Easy Gardens for the South

Free Workshop Saturday, 2 p.m. with Horticulturist Harvey Cotten

Tour participants will have the opportunity to learn to create spectacular Southern gardens at a workshop presented by Harvey Cotten, Vice President – Chief Horticulturist of the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. He also serves as Director Emeritus for the Alabama Nurserymen’s’ Association. In 2005, Cotten was elected to the Board of Directors of the Alabama Invasive Plant Council and presently serves as President of the Council. In 2008 he joined the board of the Horticulture Research Institute (HRI), the research arm of the American Nursery & Landscape Association. Cotten teaches classes at the Garden in horticulture and has been a long-time lecturer for the Master Gardener program administered by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. He is co-author of Easy Gardens for the South, an excellent book on gardening in the hot and humid south released in 2009. Books will be available for purchase.

Garden Talk with Harvey

You’ve seen beautiful gardens. Now learn from Harvey Cotten, Chief Horticulturist and Vice-President of the Huntsville (Alabama) Botanic Garden, how to create your own showplace. His Power Point presentation features plants that are simple to grow, require minimal water, and provide months of color in the Southern landscape. The best annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees that withstand our tough Southern climate have been identified through years of testing and observation by landscape designer, author and photographer, Pamela Crawford. The result is the useful and colorful book, Easy Gardens for the South. Cotten is a contributing author and skilled gardener. He will answer questions and autograph copies of Easy Gardens for the South following his presentation.

Schedule

Friday Tour, May 6th

4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  Bluff Top
  Brown Garden
  Williams Garden
  Wills Garden

Saturday Tour, May 7th

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
  Brandon Hall
  The Garden at Anna’s Bottom
  Holder Garden
  Jordan Garden

Free Workshop with Harvey Cotten

Saturday at 2:00 p.m.