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. Nov. 14 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building.
Retired University of Arkansas extension specialist, Dr. Jim Robbins will present “Eleven Gardens in Ten Days: An England Adventure.”
Robbins has a unique blend of 28 years of academic experience and nine years of nursery industry experience. From 1989 until his retirement in January 2022, Robbins was an extension specialist in commercial ornamentals at the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture. His role was to support all green industry businesses, including garden centers, wholesale growers and landscapers.
His research program focused primarily on nursery production-related issues, such as automation, growing media, fertilizer, weed control and woody plant evaluation. For the past 14 years, he has been primarily focused on applications for drones in nursery production. Robbins currently operates Ornamental Hort Services out of Little Rock, Arkansas.
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, and donations to the lecture series fund are always appreciated.
Parking is available at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center or Raguet Elementary School.
For more information, email sfagardens@sfasu.edu.