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HOSTED BY
The University of Texas
IN COOPERATION WITH
Texas Cooperative
The Herb Society
International
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 he ninth Winedale Gardening Symposium follows highly successful programs each year since 1994. This year’s topic, “Creating a Texas Country Garden,” will cover many of the defining characteristics of both old and new garden interpretations suitable for Texas conditions.In this symposium we will examine a range of garden topics, from the geology and topology of your site, through prairie grasses for restoration of meadows or for garden planting, to views of past and present folk gardens in Texas. Peggy Cornett of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants at Monticello, Virginia, will speak on the myth and mystery of Texas wildflowers and their Thomas Jefferson connections. A special attraction this year will be noted native-plant expert Jill Nokes, who will share views and descriptions of folk gardens of Texas TOURS. - There will be no workshops or tours on Friday afternoon. Instead, tours will take place on Saturday afternoon after the close of the symposium and plant sale. Blumenfeld, the restored 1860s country home and garden of Dr. and Mrs. Bill Welch is near Greenvine, Texas on Highway 2502, within 4 miles of Winedale. The home and garden of Bob and Mary Anne Pickens is between Frelsburg and Columbus. It is a replica of Mrs. Pickens’ grandparents’ house on part of the site of the former Pearfield Nursery begun by her great-grandfather, J. F. (Fritz) Leyendecker, in 1876. Gartenfest registration will begin on the Menke House (Festival Hill) front porch at 5:00 P.M. FRIDAY EVENING AT FESTIVAL HILL. - Registration for the evening at Festival Hill is limited, and has been an early sellout every year. Included are opportunities for further visiting of the Festival Hill Herb Gardens, reception at Menke House at 6:30, and dinner at 7:00 under the direction of Gwen Barclay and her staff. After dinner, there will be a program of entertainment by Joshua Cumby in the Edythe Bates Old Chapel at Festival Hill. Joshua will present a program “Beethoven and Buttercup . . . A Miniature Musical Revue of the Classical, Comical, and Much In-Between.” SATURDAY PROGRAM AT WINEDALE. - Following the Welcome and Introduction by Bill Welch and Kate Adams, representing the Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin, will be a program by Bob Pickens and William C. Welch entitled, “The Lay of the Land - Design and Planting for Your Site.” Bob Pickens is a retired geologist with interests in native plants and water issues. Brian Hays and Matt Wagner of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Texas A&M University, will present detailed information on “Prairie Grasses for Restoration and Garden Plantings,” followed by Mary Anne Pickens, Past President of the Native Plant Society of Texas, who will share details of her family’s plant heritage in “A Garden With a Past.” Greg Grant, well-known Texas horticulturist and plant breeder, will speak on “Color for Your Country Garden,” and give details of the many rare and choice items available for purchase during the symposium in his “Preview of Plant Sale.” After luncheon and the beginning of the plant sale, the program will proceed with “Myth and Mystery of Texas Wildflowers and Thomas Jefferson Connections” by Peggy Cornett of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants, Monticello. Jill Nokes will present a program entitled, “A Sample of Folk Gardens in Texas.” She is a well known expert in the production of native plants. Her book How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest has recently been published by The University of Texas Press in a revised and expanded edition. The plant sale will continue after the programs until 3:00. At that time the tours will begin.
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