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From: Jon/Joy Moore [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:51 PM To: McCall, Wanda F Subject: Tony Avent from Plant Delights Nursery to Speak Please send this announcement to the Master Gardener list serve. Thanks, Joy Moore Tony Avent from Plant Delights Nursery to Speak Tony Avent, renowned international plant explorer, garden writer, and owner of Plant Delights Nursery, will speak on "Perennials: What is New and Exciting and Often Overlooked" on Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Kingsport Center for Higher Education, 300 W. Market St. in downtown Kingsport. Internationally known in horticultural circles as a plant hunter and gardener, Tony has traveled around the world in search of new and rare plants to offer at Plant Delights, as well as finding great new introductions of North American native plants in no fewer than 43 plant-hunting expeditions closer to home. Tony founded his nursery to help fund the activities of Juniper Level Botanic Gardens, a display and research garden with over 17,000 kinds of plants located in Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of North Carolina State University, Tony was a student of the late famed horticulture professor J. C. Raulston, who instilled in him the quest for the newest and best garden plants from around the world. As a well-known speaker, Tony's reputation is for irreverent humor and absurd content all in pursuit of nurturing a love of plants and horticulture. He has written numerous magazine, newspaper, and Internet articles, and for the last eight years has been a contributing editor to Horticulture magazine. He has also appeared on many television shows, including multiple appearances on Martha Stewart Living. Sponsored by Southern Appalachian Plant Society (SAPS), this program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 423-348-6572 or e-mail [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. http://saps.us/