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From: UT Gardens <[log in to unmask]>
Date: September 6, 2012 5:05:22 PM EDT
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Subject: Square Foot Gardening Comes to Knoxville!
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Knoxville Gardens                                    Jackson Gardens                                                        UT Gardens Fall Symposium: Incredible Edibles   Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the founder of Square Foot Gardening!        Harvest Moon Farm-to-Table Dinner Friday, September 28, 6-8:30 p.m.   Fall Symposium: Incredible Edibles Saturday, September 29, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Edible Plant Sale Saturday, September 29, 4-6 p.m.       Mel Bartholomew and Victoria Boudman, Founder and CEO of Square Foot Gardening, will be our keynote speakers for this year's Fall Symposium: Incredible Edibles. Come and learn Mel's revolutionary techniques and also enjoy additional workshops from local gardening experts.    * This is not a Square Foot Gardening teacher certification symposium.  Space is limited. Get your tickets today!   This event is expected to have a huge turn out so purchase your tickets today. Registered individuals will get at 10% discount at the edible plant sale.      Purchase Tickets Here. Schedule for the Symposium    Friday, September 28 - Harvest Moon Farm-to-Table Dinner Time: 6-8:30 p.m.   Join Mel Bartholomew and Victoria Boudman, Founder and CEO of Square Foot Gardening, for a family style dinner featuring local and regional fare prepared by chef Simon Hall of Creative Catering of Knoxville, with entertainment by Johnson Swingtet. Refreshment hour beginning at 6 with dinner at 7pm.    Saturday, September 29 - Symposium Time: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.    8:15-8:45 - Check-in, book signing, welcome   9:00 - Mel Bartholomew & Victoria Boudman - Square Foot Gardening 101   10:00 - Paul Baxter - Best small fruits for the region and how to grow them Learn blueberry basics such as which type to choose, growing requirements and pollinator groups. Also get tips and tricks for other fruits like muscadines, grapes, arctic kiwi, cane fruits and even a few varieties to experiment with.   11:00 - Tracie Hellwinckle - The Foundation of Gardening; Location, Terrain, and Soil Building a garden is like building a home. Without a good foundation, the whole thing can crumble. Not all gardening spaces are created equally, especially in East Tennessee. When building a garden, there are three very important aspects to consider: location, terrain, and soil.   12:00 - Lunch (included in cost of ticket) - with keynote from Dr. Susan Hamilton, Director of the UT Gardens   1:00 - John Tullock - You Can't Grow That!  Learn about food plants you never dreamed you could grow in Tennessee; unusual edible ornaments, tricking tropical food plants, how to grow and what to do with foods like prickly pear, saffron, ginger and bananas.   2:00 - Dr. Annette Wszelaki -Accentuate the Positive and Eliminate the Negative: Beneficial Insects  for Pest Management in Organic Systems    3:00 - Mel Bartholomew & Victoria Boudman - Square Foot Gardening 102    Saturday, September 20 - Edible Plant Sale  Time: 4-6 p.m.     Attendees of the dinner or symposium will receive a 10% discount at the edible plant sale.  Mel Bartholomew     Mel is the creator of the Square Foot Gardening System. He is a retired engineer who saw the joys that come with gardening but saw the problems that also came with it. He spent years developing a system that would allow the average person to have the benefit of gardening without the typical headaches. He is an accomplished speaker and has written the best-selling gardening book of all time "All New Square Foot Gardening".             Victoria Boudman    Victoria Boudman; CEO of The Square Foot Gardening Foundation (SFGF), mother, wife and visionary is the mother of five wonderful children who were suffering from health issues due to a fast paced; fast food lifestyle. Having been raised on fresh air and sunshine by naturalist parents, she was desperate to provide a better life for her own family, Victoria desired nothing more than to find a way to spend more time with her family and serve them healthier food. Victoria found the answer in a response to a "work from home" advertisement. Today, as a SFG Certified Teacher personally trained as protégé to SFGF founder, Mel Bartholomew, Victoria loves to teach the Square Foot Gardening Method and The Foundation's mission. Carrying on Mel's vision for a world without hunger, and healthier families everywhere, she travels the globe with the message that you can have a better life through Square Foot Gardening.   Victoria has a BS in Business Management and a Six Sigma Black Belt in Manufacturing Sciences and has worked in management for highly recognizable companies such as Honeywell International, Abercrombie, and Parker Hannifin Aerospace. Additional Presentations By:   Paul Baxter   Paul Baxter is the owner of Greenbriar Farm and Nursery in Norris, Tennessee, the location of both a family nursery for edible landscaping and the Blueberry Hill U-Pick blueberry farm, one of the oldest in Tennessee.      