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Along with flowers and garden décor, the 2014 Arts Alive! Home Garden Show will feature a lineup of horticulture experts, each sharing information on helping landscapes survive drought restrictions.
The annual fundraiser for the Kemp Center, which also benefits a number of local nonprofit organizations, will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $5 in advance and for active military and $7 at the door.
Experts scheduled to present valuable gardening information Saturday include:
9:15-10:45 a.m. — “Vegetable Gardening” with Joseph Masabni, Texas AM University assistant professor and Extension vegetable specialist for the Department of Horticulture Science.
Masabni will focus on vegetable gardening in North Texas under drought-related water restrictions.
After his presentation, Masabni will answer gardeners’ questions in the area across from the Master Gardeners booth.
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — “Heirloom Bulbs” with Chris Wiesinger. After completing a project on bulbs while a student at Texas AM, they became a personal passion for Wiesinger. Determined to introduce hearty, often drought-tolerant heirloom bulbs to a new generation of gardeners, he and his wife, Rebecca, started The Southern Bulb Company. Copies of Wiesinger’s latest book, “The Bulb Hunter,” will be available for sale across from the Master Gardeners booth
12:30-1:45 p.m. — “Rainwater Harvesting” with Dotty Woodson, Texas AM AgriLife Extension Service program specialist for water resources. Woodson’s presentation, “Rainwater Harvesting for Landscape Irrigation,” will include information on creating an effective home rainwater harvesting system. After her presentation, Woodson will answer questions in the Extension Service’s demonstration area across from the Master Gardeners booth.
2-3:15 p.m. — Mark Bullitt, senior project manager for the Dallas Arboretum, presents “What’s Up at the Dallas Arboretum.” Bullitt, a Wichita Falls native, earned a degree in landscape architecture from Texas Tech University in 2008. He supervises landscape development projects and manages the design process for each garden transition at the nationally renowned horticultural center. He will discuss what’s working for the arboretum and what’s being tested this year.
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