October - UT Gardens - The University of Tennessee

Coming Up On The Calendar:
Thursday, Oct. 11 ......IN THE GARDENS ....Books & Blooms 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 13 ......... COURSE .......Dig and Divide in the Gardens, UT PPD #281620
Sunday, Oct. 14 ...........EVENT . . . . . . .Secret Garden Party, The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Tuesday, Oct. 16 .......IN THE GARDENS ....Lunchtime Walk 12 Noon, Twilight Walk 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20 ......... COURSE .......Plants Alive! Keeping Gardens & Containers Awake in Winter
UT PPD #281605
Monday, Oct. 22 ............ ..........Board meeting 7p.m., Fourth budget quarterly report
Thursday, Oct. 25 ......IN THE GARDENS ....Books & Blooms 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 1. .........DEADLINE ......December newsletter (Gifts & Talents Issue)
Saturday, Nov. 3 .......... COURSE ......Beyond Dogwoods & Azaleas: Less Common Trees & Shrubs
for the Home Garden, UT PPD #281606
Monday, Nov. 5 ............. ..........Annual membership meeting, Guest speaker Robert E. Grese
Thursday, Nov. 8. ......IN THE GARDENS ....Books & Blooms 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 8 .......... COURSE. ......Holiday Wreaths with Greenery, from the Gardens
UT PPD #281600
Volume 14 No 7 October 2007
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In this Issue:
Annual Meeting Guest Speaker – pp 1
Leadership transitions – p 2
From the Outgoing Friends Executive Director – p 3
New Executive Director – p 4
From the UT Gardens director – pp 4-5
From the UT Gardens Curator – p 6
Good News – p 7
News Briefs – pp 7-8
Letters – p 8
Friends’ Gardens Reports – pp 9-10
Friendship Plaza update – pp 10-11
Secret Garden Parties – pp 12-13
Friends courses at UT – pp 14
Best & Beautiful – pp 15-17
What you learn from a walk in the Gardens – p 18
Marketplace – p 18
New and Renewing Members and Donors – p 19
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