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SUMMARY:Garden Tool Care with James Miles: First Friday November
DESCRIPTION:Garden Tool Care: Taking Care of Our Gardening Toys and Equipment with James Miles\nFirst Friday November\nWhat do you know about garden tool care? Join us on the first Friday in November to learn everything you need to know to keep your gardening toys and equipment in tip top shape. As you know\, careful maintenance and taking good care of your tools will help them to take good care of your garden! \nFrom cleaning to sharpening to sanding and oiling\, James Miles will cover it all. He will also share of his personal favorite tools\, toys and gadgets for gardening and give his honest review of many of these. \nThis event is free for members or with admission. Please register your seat by sending an email to shabel@mbgardens.org. \nPresentation will be followed by lunch ($15) by Georgia Roussos Catering. On the menu: \n\nChicken and Spinach Lasagna\nButtered Green Beans\nMixed Green Salad w/ Ranch or Champagne Vinaigrette \nBread Pudding w/ Praline Sauce\n\nORDER LUNCH HERE \nAbout our speaker:\nJames Miles graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture from Alabama A & M University in 1990. He went to work for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System in 1991. He served as a Regional Extension Agent (REA) with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System in southwest Alabama for 30 years and retired in 2020.  In that position\, he was the Commercial Horticulture REA for 11 counties\, but his office was in the Jon Archer Agricultural Center here in Mobile. He worked in all areas of horticulture on both the home and commercial programming levels.  He was involved with several On-site Result Demonstrations in the area of Fruits & Vegetables\, Turf\, and Christmas Trees.  Importantly\, he conducted several pesticide meetings over the years\, including Worker Protection Standards.  Along with Tony Glover\, he co-founded the Mobile County Master Gardener Program. \nAfter retiring from the ACES\, Mr. Miles was hired in 2020 by NRCS as a Soil Conservation Technician.  In this position\, he provides assistance to the Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) in his assigned area.  A major part of his responsibility is to work with landowners to apply and maintain numerous conservation practices. \nHe loves fishing\, traveling\, gardening\, and cooking. And he competes in bass tournaments regularly throughout the southeast U.S.
URL:https://mobilebotanicalgardens.org/event/garden-tool-care-with-james-miles-first-friday-november/
LOCATION:Mobile Botanical Gardens\, 5151 MUSEUM DR\, MOBILE\, AL\, 36608\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sketch Club in the Gardens
DESCRIPTION:What: A casual sketch club experience with oversight from Derek Norman\, botanical arts instructor\nWhen: Friday afternoons\, 2-4pm*\nWhere: The Larkins Classroom OR at Magnolia Hill Studio\nCost: FREE for MBG Members\, regular admission for nonmembers. (Benefits of membership) (Join Now!) \n*The sketch club generally meets on Friday afternoons\, subject to availability of space. Contact the office at 251.342.0555 to verify hours of activity on specific dates. \n \n-=-The drawings and paintings shown here are by recent members of the Gardens Sketch Club and botanical art students of the MBG. They serve as examples of what can be achieved by those with none or very little previous experience drawing and painting. \nWe invite you to visit the Garden’s Sketch Club and to enjoy the therapeutic rewards of learning to draw and drawing to learn! Learn how art can transform and enrich your life plus enhance your physical and mental well-being. \nWe meet each Friday afternoon in an open studio where we usually work\, study\, draw and paint. We exchange information relevant to the business of botanical art\, art in general and to the consideration of individual botanical art concerns. \nJoin the MBG Sketch Club. – a whole new world of infinite possibilities! -=- \n-Derek Norman\, Educator\, Designer\, Artist\, Author\, Curator & sometime Writer. 5th October 2024 \nJoin Derek and several of his Botanical Arts students for an enjoyable afternoon of sketching the collections of MBG.
URL:https://mobilebotanicalgardens.org/event/sketch-club-in-the-gardens/2024-11-01/
LOCATION:Mobile Botanical Gardens\, 5151 MUSEUM DR\, MOBILE\, AL\, 36608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Botanical Art
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