Natives. Pollinators and Shade Garening Featured as SFA Gardens Lecture

Natives, Pollinators and Shade Gardening Featured at SFA Garden Lecture Nacogdoches—SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7:00 pm on November 13 in the Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet Street, Nacogdoches. Heidi Sheesley, owner of Treesearch Farms in Houston, will present “Natives, Pollinators and Shade Gardening” and share decades of experience choosing extraordinary plants that thrive in Houston’s unique climate. Sheesley started Treesearch Farms in 1983, and she strives to provide unique, different and hard-to-find plants for the homeowner. As a wholesale grower, most plants are grown from cuttings or seed collected from Treesearch Farms demonstration gardens. Located in the heart of Houston, the nursery consists of over 25 acres of greenhouses, cold frames, gardens, chicken and turkey coops and a pond. The Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series is held on the second Thursday of each month and includes a plant raffle after the program. Attendance is free, and donations to the lecture series fund are appreciated. Parking is available at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center and Raguet Elementary, 2708 Raguet Street. For more information, call 936-468-4129 or email sfagardens@sfasu.edu.