SFA Garden Lecture Series

SFA Gardens lecture series to feature former director of botanical gardens

The SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15 in the Agriculture Building, Room 110. Paul Cox, former director of the San Antonio Botanical Gardens, will present ?Lessons in Nature: Reflections on the Meaning of Life from a Plantsman?s Point of View.?

Cox is a consulting botanist and lecturer, drawing from three decades of southwestern botany. His experience began in the 1970s with research at the Heard Natural History Museum. By invitation, he served as Horticulturist for the City of San Antonio, then supervisor of the Botanical Gardens where he led the construction and development of this renowned garden. During the next 30 years, he served as interim director and assistant director, continuing his leadership and development of the garden's resources and programs.

The Theresa and Les Reeves Garden Lecture Series is usually held the third Thursday of each month at the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture?s SFA Mast Arboretum. A plant raffle will be held after the program. The lecture is free and open to the public, but donations to the Theresa and Les Reeves lecture series endowed fund are always appreciated.