Garden calendar
Wednesdays through Oct. 30: Farmers Market at the Garden: 2- 6 p.m. at Memphis Botanic Garden, Audubon Park. July 16: Basics of Home Canning and Preserving: 10:30-11:30 a.m. at M.R. Davis Public Library, 8554 Northwest Drive, Southaven. Pat Dhority, Mississippi master gardener, presents an overview of preserving your summer harvest. Call 662342- 0102. July 17: Questions & Answers about Tipton County Extension
programs: Noon to 1 p.m. at UT Extension-Tipton County, 111 West Washington, Covington, Tenn. Free brownbag program with speakers Booker T. Leigh, Priscilla Eddins, Matthew Adams. Call 901-476- 0231. July 19: Ikebana “Cattail Weaving” with Julie Wilson: 1 or 2 p.m. at Memphis Botanic Garden. $15. Bring cup kenzan or kenzan in small bowl; plant materials provided. Call 901-854- 6323, or e-mail jatboone@gmail.com to make reservations. July 20: Aromatherapy Workshop: 10:30 a.m. at Dixon Gallery and Gardens (Catmur Horticulture Building). $40 ($35 Dixon members). Limit 20 participants. Supplies provided. Master gardener and Sijng Dixon discusses volunteer essential Upasana oils derived from well-known and locally grown plants, including plants grown at the Dixon. Reservations required. Call 901-761-5250. dixon.org July 24: “Growing and Using Herbs for Good Taste and Good Health”: Noon to 1 p.m. at Dixon Gallery and Gardens. $7 ($5 students with ID, senior citizens age 65 and up); Dixon members free. A munch-andlearn lecture. Call 901-7615250. dixon.org July 24: Controlling Disease and Insects in Your Vegetable Garden: Noon to 1 p.m. at UT Extension-Tipton County, 111 West Washington, Covington, Tenn. Free brown-bag program with Booker T. Leigh. Call 901-476- 0231. July 27: Dr. Pete Crane Lecture and Book Signing: 10:30 a.m. at Dixon Gallery and Gardens. Dr. Crane, botanist, discusses the “biography” of the ginkgo, the oldest tree on Earth, and signs copies of his new book “Ginkgo: The Tree that Time Forgot.” 901-761-5250. dixon. org July 28: Memphis Orchid Society: 2 p.m. meeting at the Memphis Botanic Garden. Program, “A Bright Future for Vandas,” presented by Martin Motes. Visitors welcome. memphisorchids.org