The Meeting Program for August 2008 Botanical Gardens Asheville, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 7.30 pm Sumptuous Summer – Preparing for a Great Performance Hunter Stubbs, BB Barns Landscape Company

We now are in the midst of summer and hope to enjoy our garden areas at their peak of the growing season. Our August 5 meeting will feature Hunter Stubbs talking on “Sumptuous Summer – Preparing for a Great Performance.” Beautiful summer gardens are the envy of all gardeners and they do not happen by accident. Hunter will talk about setting your priorities to match your expectations and the effort necessary to achieve these results. Hunter Stubbs is the owner of BB Barns Landscape Company, which specializes in creative landscape design and installation in the Asheville area. He is also a corporate member of the Men’s Garden Club of Asheville. Previously, Hunter directed the horticultural program at Richmond Hill Inn for ten years, developing the gardens at the Richmond Hill Inn into one of the premier resort gardens in the South. He nurtured nine acres of Victorian landscape featuring a parterre garden, a croquet lawn, and a nine-foot waterfall. Hunter has both a B.S. and a M.S. in horticulture from North Carolina State University. He has interned at the prestigious JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh and worked at the unique Plant Delight’s Nursery. Hunter has also taught classes at Haywood Community College and lectures on topics such as plant propagation, pruning techniques, perennial fl ower color, garden design and garden maintenance.

The meeting begins at 7:30 pm in the Butler Room of the Botanical Gardens Asheville. The BGA is located at the corner of Weaver Blvd and Broadway, near UNC-A. There is no charge to attend the meeting and visitors are welcome.  Members and guests are encouraged to arrive early and share fellowship (and snacks).

For additional information contact Tom Mills at 828-350-1897 or sandyandtom@earthlink.net