Mark your calendars for the 2008 Spring Landscape & Garden Conference on February 16, 2008 at the Tyler Rose Garden Center on W. Front Street. This annual conference brings in experts to speak on a variety of subjects that are of interest to gardeners. Regardless whether your thumb is green or brown, you will learn a lot that you can take and use in your home yard and garden.
Topics this year include:
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Texas Superstars in Your Garden
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Secrets of Successful Vegetable Gardening
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Gardening for a Lifetime (Health Tips & Benefits of Gardening)
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Landscaping with Texas Native Plants
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Common Problems with Small Engines & How to Prevent Them
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Calibrating Sprayers and Spreaders (plus a demonstration)
Speakers include Dr. Jerry Parons, Extension Horticulturist from San Antonio, Joe Novak, Senior Lecturer at Texas A&M, Aubrey King, owner of King's Nursery in Teneha, and Tim Lanthrum, owner of Cutters Equipment in Tyler.
Cost is only $15 at the door, and includes lunch. Several garden-related exhibitors and vendors will also be there. For more information on this and other upcoming gardening programs in the Tyler area, visit East Texas Gardening programs.
