May 2, 2025
8:30AM – 2:30PM
Plains Community Center
Plains, Georgia

Symposium Keynote Speaker Dr. Allan Armitage
From Chaos to Contentment
Well known as a writer, speaker and researcher throughout the world, Emeritus Professor of Horticulture at UGA
Come join Dr A as he shares his garden journey with us. For better or worse, he and his wife, Susan, started talking about the D word as their children grew older. The D word is downsizing, an endeavor that has become more and more common with boomers and old er clientele. Having left a lovely well-established garden in the country, they found them selves in possession of a cottage that needed a little work and a garden that was nonexistent.
Dr A will explain how he put this small in town garden together, and the plants he felt provided the most impact and the least maintenance. He will show the pain and frustration along with the joy and beauty as the bare ground was transformed in a comfortable garden.
This is a talk more about plant choices than plant design. There are no major water features, no mountains in the background and nothing but a rather forlorn fence between neighbors. However, when even the finest landscape designers visit, they too sit back and enjoy the vista.
Dr A will discuss his favorite small trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals and other garden features and how they interact together. Not all plants he mentions will thrive in south Georgia, but you will enjoy the time spent with one of the nation’s finest Horticulturists.
Other Symposium Speakers
You can register online for $65.00.Registration after April 1 is $70.
Details about speakers, plant vendors and the event are posted online
Contact Annette Wise at annette@rosalynncarterbutterflytrail.org or 229-824-4567