Gardening Friends of the Big Bend: Southern Bulbs Workshop

Have you been gardening here in the Deep South believing that bulbs just will not thrive here?  Join Gardening Friends of the Big Bend to learn about those lovely flowers produced by bulbs, corms, or rhizomes that will flourish, reproduce, and naturalize in our climate.  Seventh generation South Carolinian gardener Jenks Farmer will educate and inspire us in his presentation on lovely, diverse crinum lilies.  Jenks has specialized in gardening to take advantage of long, hot summers and short cool winters.  He writes about and photographs gardens throughout the country.  His articles appear regularly in Carolina Gardener, Fine Gardening, Organic Gardening, Horticulture, American Nurseryman and several scientific journals.  Tallahassee’s own Linda Van Beck will tell us about the multitude of daffodils, jonquils and other narcissus that prosper here.  North Florida Research and Education Center’s Dr. Gary Knox will share his passion for rain lilies.  Local plantswoman Sue Watkins will wrap up the afternoon telling us about other bulbs that please Deep South gardeners.  Registration will begin at 1:45 pm on April 18, 2009 with the program beginning at 2:00 pm, ending with door prizes at approximately

5 pm.  As with all Gardening Friends events this event will be held at UF/IFAS’s North Florida Research and Education, 155 Research Center, Quincy, FL  32351.  NFREC is located two miles south of Quincy at the intersection of Hwy 267 and I-10, about 20 miles west of Tallahassee.  To cover costs of this event the pre-registration for non-members will be $10, pre-registration for GFBB members will be $5.  Registration at the door will increase to $15 for non-members, $10 for members.  Those attendees pre-registering will receive two door prize tickets.  Please pre-register by 5 PM, Wednesday, April 15, 2009.  You may call NFREC at 850-875-7100, e-mail Jill Williams at B419@aol.com or register on our new website, www.thegfbb.com.  If using the GFBB website click on “Event Reservations” in the menu on the left.