Friday April 16 2010
10:00am – 7:00pm
 
Saturday April 17, 2010
9:00am – 6:00pm
  

20th Annual Spring Symposium

 

Wilson…. Alive With Color Featured Speaker

FELDER RUSHING

bulbscanbefun_2 Friday, April 16 1-2 pm & 3-4 pm Felder Rushing , a 10th generation southern gardener whose quirky, overstuffed cottage garden in Jackson, MS, has been featured in many magazines, Southern Living, Garden Design, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, House and Garden, Better Homes and Gardens, and the New York Times.He has written or co-authored over a dozen gardening books. He has been one of only six members of Southern Living’s garden advisory board, and now is a contributing editor for Horticulture Magazine out of Boston. Visit his web sites: www.felderrushing.net and www.slowgardening.net.  

Speaker Schedules


Friday April 16

11 am-Noon…The Edible Landscape
Mr. Scott Thomas
Smith Evergreen Nursery, Wilson, NC

1-2 pm…Passalong Plants: Unkillable Heirlooms
Anyone Can Grow
Mr.Felder Rushing
Nationally known gardener,
radio personality, and author

3-4 pm…Yard Art – The Good, Bad and the Unbelievable
Mr. Felder Rushing

Saturday, April 17
10-11am …Roses
Mr. David Strickland
Witherspoon Rose Culture, Durham, NC

Noon-1pm…Green Building
Mr. Chad Ray
Old Heritage Builders, Raleigh
NC Regional III VP of NC Home Builders Association

2-3pm…Vegetable Gardening
Mr. Patrick Robinette
Community Christian Ag. Teacher / FFA

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Location: 1801 London Church Road