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ON GROWING INTEREST IN ‘POCKET’ GARDENS With ideas from John Alex Floyd Jr., Houston area residents may now have time to stop and smell the roses. Floyd, editor of Southern Living magazine, will lecture on “Pocket Gardens: the Wave of Today” Saturday, Feb. 18, at the University of Houston. Floyd will discuss the feasibility and “easibility” of maintaining pocket gardens in this area. Pocket gardens provide a way to create green spaces in confined areas as well as other areas of many sizes. They may be planted anywhere there is sufficient room, using as little as one plant to bring a touch of nature to any environment. “Homeowners who are short on time – or garden novices short on confidence – can enjoy big success on a small scale,” Floyd said. “When you combine beautiful open areas with intimate garden spaces, the result is spectacular.” Floyd’s visit was arranged through the Entrances and Perimeter Committee at the UH, an advisory group of community and alumni members who work with UH President Jay Gogue on creating a more attractive and welcoming campus. This Committee, founded and chaired by Josanna Smith, has worked for several years to develop garden areas throughout the campus and has helped fund them. “Our committee’s goals include enhancing the university image, making the campus more inviting and user-friendly, making Houston more aware of the fantastic campus on its downtown doorstep, and to further its development as an inspiring and vibrant ‘oasis’ from which the area could learn and benefit,” said Smith. “Dr. Floyd fits in with these goals perfectly, especially since the committee is now focused on using pocket gardens more extensively at UH.” Floyd, a member of the American Horticultural Society Board of Directors, is also co-chair of the Encyclopedia of Alabama Campaign Steering Committee and a contributor to the American Society for Horticultural Science. Southern Living reflects suburban and urban living in the South with articles on Southern history, culture, travel, architecture, food, horticulture and home management. The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required
and available through UH OnCALL at WHAT: Public lecture “Pocket Gardens: the Wave of Today” WHO: John Alex Floyd Jr., editor, Southern Living magazine WHEN: 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006 WHERE: Auditorium, Science and Engineering
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