Augusta Georgia Tri-refresher 2016
Sponsored by Augusta Council of Garden Clubs, Inc
In cooperation with Georgia Landscape Design Consultants and Sacred Heart Garden Festival
Friday, April 22, 2016
8:45 – 9:00 Check in at Sacred Heart Garden Festival Entrance
45 min (GS)
9:30-10:15
Ted Stephens – Founder/Owner Nurseries Carolinian; past president, South Carolina Nursery &
Landscape Association; advisory Board of the South Carolina Botanical Garden
Topic: Lime and Liming – How to Revolutionize Your Gardening; enhancing plantings by
improving soil environment through liming, the proper lime, and liming techniques
45 min (LD)
10:30 – 11:15
Kip McConnell – Director, Plant Development Services, Inc., the company responsible for
Encore® Azalea, Southern Living™ Plant Collection, and the Sunset Western Garden Collection;
1984 graduate of Auburn University Horticulture Program
Topic: The Latest and Best: new releases from the Southern Living Plant Collection and Encore
Azalea; how to distinguish the best from the rest to solve your landscape challenges
45 min (GS)
11:30 – 12:15
Andy Cabe – Botanical Garden Director, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden. The garden includes nature
trails through a riverside woods with wildflowers, formal gardens with rotating plantings and
conservation exhibits, special plantings to meet needs of animal and plant conservation
programs, natural habitats to provide food and typical environments for birds, animal, and
aquatic species, and a children’s education garden.
Topic – 50 Favorite Plants at Riverbanks
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
30 min (ES)
1:30 – 2:00
Butterfly Flight House visit with exhibits about life cycle, identification, host plants and ways to
support butterfly habitats, butterflies, and pollinator plants.
30 min (GS)
2:00 – 2:30 Tour Standard Flower Show, Horticulture and identify plants for this area
15 min (ES)
2:30 – 2:45 Tour Standard Flower Show Special Exhibits about environmental issues impacting
pollinators
30 min (ES)
3:00 – 3:30
Tour Green Street Garden with fountains, koi pond, heritage and pass-a-long plants in the midst
of downtown to see how this garden supports million pollinator and garden for wildlife NGC
environmental projects. Garden hosts are available to answer questions.
Augusta Georgia Tri-refresher 2016
Sponsored by Augusta Council of Garden Clubs, Inc
In cooperation with Georgia Landscape Design Consultants and Sacred Heart Garden Festival
Fri. (cont.)
30 min (ES)
3:45 – 4:15 Visit the Bonnie McClain Perennial Garden at Riverwalk Marina maintained by
Augusta Council of Garden Clubs volunteers in cooperation with the Augusta Parks and
Recreation Department. Learn about the environmental impact of maintaining a garden in a
public space and challenges related to overhead railroad tracks, clean up of a chemical spill and
track repair from a truck that went off the bridge into the garden, and working with the
Savannah Riverkeeper and EPA at a post flood clean-up project after parts of the Riverwalk
flooded when dam floodgates were opened to prevent major flooding. Garden volunteers will
point out heritage plants and placement considerations related to shade, sun, slope, and public
traffic, and share comments from marina residents and the public about how the garden has
improved the environment.
5:30 – 7:30 Tri- Refresher Private Dinner at Fat Man’s Café Event Center
1 hr
(LD)
6:30 – 7:30
Scott Davis - Landscape Architect; Augusta University Manager of Landscape & Grounds
Topic: The history of the gardens at Twin Gables, historical 1910 home of the President of
Augusta University, and Julia Lester Dillon, one of its original landscape designers.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
45 min (ES)
9:30 – 10:15
Tim and Matt Nichols, “Mr. Maple” – Co-owners of Nichols Nursery providing a selection of over
1000 cultivars for discriminating acer lovers.
Topic: International Maples of Mystery. A discussion of plant biodiversity exploring the role of
acer species in an ecosystem including variation and ecosystem diversity, sensitivity to
environmental change and how their family adapted some varieties to variations in climate and
temperature.
45 min (GS)
10:30 – 11:15
Dr. Allan Armitage – Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia, author of 13 gardening books
and countless articles; international horticulture speaker and consultant
Topic: Stories of the Garden: Who Knew Plants Could Be So Interesting
45 min (LD)
11:30 – 12:15
Visit the 14 Landscape Design and Floral Exhibits at the Sacred Heart Garden Festival
Augusta Georgia Tri-refresher 2016
Sponsored by Augusta Council of Garden Clubs, Inc
In cooperation with Georgia Landscape Design Consultants and Sacred Heart Garden Festival
Sat. (cont.)
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
30 min (ES)
1:45 – 2:15
Tour Johns Road Augusta Garden to discover how individual miniature gardens can encompass
space for bees, chicks, perennial flowers, vegetables, fruit trees, a grassy area for bocce ball and
more. Identify methods of how the owners integrated components of a backyard wildlife habitat
and pollinator garden.
30 min (LD)
2:30 – 3:00
Tour – Kings Way, Augusta Garden to identify components of its classic cottage garden design
and southern plants including camellias, azaleas, roses, lilies, tea olive trees, and many others.
30 min (LD)
3:15 – 3:45
Tour West Avenue, North Augusta, SC Garden to observe how it was designed for a purpose
with multiple water features, areas for socializing and relaxing, and a beautiful raised garden for
vegetables.
30 min (GS)
4:00 – 4:30
Tour Yaun Road, North Augusta Garden and identify plants in this extensive, botanically
interesting garden that has been described as artistic, vibrant, creative and captivating.
The formal tri-refresher is from 9:30 am Friday to 4:30 pm Saturday. Participants who wish to
have more time in the gardens, flower show, or exhibits are encouraged to stay for Sunday
afternoon festival hours. They may also visit vendors, the Phinizy Nature Center or the North
Augusta Heritage Garden.
Landscape Design
Environmental Studies
Gardening Studies
45 min (F, 10:30)
30 min (F, 1:30)
45 min (F, 9:30)
60 min (F, 6:30)
15 min (F, 2:30)
45 min (F, 11:30)
30 min (F, 3:00)
30 min (F, 2:00)
30 min (F, 3:45)
45 min (S, 11:30)
45 min (S, 9:30)
45 min (S, 10:30)
30 min (S 2:30)
30 min (S, 1:45)
30 min (S, 4:00)
180 min
195 min.
30 min (S 3:15)
210 min
(585 minutes) 9.75 hrs. Total