Gardening for the 21st Century: Designing and Managing Public Gardens for Everyone Sunday, September 15, 2:00 – 3:30 pm orThursday, September 26, 7:00 - 8:30 pm Presented by Tom Smarr, Executive Director at Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens. Join us as our new Executive Director gives his inaugural lecture at Jenkins. This illustrated talk will focus on the increasing importance of public gardens for mental healing and positive environmental impact. His examples of smart plant selection and …

Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay Sunday, September 22, 2:00 pm Presented by Julie Zickefoose, writer, artist, and naturalist. Naturalist/artist/writer Julie Zickefoose thinks of herself as an unsung, minor, rather dirty superhero. Her superpower: saving small, economically worthless wildlife that would otherwise die. An orphaned jay named Jemima was one such foundling. Spending nearly a year healing, studying, and raising the young blue jay for release opened the door to their world …