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Marion Drummond Lecture Series
Marion Deane Drummond served as Executive Director of MBG in the early 2000s and is remembered fondly by many. Marion didn’t just collect plants in her garden. She collected people. Her gardens were a collection of people from all around the country and the world, people who knew plants, people who loved plants. Sometimes they left plants, and so her garden was always a library of flowers that all of us envied -- something here from the famous Texas plant hunter Lynn Lowrey, something over there from North Carolina’s J.C. Raulston, and a huge collection of plants that explorers she knew brought back from expeditions to China. Marion’s genius as a gardener was discovering ways to lure and learn from the best minds in the business. That’s how she ran the show at Mobile Botanical Gardens. And it’s in that spirit that we’re bringing back the Marion Drummond Lecture Series, as a way to celebrate our 50th anniversary as a botanical garden -- and to once again lure the best minds in the business to Mobile, to help us all learn more about gardening.
- Bill Finch
On Saturday, February 17th, 2024, the series kicked off with landscape architect, Mary Palmer Dargan. On Thursday, March 21st, 2024, we enjoyed presentations by Kathryn Aalto, New York Times Bestselling Author.
Saturday, May 4th, 2024, Carol Reese will join us for her presentation, Native Plants: Facts, Fabrications and Foibles. Carol is a horticulturist and nationally known speaker. Her program celebrates the many native and non-native plants that provide great beauty, durability and excellent nutrition for our beloved wildlife. The day begins at 9am and includes the morning seminar, lunch, and an after-lunch interactive session: Why Did My Plant Die?? Click here to register for this event only
On Saturday, June 22nd, 2024, Marianne Willburn will be the final speaker in the series. Marianne is an opinion columnist for the American Horticultural Society’s The American Gardener. Her presentation, Keep Calm and Garden On: Gardening in the Midst of Climate Change will guide us in how can we best adapt to what is, right now. She'll help us answer the question, 'How can we make our gardens more resilient throughout the seasons?' The day begins at 9am and includes seminar and lunch. Click here to register for this event only
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