2007 Les Reeves Lecture Series

September 20 - Barney Lipscomb, BRIT, Fort Worth, Texas - “Art and Science: Redoute” - barney@brit.org  

October 18 - Cecil Pounders, USDA-ARS, Poplarville, Mississippi - “Improving plants for Southern Gardens - cpounders@msa-stoneville.ars.usda.gov  

November 15 - Ken Tilt, Auburn University, Alabama -  "Lotus: The whole world gets it but US".  One of the oldest cultivated plants in the world, worshiped and admired in religion, art and literature and is enjoyed by BILLIONS of people in China, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and other countries all but US. From the beauty in the garden, to elegance on a dinner plate, to beer nuts in the bar to anti-aging and other medicinal wonders, Lotus makes a difference. See what you have been missing with this plant and possibly a few other jewels of the orient -  kentilt@gmail.com.

December 20 - Dave Creech, SFA Mast Arboretum Director, Nacogdoches, TX - “Mexico, China and baseball - ain’t life grand?  - dcreech@sfasu.edu

2008 LECTURE SERIES 

Jan 17            Jeff Abt - Yakking about Tibet - j.abt@mac.com  

Feb 21            Ed Bush – “Plants that transcend time” - ebush@agctr.lsu.edu   

Mar 20            David Knauft, University of Georgia - “Breeding plants for the 21^st century - dknauft@uga.edu  

Apr 17             Jerry Parsons – “Texas Superstars – Past, Present, Future’ - jerryparsons@tamu.edu   

May 15           John Ruter - Plant Selection and Breeding for Coastal Plain  Landscapes - ruter@uga.edu  

June 19          Ken Krauss, USGS Wetland Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana - “I prefer life on the wet side” -  kkrauss@usgs.gov  

July 17            Jimmy Turner, Dallas Arboretum - "Plagiarize and Planterize!" -  Design and plant ideas that knocked my socks off, and that I intend on stealing for my garden!  jturner@dallasarboretum.org  

Aug 21 –        Paul Cox of the San Antonio Botanical Garden – “I’m offensive and so are my plants.” – paul.cox@sanantonio.gov   

Sept 18 –       Susan Haltom - 'Lessons from the Welty Garden, Mississippi 1925 - 1945' - james.haltom@gmail.com  

Oct 16 -          Tom Foley of Ball Seed Company, Chicago – “Ornamental  Landscape Plants for over-stressed home owners”                       TFoley@ballornamentals.com

Nov 20            Scott McMahan - Georgia - “A few "high spot" plant hunting events  in my   life, and as an added bonus, a dozen or two plants that knock me dead”             smcmahan@bellsouth.net  

Dec 18           Dave Creech - Director, SFA Mast Arboretum - “Is there life after retirement?”  dcreech@sfasu.edu

 

Scheduling Information  Arboretum Adventures, GardenQuest, and Go Wild! may be scheduled by calling 936-468-1832 or by email to erodewald@sfasu.edu.  Reservations are required at least two weeks in advance for all programs.  Spring is a popular time at the Arboretum, so we encourage you to make reservations early or consider a visit in the Fall.  To ensure a safe and enjoyable visit, one adult for every ten students is required.