 1983; a Doctorate degree in Adult Education from the University of Tennessee, 1995.

Sunday, May 24, 1:00pm

Ruth Baumgardner presents:
"Extending the season with perennial color"

Ruth Baumgardner and her husband, Erbin, are owners of Mouse Creek (Nursery) Perennial Farm located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains at Riceville, TN. In business for more than 20 years, her nursery specializes in growing more than 600 varieties of hardy herbaceous perennials, and a large selection of herbs and unusual annuals.
A former school teacher whose love for perennials led to starting a nursery in 1983, Mrs. Baumgardner discovered that many gardeners were not familiar with the array of perennials that could be grown in the South. Thus, she embarked on a gardening mission of educating the public to the wonderful world of perennial gardening. She is the immediate Past President of the Perennial Plant Association, having served as Southeastern Director and Chairman of the Education Committee. The Perennial Plan Association, with more than 2,000 members in the United States, Canada, and Europe, is the organization that selects the Perennial Plant of the Year.

Mrs. Baumgardner lectures throughout the country on perennials and the use of perennials in the landscape. In 2004, the Tennessee Master Gardeners honored Mrs. Baumgardner for her 10 years of service, teaching perennial classes to aspiring gardeners in four counties.

 

 

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