Lunch with the Masters – Texas Tough Plans with Steven Chamblee

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, noon to 2 p.m.
at MCC’s Emergency Services Education Center, 7601 Steinbeck Bend Dr, Room 105 Topic: Texas Tough Plants
Presenter: Steven Chamblee, Longview Arboretum

Steven Chamblee, Executive Director at Longview Arboretum & Nature Center. presentation will focus on Texas Tough Plants. This environmentally-friendly program highlights garden-worthy plants that thrive in the harsh, long summer conditions of North Central Texas, particularly in heat and drought. His session will be especially helpful for people new to this region or those who wish to expand their gardening knowledge beyond traditional landscaping. Steven will feature trees, shrubs, color, and accents in this program with special emphasis on heavily-flowering herbaceous perennials.

Steven is the Executive Director at Longview Arboretum & Nature Center. According to the Longview News Journal, he is considered one of the top five horticulturalists in Texas by Neil Sperry, a man regarded as Texas’ guru on all things horticultural. As writer of the column, “Native Son,” Steven has been a regular contributor to Sperry’s publications over the years — first to the now-defunct Neil Sperry’s Gardens magazine and now to the Neil Sperry’s e-gardens newsletter.

Be sure to bring your lunch to this free session. Everyone is welcome,

For more information: visit https://txmg.org/mclennan/ or call the McLennan County Texas Agri Life office, 254/757-5180.