Axe ’Em, Jacks!
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Jan. 12 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building in the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.
Ben Miller, director of landscape architecture with Lufkin-based design firm Goodwin-Lasiter-Strong, will present "Everything you wanted to know about pruning and training trees but were afraid to ask."
Miller is a registered landscape architect and is a certified arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture. A 2012 graduate of the Texas A&M University College of Architecture, Miller specializes in the design of public works and education facilities, including environmentally sensitive sites and preservation of large and historic trees during construction. Miller previously served as the landscape architect for the Texas Department of Transportation’s Bryan district. He has been in the profession for 12 years.
The Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series is held the second Thursday of each month and includes a rare plant raffle after the program. The lecture is free and open to the public, but donations to the lecture series fund are always appreciated.
Parking is available at the PNPC and Raguet Elementary School, located at 2428 Raguet St.
For more information, call (936) 468-4129 or email sfagardens@sfasu.edu.