Events

The LSU AgCenter and affiliated groups offer a variety of educational opportunities, as well as garden shows and related events for both home gardeners and green industry professionals.  Take your passion for gardening to the next level—check out some of the upcoming events below to get more involved in the gardening realm of the greater Baton Rouge area.  Make sure to check with the contact person listed for detailed information on each event.

Spring Garden Shows and Spring Gardening Workshops

For Home Gardeners

 

March 12, 2011

Spring Garden Day

Hammond Research Station

Hammond, La.

Contact Sandra Benjamin at sbenjamin@agcenter.lsu.edu

March 18-20, 2011

Jackson Garden and Patio Show

Trade Mart at the Fairgrounds

Jackson, Miss.

www.msnla.org

March 19-20, 2011

Northshore Spring Garden Show

St Tammany Parish Fairgrounds

Covington, La.

Contact Rusty Batty at rbatty@agcenter.lsu.edu

March 25-26, 2011

SW LA Garden Festival

Burton Memorial Coliseum

Lake Charles, La.

Contact Robert Turley at rturley@agcenter.lsu.edu

March 26, 2011

MGer Spring Gardening Symposium

Natchitoches, La.

Contact Jeanne Brewton at

llb3@suddenlink.net

March 26-27, 2011

Baton Rouge Spring Garden Show

Parker Coliseum

Baton Rouge, La.

Contact David Himelrick at dhimelrick@agcenter.lsu.edu

April 2-3, 2011

New Orleans Spring Garden Show

City Park Botanical Gardens

New Orleans, La.

Contact Russell Harris at ruharris@agcenter.lsu.edu

April 2, 2011

Festival de Fleurs

Lafayette, La.

Contact Billy Welsh at welsh@louisiana.edu

April 30, 2011

TARC Garden and Market Festival

Houma, La.

Contact Barton Joffrion at bjoffrion@agcenter.lsu.edu

June 4, 2011

Daylily Festival

Abbeville, La.

Contact Stuart Gauthier at sgauthier@agcenter.lsu.edu

July 4, 2011

Consumer Horticulture Field Day

Burden Center

Baton Rouge, La.

Contact Jeff Kuehny at jkuehny@agcenter.lsu.edu

 

 

Horticulture Lunch and Learn at Louisiana House – 2011

Contact Kyle Huffstickler at khuffstickler@agcenter.lsu.edu

March 18, 2011

TBA

April 8, 2011

Louisiana Super Plants – Allen Owings

 

 

Reflections in the Garden by the Burden Horticulture Society – 2011

www.burdenhorticulturesociety.org

or call Burden Center at 225.763.3990

March 14, 2011

Bird Gardening – Charles Fryling

April 4, 2011

Container Gardening – Toby Massengale

May 2, 2011

New and Exciting Warm Season Annuals – Mitch Mayes

June 6, 2011

Texture, Color and Shape in the Landscape – TBA

July 11, 2011

New and Unique Plants for Summer and Fall – Bob Souvestre

August 1, 2011

Green Gardening for Weed and Pest Control – Dan Gill

September 12, 2011

Shade Gardening – Marion Drummond

October 3, 2011

New and Exciting Cool Season Color – Bill Rountree

November 7, 2011

Holiday Arrangements with a Natural Look – Emily Stich

December 5, 2011

Citrus and Other Fruit Trees - TBA

Clegg’s Communications

 

Cultivate your garden knowledge with Clegg’s as we branch beyond the nursery.

 

Listen to Scott Ricca with the WJBO Lawn and Garden Show on Saturdays, and phone in to have any of your garden questions answered.  You can also read garden articles published monthly by Elena Fennell in the Louisiana Homes and Gardens magazine and the Louisiana Gardener magazine.

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