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Baton
Rouge, La. – The Southern University Land-Grant Campus’ Wisteria Alliance
Program - in partnership with the “Flower Lovers’ Garden Guild” and the
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program - will host the 2nd
Annual Spring Flower and Garden Conference on April 25 at the SU Ag Center, 181
B. A. Little Dr., in Baton Rouge.
The
conference, which is free, will include several information sessions,
demonstrations and tours.
Karen
“Mimo” Davis, the founder of Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers, will service as
the guest speaker for the conference.
Davis
has 24 years of experience in growing specialty cut flowers. Prior to founding
Urban Buds, Davis operated Wild Thang Farms in Ashland, Mo. When Davis operated
the farm it was considered the largest cut flower farm in the state.
Davis
earned a Master’s Degree in Horticulture from North Carolina A&T University
in Greensboro, N.C. She is also a graduate of the SU Land-Grant Campus' Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Institute.
Urban
Buds is an urban specialty cut flower farm located in the Dutchtown
neighborhood of St. Louis, Mo. The farm grows more than 70 different types of flowers and
specializes in flowers that are “locally grown, not flown.”
The farm
focuses on environmental sustainability by using Integrated Pest Management
techniques, cover crops, compost, minimal tillage, and drip irrigation.
This conference
is the ideal event for gardens, flower lovers and urban agriculturalists.
To
register or for additional information, visit http://www.suagcenter.com/PageDisplay.asp?p1=12752, call 225-771-2242 or email zanetta_augustine@suagcenter.com; mila_berhane@suagcenter.com; stephanie_elwood@suagcenter.com or tee6@cox.net.
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