Friday, April 18, 2008 Schedule

Executive Auditorium
 
10:15-11:30   Gardens of the World:  A Decade of Travel 
Robert McDuffie, landscape architect and VT Associate Professor. Travel with Mr. McDuffie from Italy to New Zealand to South Africa and Japan without losing your luggage.

11:45-1:00   The Seven Secrets of Successful Organic Gardening
Mike McGrath, host of public radio's, "You Bet Your Garden", will help you grow twice as much in half the space and half the time with these hints.

2:00-3:15    Brilliant Color Containers
Beth Babbit, UT State Master Gardener Coordinator and co-host of the "Garden Girls", a Knoxville weekly radio show, will cover the fundamentals of container gardening. Creative containers, color combinations, and plant selection will be discussed

3:30 - 4:45 Favorite Flowering Shrubs for Appalachian Gardens
Hugh Conlon, University of Tennessee Ornamental Horticulture Specilist, presents a four seasons look at many new and exciting flowering shrubs which will add color, form and life around your garden and outdoor living area.

Room 240

10:15-11:30   What's Bugging You?
Eric Day, manager of the Virginia Tech Insect identification Laboratory, will help us identify "the good, the bad, and the ugly" insects in the garden.

11:45-1:00   Pressed Flower Workshop
Pat Smith, owner of Sonshine Crafts, founding member of the World Wide Pressed Flower Guild, and a judge for the 2008 Philadelphia Flower Show, will help you create an 8" x 10" leaf basket of pressed flowers in this hands on workshop. There will be a $5.00 supply fee.

2:00 - 3:15   Bringing an Old Landscape Back to Life
Robert McDuffie, landscape architect and Associate Professor of Horticulture at Virginia Tech. Mr. McDuffie shows examples of what can be done to revive an overgrown, neglected yard.

Rain Garden Tour Friday, April 18, 3:30-5:00 pm

Tour rain gardens in Abingdon on this one and a half hour tour and discover how to add this landscape feature to your yard. A rain garden is created in a shallow basin planted with native vegetation that soaks up rain water, reducing runoff from roofs and driveways. The tour will feature gardens installed by the Upper Tennessee River Roundtable in partnership with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Town of Abingdon. Transportation provided. No additional fee for the tour. Participation is limited-arrive early! Please go to the Garden Faire Information Booth for direction.