Garden calendar

Tuesday: 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 662-342-0102. Wednesday: Questions and Answers about Tipton County Extension programs: Noon-1 p.m. at UT Extension-Tipton County, 111 West Washington, Covington, Tenn. Free brown-bag program with speakers Booker T. Leigh, Priscilla Eddins, Matthew Adams. Call 901-476-0231. Wednesdays through Oct. 30: Farmers Market at the Garden: 2-6 p.m. at Memphis Botanic Garden, Audubon Park. 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: Fayette County’s Best Tomato Contest: 10 a.m. Fayette County Farmer’s Market (Tractor Supply parking lot) on U.S. 64 between Oakland & Somerville. No entry fees. Put your tomatoes to the test. Ribbons for following categories: Largest by circumference (youth and adult grower); largest by weight (youth and adult grower); tastiest heirloom (adult); tastiest nonheirloom (adult); tastiest tomato (youth). Call 901-465-5233. utextension.tennessee.edu 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 Dixon volunteer Upasana Sijng discusses essential oils derived from well-known and locally grown plants, including plants grown at the Dixon. Reservations required. Call 901-761-5250. dixon.org July 20: Memphis African Violet Society: Noon meeting at Central Christian Church, 531 S. McLean (at Peabody). The program will be “Petrocosmeas — Relatives of African Violets,” presented by vice president Deborah Cole. Public invited. 901-385-1148 or 901-757-1136. 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 brownbag 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. Crane, a 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.” 901-7615250. 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