Paul was raised on a farm in South Dakota and has farmed most of his life.  His Ph.D. is in Soil Science, and he taught at Kabul University (Afghanistan) in the 1950s and 1960s before teaching at the University of Wisconsin.  He came to Tennessee in 1971 for a one year sabbatical to do research with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and TVA and never left.     The nursery team of Paul Baxter, Glenda Ross and Holly Jones have become known throughout East Tennessee for their expertise in using edibles as landscaping materials and in helping homeowners and farmers become successful in growing blueberries and many other edible plants.  They sell plants at the farm by appointment, in local farmers' markets, and at various events in the East Tennessee area.     Dr. Susan Hamilton     Dr. Sue Hamilton is an associate professor of horticulture and Director of the University of Tennessee Gardens. 'Dr. Sue' is co-host of the weekly talk-radio show "Garden Talk" which airs every Saturday morning. She has authored the book "The Best Garden Plants for Tennessee" and writes for the Knoxville News Sentinel, Tennessee Farm & Home Magazine and produces the UT Gardens monthly e-newsletter and bi-annual magazine. Sue also enjoys plant and garden photography and regularly speaks to groups on various horticultural topics. She is a member of the Garden Writers Association, American Conifer Society, Perennial Plant Association, American Public Garden Association, and the American Society of Horticultural Science. She also is an avid gardener and enjoys traveling to visit gardens, nurseries, and garden centers.     Tracie Hellwinckle    Tracie and her husband, Dr. Chad Hellwinckel, established the Knoxville Permaculture Guild, and she started The Agrarian Urbanite, a blog that focuses on teaching about regenerative agriculture and food. Over the years, she has volunteered at the Parkridge Community Garden, taught Parkridge neighborhood children about growing food, helped start the Knoxville Urban Hen Coalition, advocated for the legalization of chickens in Knoxville, and lent a hand to More Community Gardens with the Knoxville Knox County Food Policy Council. She currently works as a gardening coach for her landscape design business. In 2000, Tracie started her gardening journey as a Peace Corps volunteer, but she began taking gardening seriously in 2003 when she saw her toddler son eating fresh snow peas straight from the vine. To learn more about the growing food with the hope of teaching the neediest people how to become self sufficient, she joined Beardsley Community Farm as an AmeriCorps volunteer. She served a second AmeriCorps year with Habitat for Humanity's HUG (Habitat Urban Gardens) program teaching gardening and landscape design to Habitat for Humanity homeowners.   She graduated with a Masters in Education from UT in 1999. She works to combine her passions (food and gardening) with her professional training (teacher, advocate, and writer) to inspire people to get back to basics through growing food, cooking fresh, and regenerating the Earth.      John Tullock  UT alumnus and lifelong gardener John Tullock is the author of 15 how-to books. His Growing Hardy Orchids (2005) was named by the American Horticulture Society as one of the five "Great Garden Books" of the year. He writes the "Ask the Expert" column for Tennessee Gardener magazine. When not gardening at his home in Powell, TN, or writing, he does market research and consulting for a national retail trade group. John's presentation is entitled "Growing Food Wherever You Live," and is based on his latest book, The New American Homestead. He will be signing copies after the presentation.     Dr. Annette Wszelaki Dr. Annette Wszelaki is an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee and is the Vegetable Extension Specialist with statewide responsibilities for commercial vegetable production.  Dr. Wszelaki received her Bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University in Plant Biology with an emphasis in Ecology in 1996. In 2001, she received her PhD from UC Davis in Plant Biology with an emphasis in Postharvest Physiology and studied alternatives to pesticides for postharvest handling and storage. Following her doctorate, Dr. Wszelaki served as a postdoctoral researcher at The Ohio State University focusing on transitioning to organic production and was an Assistant Professor at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez. Dr. Wszelaki's primary responsibilities include vegetable production and variety recommendations, production diversification, organic and sustainable production, crop sensory and nutrition evaluations, food safety and postharvest handling.     Space is limited. Get your tickets today!   This event is expected to have a huge turn out so purchase your tickets today. Registerd individuals will get at 10% discount at the edible plant sale.      Purchase Tickets Here. Thank you to our sponsors!   Bronze Sponsors   Cruze Dairy Farm   Ellenburg Landscaping & Nursery   Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Johnson   University of Tennessee Organic Farm

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