September 10, 2025
I’m appearing on a growing eco-friendly podcast this week! I’m talking to my host Tom Christopher about using native plants in formal or traditional designs. It inspires my new book, the Texas Gardens of Texas and the Texas Gardens of Austin’s own Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. I would appreciate your listening. I’d like to thank Tom for welcoming me to the show!
I’ll be in San Angelo this Saturday
Also, let me remind you that today is the last day you sign up for the Autumn Landscaping Symposium in San Angelo. Here we will be giving a lecture at a one-day educational event this Saturday. My talk is called “Lawn Gone: A Garden of Eight Great Ideas” and is explained in a photograph of a garden in Texas. The book hasn’t been released yet, so I’ll take a sneak peek! (This book will be released on October 14th.) After the lecture, I will be selling other books, a signed copy of Lawn Gone! And then there’s a savings garden.
October Events
October 16th, 6:30pm to 9:30pm – McAllen: I give a keynote speech at Plantana Tiva Vip Night at the beautiful Quintavian Tamazatlan Garden and Bird Watching Centre in the Rio Grande Valley. This was my first event with Texas Gardens coming out and I’m excited to share its resilient, gorgeous Texas Gardens and what I’ve learned from them. Learn more here. Tickets will be on sale soon.
October 18th, 10am to 11:30am – Austin: Invite to Austin’s kickoff event. “Gardens of Texas: Growing with Resilience,” at Natural Gardener Nursery in southwestern Austin. This is a free presentation under a large tent, and after the lecture, you will be signed by selling copies of the Texas gardens. Details of this link. Come to the lecture, explore the display garden and buy cool new plants!
October 23rd – NACOGDOCHES: I will be holding a student-run Plantery in East Texas, Texas at the Fall Factory Fair at Stephen F. Austin State University. Say hello at my main signature table during the plant fair. That night, I’ll talk. Future details!
October 25th 2pm to 4pm – Houston: Come out at the beautiful Houston Botanical Gardens for “Gardening for Resilience: How Texans Make Beautiful, Fun, Texan Gardens.” After the lecture, we sell Texas gardens. Register for this link.
October 26th, 1pm to 2:30pm – Tomball: Join Arborgate Nursery and talk about educational matters. After the lecture, we sell Texas gardens. Future details!
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My new book, Gardens in Texas: A vision of resilience from Lone Star State, is coming on October 14th! You can now pre-order on Amazon and other online book sellers. If you read it or want to give it as a holiday gift, consider pre-ordering. (I’m glad I signed a pre-order copy at my book event!) Early ordering makes a huge difference in helping new books get attention. For more information about Texas Gardens, click here – Thank you for your support.
Tour 5 Austin Garden on Saturday, November 8th, on an open day tour of the Garden Conservancy in Travis County. Tickets must be purchased online in advance. For more information, please click here.
Come and see me on the tour! I will be talking about book events in Texas this fall and next spring, and celebrating the release of Texas Gardens. Join me, learn, inspire, and say hello!
Learn about gardening and design at Garden Sparks! I organize face-to-face talks in Austin several times a year, inspire designers, landscape architects, authors and gardeners to inspire and inspire designers, landscape architects. These are limited attendance events, so join the Garden Spark Meailas list for notifications when tickets are sold. Click this link to ask you to subscribe. Click here to see the lineup for Season 9!
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