"Gestalt Gardening with Felder Rushing," March 11
On March 11, New College of Florida will host a lecture by author and master gardener Felder Rushing entitled “Gestalt Gardening with Felder Rushing – Lessons in Horticulture, Landscaping and Conservation.” The talk will take place in the Mildred Sainer Pavilion (5313 Bay Shore Road) at 10:30 am. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased at the door, by calling the New College Foundation at (941) 487-4800 or online at the New College Foundation’s Online Reservations Page.
Rushing is a 10th-generation American gardener whose pioneer ancestors settled across the Southeast, bringing many plants with them. Rushing’s overstuffed, quirky cottage garden has been featured in many TV programs and magazines (including on the cover of Southern Living) and includes a huge variety of weather-hardy plants along with a collection of folk art.
The author or co-author of 15 gardening books (including several national award winners) and former Extension Service urban horticulture specialist has written thousands of gardening columns in syndicated newspapers, and has had hundreds of articles and photographs published in regional and national garden magazines, including Garden Design, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Better Homes and Gardens, Fine Gardening, Organic Gardening, and the National Geographic. He has hosted a television program that was shown across the South, and appeared many times on other TV garden programs. Rushing currently co-hosts a call-in garden program, The Gestalt Gardener, on National Public Radio with his longtime friend Dr. Dirt.
Rushing has served many years as a distinctly non-stuffy board member of the American Horticulture Society, national director of the Garden Writers Association, and member of the National Youth Gardening Committee. Felder gives over a hundred lectures a year, coast to coast at flower shows, horticultural and plant society meetings, and Master Gardener conferences. Believing that too many would-be gardeners are intimidated by a crush of “how-to” experts (“We are daunted, not dumb,” he says), Felder uses an offbeat, “down home” approach rife with humorous anecdotes and garden-irreverent metaphors, zany observations, and stunning photography and to help gardeners get past the “stinkin’ rules” of horticulture.
Mr. Rushing’s visit is sponsored by New College of Florida and the New College Foundation and is supported by the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA).
Lecture: Gestalt Gardening with Felder Rushing
Lessons in Horticulture, Landscaping and Conservation
Felder Rushing, Author, Master Gardener
March 11, 2010
Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 10:30 am
5313 Bay Shore Road
$35 for general public
Free for New College Faculty, Students and Staff
Reservations Strongly Recommended; Call (941) 487-4800 or online.
For more information, call the New College Foundation at (941) 487-4800 or email [email protected].
To make an online reservation, visit the New College Foundation’s Reservations Page.