Plants from the Past: A Living Legacy for our Gardens and Yours

Saturday, March 20, 2010
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

• Monticello's curator of plants Peggy Cornett on "Historic Plants: Why Grow Them, Where to Get Them, and How to Tend Them"
• Dennis Whetzel, nursery manager at Monticello's Center for Historic Plants, with tips on rose propagation & historic plants available sure to fit perfectly in your own garden
• Lunch together & a chance to "chat gardens" with the experts
• Walks and Talks in the gardens & "shrubberies"** of Stratford Hall
• Stratford Hall's own beloved gardens advisor Don Haynie speaking on monastic gardens and our great debt to the monks of medieval Europe for preserving gardening traditions otherwise possibly lost forever

**For all you Jane Austen fans!

A fee of $45.00* covers all the day's events and a delicious boxed lunch. Space is limited, so sign up early!! Registration deadline is March 16, 2010. For more details & to register, please contact Ken McFarland at 804-493-8038, ext. 1558 or by e-mail. More information can be found at http://www.stratfordhall.org/calendar.

*$40.00 for Friends of Stratford Hall