Gardening Lectures sponsored by the Horticultural Society of Maryland

Sept. 9, 2008 Tuesday 7:30 p.m.	Carol Reese “Sex and the Single Stamen”. “The sometimes bizarre but entertaining sex life of the garden”. An Ornamental Horticultural Specialist at the Univ. of Tennessee Extension Service, Carol has a reputation for speaking on the wilder side of the garden. As entertaining as she is knowledgeable, Carol will tell us what the birds and the bees really do among all those cool plants.
Oct.14, 2008 Tuesday 7:30 p.m.	TBA
Nov. 11, 2008 Tuesday 7:30 p.m.	Andrew Bunting “England’s Eclectic Gardens. What I have done on my summer vacations”. Treasured by HSM members for the many informative lectures he has delivered to us over the years, Andrew has been the curator of the Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore since 1993. In his quest for plant and design ideas, Andrew has visited England many times. He will take us with him on a photographic trip to England to share with us his extensive knowledge on gardening.
Dec. 9, 2008 Tuesday 7:30 p.m.	Paul Babikow “Exotic Plants From My Garden”. Babikow Greenhouses is a wholesale nursery growing annuals, perennials, hardy ferns, native plants, groundcovers and bamboo that has been in business since 1875. Paul grew up in the company where he has attained a lifetime’s knowledge of plants that do well in the Baltimore area. .
* No Meetings in January and February
March 9, 2009 Tuesday 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.	Robert Lyons “Secrets of an Attention-Deficit Gardener". An unembarrassed account of using annuals and tender perennials to create brilliant landscapes that can change every year.” Bob Lyons is an entertaining speaker who is also a professor of Landscape Horticulture at the Univ. of Delaware and the Director oftheLongwood Graduate Program in Public Horticulture An unembarrassed account of using annuals and tender perennials to create brilliant landscapes that can change every year.” Bob Lyons is an entertaining speaker who is also a professor of Landscape Horticulture at the Univ. of Delaware and the Director of the Longwood Graduate Program in Public Horticulture.
April 13, 2009 Tuesday 7:30 p.m.	TBA
May 12, 2009 Tuesday 7:30 p.m.	TBA
Ma 31y , 2009 Sunday 10 - 4	HSM Garden Tour Gardens of Lutherville Members free with membership card Non-members at the entrance $20