Historic Plants

Northern Neck News

March 3, 2010

Stratford Hall presents program on "Plants from History"

The first day of spring seems a fitting time to kick off a new season of gardening. Stratford Hall will offer a full day of celebration of historic plants and gardens Saturday, March 20, 2010, starting at 9:30 a.m.

Monticello’s curator of plants Peggy Cornett will lecture 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 and historic plants available sure to fit perfectly in your own garden.

An informal lunch will provide attendees a chance to “chat gardens” with the experts, then take a walking and talking tour of the Stratford Hall gardens.

Stratford Hall’s own beloved gardens advisor Don Haynie will speak on monastic gardens and our great debt to the monks of medieval Europe for preserving gardening traditions otherwise possibly lost forever.

Advance registration is required as space is limited. A fee of $45 ($40 for Friends of Stratford) covers all the day’s events (Saturday, March 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and includes a delicious boxed lunch. Registration deadline is March 16, 2010. For more information please contact Ken McFarland, at kmcfarland@stratfordhall.org or by calling 804-493-8038 ext. 1558.