Special Events

2005 SPRING SYMPOSIUM Co-sponsored by the Atlanta Botanical Garden and Georgia Perennial Plant Association Saturday, February 5, 2005 Day Hall ABG 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. "The Bower of Our Sweet Content: Gardening for the Senses" One consequence of today’s frantic pace is its numbing effect on our ability to savor fleeting moments of beauty.  This year’s symposium, co-sponsored by the Atlanta Botanical Garden and the Georgia Perennial Plant Association, celebrates the five senses and suggests ways for enriching your gardening experience. Read about the exciting line-up of speakers. Registration Information below. Deadline January 28th!

"Sight" In the Eye of the Beholder: Heavenly Color through the Seasons Pam Duthie is the owner of The Gifted Gardener, a landscape design company.  She is the author of Continuous Bloom, the 2001 winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for ‘best new garden book of the year’.  Her latest book, Continuous Color: Shrubs & Small Trees for the Continuous Bloom Garden offers an easily accessible way to plan a garden starting with shrubs, conifers and small trees and then deciding the perennial partners that will be included.

"Smell"  Fragrant Temptations Geri Laufer, horticulturist and author, is the recipient of top awards in both gardening and garden writing from American Nursery & Landscape Association, Garden Writers’ Association, Book of the Month Club, Garden Book Club and the National Cooperative Extension Service. Her home gardens have appeared in five books and on four national tours.  She is the author of Tussie-Mussies.

"Touch" The Alchemy of Texture in the Shade Garden Mildred Pinnell Fockele is the Horticulture Director at Atlanta Botanical Garden, responsible for all outdoor gardens and collections.  She is also overseeing the development of the 185-acre Smithgall Arboretum, a satellite of the Atlanta Botanical Garden in Gainesville, GA.  Mildred lives and gardens in Gainesville where she has an extensive and renowned shade garden.

"Hearing" A Symphony of Sounds: Springs, Songbirds & Serpents Lee Anne White is a professional photographer with a passion for plants and an avid gardener who has broken ground and more than a few shovels in Georgia’s red clay and Connecticut’s rocky loam. She is the former chief editor of Fine Gardening magazine and the author, editor and/or photographer of nearly a dozen books on landscape design. Her most recent titles include Taunton’s Backyard Idea Book, Pool Idea Book and Front Yard Idea Book. She teaches garden photography at the Maine Photographic Workshops.

"Taste" Savoring the Experience Lucinda Hutson is a nationally celebrated food, garden, and lifestyle writer.  She is the author of The Herb Garden Cookbook, now in its Second Edition and seventeenth year of publication. Her colorful recipes were selected for the covers of Southern Living in May 2001 and the Time-Life cookbook series Great Meals in Minutes: Mexican Menus. She has written articles for Fine Gardening, Food & Wine, Food Arts, The Herb Companion, Kitchen Garden, Horticulture, Texas Highways, and many other magazines.

Symposium Registration Deadline is January 28, 2005 Cost is $52 for GPPA and ABG members, $62 for non-members A box lunch can be ordered with your registration  for $10. turkey sandwich, chicken salad or veggie wrap Register  by calling the Education Dept at the Atlanta Botanical Garden (404) 876-5859 ext. 2558 Click here to see the day's schedule