| Our 5th Joy of Gardening Symposium will be held Saturday, February 27, 2010, with two Keynote speakers, Bryce Lane and Erica Glasener. Our first speaker will be Bryce Lane, host of television show In The Garden! Below you will find a short description and picture from the UNC TV website. In the Garden, a 30-minute weekly educational program hosted by N.C. State University's Bryce Lane, introduces viewers to the science behind gardening. The series is offered in 3 26-week seasons as a college course through the university's continuing education program. Viewers will learn the fundamentals of horticulture -- how plants grow, plant identification, home landscaping techniques and information and ideas they can use in and around their homes. Lane gives viewers an inside look at the nationally acclaimed J.C. Raulston Arboretum, various garden centers and his very own garden. He also shows how to identify sick or diseased plants and explains what to do to bring them back to life. Lane also highlights a plant of the week, explaining how to grow the plant and use it successfully in the landscape. Viewers can suggest future Plants of the Week, and if those whose plant idea is used as a Plant of the Week will receive a free In the Garden t-shirt. |
Our second speaker will be Erica Glasener, host of HGTV'S "A Gardener's Diary" Below you will find a short description and picture from HGTV Erica Glasener is nationally known as the host of HGTV’s “A Gardener’s Diary.” Since 1995 she has introduced her audience to horticulture professionals, specialty plant growers, hobby gardeners, landscape architects, artists and many more in the gardening world through her popular TV show. Erica has traveled across the country to find the most interesting gardeners, to help them tell their stories and showcase their work. An experienced writer, Erica is the co-author of Month-By-Month Gardening in Georgia (new edition 2007) and The Georgia Gardener’s Guide (co-authored with Walter Reeves, revised edition published 2004). She writes an online garden column for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a bimonthly garden column for Southern Lady magazine. As a frequent guest on local, regional and national lifestyle radio programs, she likes to help people solve garden problems. Erica earned a degree in Ornamental Horticulture from the University of Maryland. She has served as a contributing editor for Fine Gardening and her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Farmer’s Almanac, Atlanta Magazine and The Green Guide. |
